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2002 Certificate 12
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Billed as "the ultimate parody of anime," EXCEL SAGA certainly goes out of its way to parody every convention of the genre it can. From the cloying J-pop opening, it's clear that this series' sole aim is to be a good-natured farce, one that revolves around a main character who, on the surface is not much different from any .. Read more

Starring Yuka Imai, Ryûzaburô Ôtomo, Ryûzaburô Ôtomo, Kazuhiko Inoue
Director Shinichi Watanabe
Genres Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema

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Excel Saga - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1-5 cover art

Excel Saga - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1-5

Billed as "the ultimate parody of anime," EXCEL SAGA certainly goes out of its way to parody every convention of the genre it can. From the cloying J-pop opening, it's clear that this series' sole aim is to be a good-natured farce, one that revolves around a main character who, on the surface is not much different from any other anime heroine. However, the key difference between Excel and all those who preceded her is that Excel is completely and utterly insane and considers it her goal to conquer the city of F. This gives the series a clear and ingenious jumping off point as it encounters Martian princesses, afro-wearing action heroes, mysterious governmental agencies, space butlers, deranged comic book authors, annoying roommates, and removable moustaches, among other things.

Starring Yuka Imai, Ryûzaburô Ôtomo, Ryûzaburô Ôtomo, Kazuhiko Inoue, John Swasey, phil ross (ii), Phil Ross, Chris Patton, Illich Guardiola, Dean Turner, Christine M. Auten, robert anderson (viii), Robert Anderson, Kira Vincent-Davis, John Gremillion, Fumiko Chino, Matt Greenfield, Rob Bricken
Director Shinichi Watanabe
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema
Language DVD: Japanese
Dubbed English
Released Production year: 2002

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DVD: 19 May 2003

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      Billed as "the ultimate parody of anime," EXCEL SAGA certainly goes out of its way to parody every convention of the genre it can. From the cloying J-pop opening, it's clear that this series' sole aim is to be a good-natured farce, one that revolves around a main character who, on the surface is ...

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