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

Director:

Shinichi Watanabe

Writers:

Hideyuki Kurata (writer)
Yôsuke Kuroda (writer)

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)

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:

Shinichi Watanabe's wife appears in Ep. 3 as the mountain girl, Kumi Kumi ("Your soup!") Notably, Koshi Rikudo (the series' creator) does NOT appear as himself.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Pedro: NOOOO~!

Movie Connections:

Spin off Puni puni poemi (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Ai (Chûseishin)

Oh wow...

There are some things out there that are beyond belief, reason, and most of all, sanity. Excel Saga is one of these things. The continuous stream of visual/verbal gags, inside jokes that are also funny from the outside, and such wonderful and irreplaceable characters such as Ilpalazzo, Nabeshin, and (most of all) the Puchuus make Excel Saga one very interesting trip.

There is so much to laugh about in this series, and so much of it is so nonsensical that it makes sense. I watch and I watch, and though I know what's going on, does anyone *really* know what's going on in the series? Hrm...but it doesn't matter. It's all about the jokes and giggles, not some answer to the Deep Philosophical Question of Life. Go watch Eva or something if you want that.

However, Excel Saga is still smart and funny, which is much more preferable than brainless funny anime like DiGi Charat. I firmly believe that watching DiGi Charat likely kills brain cells.

The only bad thing I have to say about this anime is I did not like the English dub at all. Jessica Calvello wasn't so great as Excel...to put it mildly. What can I say? I'm not a fan of the "nails on chalkboard" effect.

Other than that, watch. Watch Excel Saga.