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

Director:

Shinichi Watanabe

Writers:

Hideyuki Kurata (writer)
Yôsuke Kuroda (writer)
(more)

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 | Returning Character Killed Off | Dog | Cartoon Nudity | Absurd Humor

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	...	Additional 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 (15 episodes, 1999-2000)
Nahir Borges	...	Sexy Wife (12 episodes, 1999-2001)
Melanie Henriquez	...	Misaki Matsuya (12 episodes, 1999-2000)

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 (2005) (Spain) (all media) (European Spanish Version)

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) | Australia:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes)

Company:

J.C. Staff

Trivia:

Much of the content of the original manga by Koushi Rikudo was considered too raw for television broadcast, and so Watanabe and the rest of the production crew tried to improvise on the material's bare bones. As a running gag on this fast-and-loose interpretation on the manga, someone suggested a sequence at the beginning of each episode where Koushi himself approves the changes.

Quotes:

Puuchuu Gun: Wassup! My name is Nanami. I can advance and improve you, man! You gotta shoot me with yo damn soul! I'm countin' on ya! Wassup!
Excel: Wow, it even has an adrenaline-pumping masculine voice included. So hi-tech!

Movie Connections:

Spin off Puni puni poemi (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Menchi Aishû no Bolero - Gyakuna

I love it!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I love it!!!!! Satire for the anime freak. And as comedy in a broader aspect, it Rocks! I love the characters, especially Nabeshin(Whats your hobby? The afro...) and Illpalazzo(evil overlord with a good intent!). They all crack me up! And I never get tiered of them. But for safety reasons i only watch 1 episode a day, otherwist I suspect my brain would melt from the Crasy wierdness that is EXCEL SAGA. Puchuuu?..

Have now watched all 26 ep. And I have to say that the only bad thing about this anime is that it ended. The music is chatchy, and the characters realy grew on me, I love them *^_^*. I raised the points for animation as I realised for the style and form it is trying to put thru, its just excelent...(pun) Average 10(10)