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| "I, Koushi Rikudou, do hereby give my permission to Shinra to write a totally sweet review of Excel Saga" .... Heh... or something like that.... I discovered this BIZARRE anime around 5AM one morning during exam week. I had been writing papers for literally 18 hours and just needed some mindless entertainment... Hahaha... Excel Saga turned out to be the perfect cure. Alright... so what is this series about? That's actually a tad difficult to explain. In the realm of Excel Saga, the concept of a true "story" is secondary. A framework exists DOES exist: Basically Excel and Hyatt are the sole members of a top-secret organization known as ACROSS. The group, led by the great Lord Ilpalazzo, hatches dozens of schemes in an attempt to acquire complete world domination... However, instead of simply following this story out in a normal, coherent fashion, the creator chooses to cast all of these characters in off-the-wall parodies... One day it could be a show dedicated entirely to sports (the plan to take over world through exploitation of the world's greatest game... bowling...)... while another day it could be an action/drama show (the episode attempting to parody "Rambo")... With its crazy cast of characters, things rarely get boring... Excel's rather stunning stupidity ussually screws up ACROSS, Hyatt dies literally 3 or 4 times per episode, revived continuously by "The Great Will of the Macrocasm"... a flying galaxy with arms... who also happens to be madly in love with Pedro, the lost-soul of an immigrant worker... The staff, creator, and producer (Nabeshin) appear repeatedly in the series... cast as mysterious heroes saving the world from destruction, while attempting to grab ratings at the same time. My sole problem with this series is that some of the parodies have been PAINFULLY dull... namely the ones revolving around Menchi and "social issues." Other than those few exceptions, every episode manages to deliver a considerable amount of entertainment. If you want mindless comedy, then here's my pick. --- Boice |
| Bottom Line: 8.8/10 |
| Genre: Anime/Comedy Rating: Release: 2002 (Currently airing on TV Tokyo, Thursdays, 1:15-1:45AM) Starring: Directed: |
| Milton believes that his opinion matters. Hah. |
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| Excel attempts to murder manga artist Koushi Rikudou (Ep. 1) |
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| Excel and the emergency food supply, Menchi |
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| Hyatt |