Gankutsuou is based on the book the count of monte cristo by Alexandre Dumas as well as The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988)

war and peace is a masterpiece and one of the best movies ever made.

Book: The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey (1997) by Armand Assante
P'ros: Try to be faithful to the source material
Contr: Insufficient time prevents adapting the entire story of the book and some parts such as mermaids are omitted;

Book: The count of monte cristo

Film: The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988)

Pros: tries to portray the story of the book with maximum fidelity

Cons: Insufficient time prevents a complete adaptation of the book

Anime: Gankutsuou

Pros: Fun, dark sic-fi adaptation of the book. seeks to insert the plots and characters of the story.

Cons: Makes some changes that impact the ending of the book.

.Insert a stupid and unnecessary dueling scene as the weak gladiator by Ridley Scott. Commodus was murdered while bathing and was not killed in a duel. I don't know what goes through the writers' heads to insert duel scenes and think that everything is resolved with direct confrontations.

It's not because Edmond had a child with Mercedes that he will necessarily care about her years later.

The real general Maximus, the Roman general Tiberius Claudius Pompeianos was married to Lucilla, the sister of Commodus. his wife was executed for conspiring against the room and he did not abuse this and did not avenge his wife with whom he had a child. He preferred a quiet life, he refused to become emperor when offered the position.

Family love and everything is resolved with duels are two unnecessary nonsense in history.