"Excel Saga" (1999) "Heppoko jikken animêshon excel saga" (original title), TV series 1999-2001

Directors:

Ken Andô
Shigenori Awai
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Writers:

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

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | 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 | Fantasy Sequence | Based On Manga | Black Comedy | Ecchi

Cast

Takehito Koyasu	...	Il Palazzo / ... (25 episodes, 1999-2001)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Excel Excel / ... (25 episodes, 1999-2001)
Jason Douglas	...	Il Palazzo / ... (25 episodes, 1999-2001)
Omi Minami	...	Hyatt (23 episodes, 1999-2001)
Monica Rial	...	Hyatt (23 episodes, 1999-2001)
Rob Mungle	...	Pedro (15 episodes, 1999-2001)
Shotaro Morikubo	...	Norikuni Iwata / ... (14 episodes, 1999-2001)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Toru Watanabe / ... (14 episodes, 1999-2001)
Jay Hickman	...	Watanabe (14 episodes, 1999-2001)
Mark Laskowski	...	Iwata (14 episodes, 1999-2001)
Takashi Nagasako	...	Pedro (13 episodes, 1999-2001)
Larissa Wolcott	...	Excel Excel (13 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jessica Calvello	...	Excel / ... (12 episodes, 1999-2000)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Menchi / ... (12 episodes, 1999-2001)
Brett Weaver	...	Nabeshin / ... (12 episodes, 1999-2001)
Shinichi Watanabe	...	Nabeshin (11 episodes, 1999-2001)
Tiffany Grant	...	Misaki Matsuya / ... (11 episodes, 1999-2001)

Series Directed by
Shinichi Watanabe		(25 episodes, 1999-2001)
Jun Fukuda		(6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Akihiko Nishiyama		(5 episodes, 1999-2000)
Takafumi Hoshikawa		(3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Rion Hisamura		(3 episodes, 2000)
Yoshimasa Hiraike		(2 episodes, 1999-2000)
Ken Andô		(2 episodes, 1999)
Shigenori Awai		(1 episode, 1999)
Masahiko Murata		(1 episode, 1999)
Shintaro Inokawa		(1 episode, 2000)
Yasuhisa Kato		(1 episode, 2000)
Masaru Kurenai		(1 episode, 2000)
Hiroshi Kurimoto		(1 episode, 2000)
Takafumi Hoshikawa		(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 (26 episodes, 1999-2001)
John Ledford	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Toshio Masuda		(24 episodes, 1999-2001)

Series Film Editing by
Shigeru Nishiyama		(25 episodes, 1999-2001)

Series Art Direction by
Jun'ichi Higashi		(25 episodes, 1999-2001)

Series Art Department
Takafumi Hoshikawa	....	opening director / storyboard artist (25 episodes, 1999-2001)
Hideki Tonokatsu	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
Jun Fukuda	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Katsushi Oubi	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2000)
Shintaro Inokawa	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1999-2000)
Kouji Abiru	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1999)

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 / animation director / ... (25 episodes, 1999-2001)
Yumi Nakayama	....	animator: ending sequence (23 episodes, 1999-2001)
Ryôichi Ooki	....	animation director / assistant animation director (6 episodes, 1999-2000)
Takehiro Hamatsu	....	animation director (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
Yasuhisa Kato	....	animation director / assistant animation director (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
Takeyuki Yanase	....	animation director (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
Kazuyuki Ikai	....	animation director (2 episodes, 2000)
Akihiko Nishiyama	....	animation director (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Koshi Rikudo	....	original creator (25 episodes, 1999-2001)
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)

Other Companies

• M&M Studios  Spanish dubbing (latin american spanish version)

Also Known As:

"Heppoko jikken animêshon excel saga" - Japan (original title)
"Quack Experimental Anime Excel Saga" - International (English title)

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

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

Company:

J.C. Staff

Trivia:

When recording voices for themselves, Yumiko Kobayashi and Mikako Takahashi (who sang the opening and ending theme songs) were asked to wear their Excel and Hayatt costumes in the recording booth.

Quotes:

Hyatt:[Hyatt is frozen in a block of ice] Senior. Hyatt... is... cold.
Excel:Whoa! There she goes dying so peacefully again!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Anime Abandon: Genocyber: Part II (#2.21)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Menchi Aishû no Bolero - Shokusu no ne

THE Anime to riff all of the T.A.T shows!

And what I mean by T.A.T is Typical Anime Trash (you know, the repetitive clichéd crap), and Excel Saga pounds all of those titles in to the ground. And probably the best parody/satire show I have seen, even better than IMO South Park (Which SP can be good at times, a lot of times can be annoying too).

Excel works for Illpalazzo of Across, an organization based on taking over the world. She may be a loser, but at least she "tries" to do her job. And with her new partner from outer space, the constantly vomiting and coughing Hyatt, she ain't giving up. Meanwhile 3 roommates get a job with a secretive government agency, a Brazilian construction worker is forced to be the love slave to the embodiment of the universe, which is (yes, it is true!) a vortex with slender womanly arms(!) and a man with an afro gets into so much trouble for reasons unknown. And I just only scratched the surface of the series.

The only downside of this series is that it ended in 2000. But luckily, there still is the Manga that is still being published to this day, I think.

But if you are tired of the Typical Anime Trash shows, Excel Saga is one to check out. The parodies and satires in the show are PRICELESS!