"Heppoko jikken animêshon excel saga" (1999) TV series 1999-2000

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Shinichi Watanabe

Writers:

Hideyuki Kurata (writer)
Yôsuke Kuroda (writer)
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Seasons:

1

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

This is one crack team of special agents that might be doing better if they actually were on crack. [Region 1 DVD #2]

Plot:

Ilpalazzo wants one thing: to rule world so he can better it. Excel just wants to help. Too bad she sucks at her job.

Plot Keywords:

World Domination | Fictional City | Fantasy Sequence | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Obscene Finger Gesture

Cast

Rebeca Aponte	...	Excel (26 episodes, 1999-2001)
Ledner Belisario	...	Koshi Rikdo (26 episodes, 1999-2001)
Carmelo Fernández	...	Pedro (26 episodes, 1999-2001)
Maythe Guedes	...	Hyatt (25 episodes, 1999-2001)
Lileana Chacón	...	Menchi (25 episodes, 1999-2000)
Manuel Bastos	...	Il Palazzo (24 episodes, 1999-2001)
Eder La Barrera	...	Aditional Voices / ... (24 episodes, 1999-2000)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Il Palazzo (23 episodes, 1999-2000)
Juan Guzmán	...	Nabeshin (23 episodes, 1999-2001)
Jason Douglas	...	Il Palazzo (23 episodes, 1999-2000)
Jhaidy Barboza	...	Cossete Sara / ... (21 episodes, 1999-2001)
Maite Bolívar	...	Great Will of Macrocossm (20 episodes, 1999-2001)
Héctor Indriago	...	Watanabe (19 episodes, 1999-2001)
Rubén León	...	Aquel Hombre (16 episodes, 1999-2001)
Ezequiel Serrano	...	Iwata (16 episodes, 1999-2000)
Guillermo Martínez	...	Kabapu (15 episodes, 1999-2000)
José Manuel Vieira	...	Sumiyoshi (14 episodes, 1999-2000)
Nahir Borges	...	Sexy Wife (12 episodes, 1999-2001)
Melanie Henriquez	...	Misaki Matsuya (12 episodes, 1999-2000)

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Series Directed by
Shinichi Watanabe		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Hideyuki Kurata		(unknown episodes)
Yôsuke Kuroda		(unknown episodes)
Koshi Rikudo		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Matt Greenfield	....	producer (26 episodes, 1999-2001)
Shigeru Kitayama	....	producer (unknown episodes)
John Ledford	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Toshio Masuda		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Jun'ichi Higashi		(unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Cesar Inserny	....	adr editor / adr recordist / ... (17 episodes, 1999-2000)
Hideyuki Tanaka	....	sound director (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Satoshi Ishino	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Akihiko Nishiyama	....	animation director (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Carole Pavlik	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 2002)

Production Companies

• J.C. Staff
• Victor Entertainment

Distributors

• ADV Films (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Animax Latin America (2008) (Venezuela) (TV) (dubbed)
• Selecta Vision

Also Known As:

"Excel Saga" (USA)
"Excel saga" (Japan) (short title)
"Quack Experimental Anime Excel Saga" (International: English title)
"Excel saga" (France) [fr]

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Spain:15 (one episode) | Spain:13 | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes)

Company:

J.C. Staff

Trivia:

Episode 26, "Going Too Far", was intentionally designed to be too controversial to be shown on TV. Among other things, the episode features nudity in the opening credits and Hyatt spewing ridiculous amounts of blood (instead of just bleeding like in other episodes). The episode is included on the final volumes of both the Japanese Excel Saga DVDs and the region 1 DVDs released by ADV.

Quotes:

Iwata: If you have time to wiggle those nasty things, why don't you chew peanuts with your eyes and eat spaghetti through your nose, you affront to God!

Movie Connections:

Spin off Puni puni poemi (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Menchi Aishû no Bolero - Gyakuna

Perfect comedy, great story, cool characters.

Right from the start this series sets itself into a league of it's own. The intro music is every bit as catchy as the show itself. Excel's uber-cute look in the first few minutes is so dang... well, cute! And the constant switching between normal and super deformed characters is a hilarious staple of insane comedy anime.

The jokes in this show are just plain outrageously funny. You name it, they've done it. The director of the anime and the author of the manga are featured in just about every episode doing the most ridiculous things you can think of. Every episode carries an "experimental" theme they try out, from sports to horror, which greatly helps to keep things fresh.

What really keeps this series going for 26 episodes isn't just the over the top insane humor, it's the wonderful characters and story that keeps you watching and wanting to know what happens next. I particularly love the ending episodes where things get serious and wrap up well. It's one of them series where once you finish it, it will seem like you've known it forever.

- Rirath_com