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Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Stage Play Reveals 5 Character Visuals
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the stage play adaptation of GONZO's television anime Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo revealed photos of five cast members in costume on Saturday. The cast includes:
Shōhei Hashimoto as Albert de Morcerf
Hidenori Tokuyma as Fernand de Morcerf
Kyōko Tōyama as Mercédès de Morcerf
Yō Maejima as Franz d'Epinay
Other cast members include:
- Moeki Koizumi as Claire-Marie-Eugénie de Danglars
- Miori Ichikawa as Haydée
- Junya Komatsu as Andrea Cavalcanti
- Kōsuke Asuma as Maximilien Morrel
- Hiroyuki Ōno as Peppo
- Miku Tanabe as Valentine de Villefort
- Ryō Kumagai as Lucien Debray
- Yasuhisa Katō as Giovanni Bertuccio
- Yōjirō Murata as Baron Danglars
- Ryōko Tanaka as Victoria de Danglars
- Kei Hosogai as Gérard de Villefort
The play will run from December 20 to 28 at the Kokumin Kyōsai coop Hall/Space Zero venue in Tokyo. Yū Murai (director of Karakuri Circus stage play) is writing and directing the Gankutsuou play, and the anime's co-creator/director/original character designer Mahiro Maeda is collaborating on the stage production with Taichi Hashimoto (revisions, Speed Grapher). Playwright Chūji Mikasano (Tokyo Ghoul, Touken Ranbu) is serving as the production's dramaturge.
The 2004-2005 television anime re-imagined The Count of Monte Cristo novel by Alexandre Dumas by setting the classic story of revenge and deception in a surreal fantasy future version of Paris. Albert, the son of a renowned general, meets the enigmatic Count of Monte Cristo during a festival on Luna. Albert invites the beguiling count back to Paris. Unbeknownst to Albert, his father had once framed the count and destroyed the count's personal and public life. What follows is a dark passage for Albert as he discovers the depths of the past wrongs and the lengths that the count is willing to go to avenge himself.
Geneon Entertainment and Funimation both released the anime series in North America. Del Rey published Maeda's tie-in manga in English.
Sources: Gankutsuou stage play's website, Comic Natalie
