[Dr Kain]

Has anyone ever watched Gankutsuou? It has been one of my favorite anime series since it first came out and I watched it 23 times over when it was airing in Japan and then when I bought the Japanese DVDs (which were raw). However, for some reason I never got around to watching Geneon's DVDs even though I bought them when they first came out. Well, I finally decided it was time to watch the show again since I have been sorely lacking on my anime viewing and my god, it is so amazing to rewatch this show after so long. I know everything that is going to happen, and yet, I feel like I am experiencing it for the first time. I also have to hand it to Bang Zoom for an excellent English dub. I wasn't a fan of it when I first saw it in English thanks to having the Japanese voice ingrained into my head, but I figured after all of this time not watching it I should be fine and I was right. Sure, Jamieson Pierece is no Joji Nakata, but he still does an incredible Monte Cristo that has taken me by surprise. In fact, all of the voice actors have done a wonderful job with their characters and I love that they try to pronounce the names and stuff properly as opposed to the way the Japanese did it. It is a shame I don't have time to watch anymore because I would love to just watch the whole thing in one sitting. I still hope we get this on BD some day, but thankfully Geneon's DVDs look and sound fantastic despite being nearly ten years old.