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Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: The Koshi Rikdo Assassination Plot

Original Air Date—7 October 1999
Excel becomes an agent of the secret ideological organization of ACROSS, whose plan is to conquer the corrupt world (or at least F City) and remake it in its own image. Lord Ilpalazzo, ACROSS' leader, orders Excel start the conquest by exterminating the world's manga artists starting with Koshi Rikdo, the original author of the Excel Saga manga.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Woman from Mars

Original Air Date—14 October 1999
Earth is being invaded by the Puuchus, creatures from space who are SO ADORABLY CUTE!!! It's up to Excel to save the day, despite the fact she doesn't quite know what the heck she's doing.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Venomous Great Escape of Hell

Original Air Date—21 October 1999
In a parody of low budget action movies, Excel becomes a POW in a jungle war zone. Meanwhile Hyatt, ACROSS' newest member, is sent out by Ilpalazzo to find her.

Season 1, Episode 4: Love Puny

Original Air Date—28 October 1999
In the style of a dating simulation game, Watenabe, one of Excel's next door neighbors, falls in love with Hyatt and takes her out on a date. Meanwhile, Ilpalazzo is shown playing a hand-held dating simulation game which is apparently influencing Wantenabe's actions.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Interesting Giant Tower

Original Air Date—4 November 1999
Excel and Hyatt infiltrate city hall, where they stumble upon the wheeling and dealing world of the F City government.

Season 1, Episode 6: The Cold Is Winter! Snowed Under Episode

Original Air Date—11 November 1999
Ilpalazzo sends Excel and Hyatt on an excursion to the mountains to set up lasers pointing towards F-City. Meanwhile, Wantnabe, Iwata, and Sumiyoshi (Excel's next door neighbors) join the F-City Department of City Security where they meet Misaki Matsuya, an attractive, but fierce red head.

Season 1, Episode 7: Melody of the Underground Passage

Original Air Date—18 November 1999
Excel and Hyatt try to divert The Department of City Security's investigation of a sewer that leads to ACROSS' secret base. However, the return of those (not-so) adorable Puuchus may screw up everybody's plan.

Season 1, Episode 8: Increase Ratings Week

Original Air Date—25 November 1999
It's girls day out as all the female characters chill out at the neighborhood pool while the guys remain off-camera. Excel and Hyatt meet up with a cute 8 year old named Cossett Sara, who actually hides dark secret.

Season 1, Episode 9: Bowling Girls

Original Air Date—2 December 1999
While infiltrating a local bowling alley, a group of bowling terrorists take the alley and its occupants hostage. It is up to Excel, using her newfound Bowling techniques, to save the day (hopefully).

Season 1, Episode 10: Elegy to the Dogs (Menchi's Great Adventure)

Original Air Date—9 December 1999
Menchi runs away from Excel's apartment and joins a group a strays who try to return her to her old owner.

Season 1, Episode 11: Butt Out, Youth!

Original Air Date—16 December 1999
Excel and Hyatt investigate the Japanese education system by going undercover as teachers at Excel's old high school. While at the school, the two are charged with the task of managing the school's baseball team in their upcoming match against a rival High School.

Season 1, Episode 12: Big City Part II

Original Air Date—23 December 1999
The F City Department of City Security shadows a young, cute (yet possessed) female detective, trying to solve the mystery of her father's murder. Meanwhile, Hyatt gets kidnapped by a couple of bumbling robbers.

Season 1, Episode 13: The New Year's-End Party Hidden Talent Contest

Original Air Date—6 January 2000
The cast and crew ring in the new year by doing a recap episode in the style of a New Year's Eve contest special, with Excel and Hyatt hosting the festivities.

Season 1, Episode 14: Prop

Original Air Date—13 January 2000
The F City Department of City Security gains a new member in the form of Ropponmatsu, a female android bomb disposal unit who becomes a new love interest for Iwata. However, Ropponmatsu will be put to the ultimate test when ACROSS delivers a bomb in an alley.

Season 1, Episode 15: More! Prop Memorial

Original Air Date—20 January 2000
A second Ropponmatsu unit appears, but this time in the form of a young, irritating cat-girl who gets on everyone's nerves. Moreover, when a second bomb appears in F City from ACROSS (disguised as a panda no less), it is up to Ropponmatsu 2 to save the day.

Season 1, Episode 16: Take Back Love!

Original Air Date—27 January 2000
A shipping error lands prototype versions of Ropponmatsus 1 and 2 into Excel's and Hyatt's care. Upon arrival, the two female androids fall in love with the ACROSS agents, causing much chaos, pandemonium, and hilarity.

Season 1, Episode 17: Animation USA

Original Air Date—3 February 2000
Ilpalazzo sends Excel and Hyatt to investigate the United States where they stumble upon the anime mafia, who had gotten Pedro's son, Sandora, involved. Excel saves the day, using the conventions of Japenese and American animation, including a vaguely familiar magical girl parody.

Season 1, Episode 18: Municipal Force Daitenzin

Original Air Date—10 February 2000
In an attempt to secure the city, Kabapu dresses his Department of City Security in Power Ranger-type outfits equipped with new powers. The department then wreaks havoc on F City fighting crime, even the tiny, insignificant ones.

Season 1, Episode 19: Menchi's Great Adventure 2: Around the World in 80 Hours

Original Air Date—17 February 2000

Season 1, Episode 20: The Best of Mr. Pedro

Original Air Date—24 February 2000
The entire Pedro side story is revisited in this recap episode, including some new scenes that deepens the plot.

Season 1, Episode 21: Visually Appealing Type

Original Air Date—2 March 2000
Key, a visually appealing musician, arrives at the ACROSS base to deliver (or rather sing) a message from ACROSS HQ to Lord Ilpalazzo. However due to lack of inspiration, Key is unable to deliver the message. Frustrated (and jealous), Ilpalazzo orders Excel and Hyatt to look after Key until he is able to deliver the message.

Season 1, Episode 22: Invasion, Mother

Original Air Date—9 March 2000
The Puuchus are back, and this time they mean business! In a nod to Leiji Matsumoto, as well as the Gundam series, the Puuchus wage war over the invasion of Earth, and Excel is caught right in the middle of it!

Season 1, Episode 23: Seikimatsu seifukusha densetsu

Original Air Date—16 March 2000
When F City falls into ruin due to the events of the previous episode, law and order cease to exist and powerful gangs rule the barren wastelands. It is up to Excel to restore order back into the chaos. Little does she know that there is a sinister plot to do her in for good, from the last place she would expect.

Season 1, Episode 24: Kimi no tame nara shineru

Original Air Date—23 March 2000
In an episode devoid of humor (as per Koshi Rikdo's orders), Excel suffers amnesia from the deep trauma received from the previous episode, Ilpalazzo tries to come to terms with the decisions he had made, and the Department of City Security vows to stop ACROSS, once and for all.

Season 1, Episode 25: Yarinige

Original Air Date—30 March 2000

Season 1, Episode 26: Yarisugi

Original Air Date—21 February 2001

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