It took me a few days, but I finally found the time to finish watching possibly the best anime series I've seen all year- GANKUTSUOU. Gorgeously animated and brilliantly adapted from Alexander Dumas' 'The Count of Monte Cristo' (the greatest revenge story ever written) it is probably the most visually stylish anime I've ever seen, as well as being possibly the most genuinely mature story I've seen for many a year.
I don't intend to write a review, but I just have to say that the final volume was (for once) completely satisfying. Anime often have really bad endings -copping out, inconclusively tailing offs, or even collapsing into sheer nonsense- but Gankutsuou tied pretty much everything up in an awesome finale. Best of all, it had a dedicated epilogue episode, something I always like to see (and haven't seen since I watched Infinite Ryvius at the start of this year).
If Gankutsuou has come out in your territory, you OWE it to yourself to watch this. You can even show it to your non-anime watching parents, because it's such a mature and well-written story that its appeal easily transcends that of common anime. And if nothing else, the eye candy is gorgeous. With Christmas coming up, this might be a good opportunity (a pity there aren't any collection boxes out yet, though).
No, I'm not being paid by the anime companies to say this.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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