Excel Saga (1999)
- Original title
- へっぽこ実験アニメーション エクセル♥サーガ
- Directed by
- Shinichi Watanabe
- Genre
- ecchi, science fiction anime and manga, post-apocalyptic anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 1 season, 26 episodes
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A secret organization called Across tries to conquer the Japanese city of Fukuoka on their way to world domination. The show follows the organization's enthusiastic member Excel and her comrades as they clash with a shadowy government agency that defends the city.
hyperactiveabsurdchaoticfast-pacedparodicsillyirreverentover-the-top
What happens
Excel Saga (Japanese: エクセル♥サーガ, Hepburn: Ekuseru Sāga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in 27 tankōbon volumes . The series follows the attempts of Across, a "secret ideological organization", to conquer the city of Fukuoka as a first step towards world domination. The title character of the series, Excel, is a key member of the group who is working towards completing this goal, while the city is being defended by a shadowy government agency led by Dr. Kabapu. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Victor Entertainment, which was taglined Quack Experimental Animation (へっぽこ実験アニメーション, Heppoko Jikken Animēshon). Directed by Shinichi Watanabe and featuring animation from J.C.Staff, the series premiered on TV Tokyo in 1999. TV Tokyo only aired twenty-five of the series' twenty-six episodes, with the finale having been intentionally made too violent, obscene and long for broadcast on Japanese TV. As such, it was only included in the DVD release of the series, although it has since been broadcast in other markets. The series has enjoyed some critical success coupled with respectable sales. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Steel Angel Kurumi (1999)
Rent-A-Girlfriend (2020)
Aho-Girl (2017)
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002)
Why The Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? (2019)
Digimon Tamers (2001)
Gravion (2002)
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1972)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.