Gankutsuou is based on Alexandre Dumas's French novel, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo and is about the coming-of-age of Albert Morcerf and the revenge of the Count of Monte Cristo.
Gankutsuou reimagines Alexandre Dumas's Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, centering on Albert Morcerf's coming-of-age and the Count's quest for vengeance in a reinterpreted narrative.