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Summary: Hail... Excel!
Review: Excel Saga is one of the first real animes I've seen and it's hilarious for those who cease to care about plot and love laughable plot twist at every corner. This show has no real plot other than Il Palazzo trying to conquer F city and well actually trying to develop a plot at the same time; everything else is just miscellaneous comedy and misadventures which surround it. The artwork to me for this kind of was rather good especially the cover art for the DVD case,and the antics they pull are quite enjoyable. In fact some jokes seem timeless for I've seen the first two DVDs six times and I still laugh uncontrolably at some of the jokes. I must warn you though that the voice acting for this show isn't the best; for some it may be the worst. You might get over it in time and just get use to their voices. Also most importantly it's selling for a pretty good price and not a bad series to start your collection with if not add to.
Hope this review was helpful.
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Summary: Excel Saga is excellent
Review: Excel Saga is a crazy, random anime based on the managa written by Koshi Rikudo. It includes numerous anime parodies, and cultural references. And makes fun of everything, even itself. There's a different genre to every episode (Sports, sci-fi, poorly translated action movie, etc.). There are also hilarious characters that make great contrubutions to the show's comedy, such as Ilpallazo: a dictator who often does things that are out of character. Wantanabe, Iwata, and Tsumiyoshi: three roomates that are always fighting. And of course, Excel: the idiot who can't seem to do anything right. (If you like this, also consider Azumanga Daioh)
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Summary: 1 small step away from perfection
Review: Hail Il Palazzo!
The first time I had the pleasure of watching Excel Saga, I was completely blown away by HOW FUNNY this series was!
To say the truth, it has to be one of the funniest things out there, which is quite surprising, as I'm sure Koshi Rikdo (the author) was not expecting this kind of success from such an extreme parody as Excel Saga.
The characters are amazing, and you will instantly detect similarities to some familiar faces in other series, like Love Hina , Fist of the North Star and Dragon Ball Z. The contributions of the amazing Mitsuishi Kotono (oh Misato...) and Minami Omi, as Excel and Hyatt respectively, greatly add to this, even though I believe Excel was "pushing it a bit too far" at some points, and quite frankly I felt like putting a bullet through my/her head! But well, that's what Excel Saga is all about, taking it a step TOO far.
SO far that even the directors have managed to insert themselves into the series, just take a look at some of the characters like Nabeshin, who is ACTUALLY: Wata[nabe Shin]ichi! (Who, by the way, looks EXACTLY like Nabeshin!)
The only thing I have left to say is: If you're looking for a good laugh and enjoy extreme comedy/parody Anime, you're in for the ride of your life! Excel Saga is guaranteed fun for most of the series' 26 episodes and if you can bare with Excel's constant and irritating babbling without shooting yourself, you will CERTAINLY laugh like never before!
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Summary: Great Anime--Great Price
Review: I am so mad Excel Saga only recently became a box-set!! I had to buy all the DVDS separately, making a HUGE dent in my wallet. The anime Excel Saga is absolutely hilarious and nonsensical! So if you're only into more mature and serious animes, you definately should NOT get this!!
About the anime, when you first watch it, don't worry if you're confused or don't understand what Excel or some of the characters are saying, your ears will get adjusted to the way they talk. Oh, and here's a little note about why Excel says the crazy things she says: The original Japanese version had Excel rhyme whatever she said, but when translated, the rhyming was lost and only the nonsensical part was left. I recommend that, when you finish watching a DVD, you should watch it again with the VID notes on in order to comprehend all the jokes. Also, you may want to watch the anime with subtitles on, you'll catch things you could not hear fast enough before.
This is a great price for a great anime---only $78 for 6 DVDS... I wish I never bought the Excel Saga DVDs and purchased the box set instead!
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Summary: Hit and Miss
Review: I never heard of the series until a friend recommended it to me. For the price, I thought that the series was worth trying. Although I do not regret watching the series, I wish I would have rented instead.
Let's start off with the audio and visuals. Audio-wise, the dubbing can be pretty hard on the ears. Excel is the biggest offender, and is almost impossible to listen to, which really hurts considering she is the main character. The other characters are equally lacking, with the exception of about 3 characters in the entire series. However, to watch it with subtitles can be just as hard, since the text in the show is spoken at about three times the rate of normal anime. You'll be reading so fast that you typically miss what's even happening on screen. Speaking of which, the visuals are a mixed bag as well. Although the art seems to be well done, they are unfortunately bogged down by choppiness. Sometimes the scene will move smoothly, but other times the characters seem like they just needed to have more animation added.
Now, let's move on to the plot, or lack there of. Don't get me wrong, there is a plot somewhere, but halfway through the series you will realize that story never mattered. This is all about taking popular anime stereotypes and fully exploiting them. This show does everything in its power to make you laugh, sometimes successfully, and sometimes not. Episodes are really hit and miss, but the more anime you've watched, the funnier the show becomes. So it's definately not a show for someone just starting out, for many of the jokes will fly over their head. And it's also not for people that like a deep story in their anime, because like I said earlier, there really is no story. A person could pretty much jump in halfway through the series and be able to quickly grasp what's going on (with the exception of Pedro's segment). And ironically enough, episodes 14 through 16 actually try to develop a continuing story, but I found that those three episodes were the most lacking. Once they started focusing on story, they lost sight of what the series does best; making fun of other shows. Luckily episode 17 restores the trend of making no sense and the show becomes humorous again.
In the end, I found Excel Saga to be fun to watch. It has enough humor to hold my interest throughout the entire series, despite how annoying Excel is. However, I cannot see myself ever wanting to watch it a second time.
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Summary: This series is one big joke.
Review: If you're a new anime fan, you'll want to turn on the "AD Vidnotes" feature of the disks. Even if you're a "veteran" fan, you'll want to watch it at least once with them on because it points out little sight gags, and explains a lot of the jokes.It's a series worthy of the title "Imperfect". It makes fun of lots of anime, real life, and itself.
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Summary: "A kind of loyalty called Love", Excel does it again!!!
Review: If you're a super fan of Excel saga, you won't want to miss the DVD, or better, THE WHOLE COLECTION.
It gets you from an adventure series to a horror and sci-fi.
It's more cheaper if you buy the bundle than each DVD by separate.
26 episodes of Excel maddness, Haiyat's need for a doctor, Menchi's escape tries, Il Palazo's tries to conquer F city and a buch of Puchuus to prove it!!!.
So... buy something intelligent.. Buy EXCEL SAGA!!! XP
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Summary: funny? Kind of.
Review: So, I had been waiting to find the box set of this at a reasonable price for quite sometime. I had read the reviews and thought the art looked great, so I really wanted to get this DVD and really wanted to like it. Well, you can really get disapointed when you really want something.
The art work is borderline "Cartoon Network" or "Commercial" anime. Nothing that will blow you away. If you've seen Abenobashi or FLCL then you will be familiar with the style of normal and then WACKY art. This style can be really cool and ad to the anime and story itself, but in this case it falls way short. The anime just looks choppy and poor.
Artwork aside, usually you can rely on the voice acting to bring out the depth of the character. Not this time. The voices (english dub) are so horrible, shrill, and just plain awful to the ear that a chorus of jack-hammers would be a more enjoyable listen. Just plain bad. The Jpenese version is better but not great either.
The plots are stupid and juvenille. Basically, wacky for the sake (no not rice wine) of wacky. Now don't get me wrong, this can really work in some anime and be quite enjoyable to the viewer. Its just when the director and writers let you know that they are being wacky that it detracts from the humor. Basically, the viewer is told what is funny and then the character goes hey this is funny watch me do something funny isn't this funny.
All in all, EXCEL SAGA is an anime that can be missed. Avoid it if you can, but if you have to watch it make sure that you only watch it in Japanese and try not to rip your ears off while the characters talk or die of utter bordem.
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Summary: The anime's superb, but...
Review: Suffice to say that *Excel Saga* is one of the funniest anime series I've seen. Even though I don't get half of the obscure references, and I don't get any of Excel-kun's puns (I don't speak Japanese), this series is a laugh riot. The fact that you can get such a great spoof anime in an attractive boxed set makes this a steal even for what Amazon is currently asking.
However, it's ADV's presentation that's on trial here: It's okay. The subtitles are a bit stiff. If you like the English dub, the voice for Excel changes halfway through the series: the first voice is awful - like a yipping dog's. The second is better, but neither is quite up to the *real* voice of Excel. And don't get me started on the dubbed Ilpalazzo! If you want to get a deeper understanding of the references made throughout the series, use the ADV notes feature: they're quite good, but so numerous that they often take up the entire screen.
The single most annoying feature of the first three or four disks is the layout of the DVD menus: they're complicated, unorthodox unintuitive and at times damned annoying.
All in all, though, ADV did a decent job with this set. It's definitely worth the money.
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Summary: Damn...its over. I miss the zainy, insane character: Excel
Review: Synopsis
Excel, a bubbly airhead of a blonde (gee, we haven't seen this stereotype before) has just graduated from high school. She dances and skips her way into the real world, where the first thing she meets is the grille of a two-ton semi.
Needless to say, Excel is one dead blonde. However, the powers that be decide to resurrect her, because it's not yet her time to die: the TV series has barely started! (Yes, that's exactly the rationale.) So she becomes the mildly annoying and totally ineffective tool of the nefarious (okay, kinda nefarious) Lord Il Palazzo, who aims to subjugate the planet Earth to his ambitions. Her first task: to punish those advocates of anarchy and evil intent, the dreaded manga creators: specifically, the manga creator of Excel Saga. Means: execution by sword. And so begin the numerous (lame brained) plots to take over world by way of sheer insanity.
Review: Quack Experimental Anime Excel Saga (yes, that's the full name!) is solid, irrefutable proof that Japanese manga and anime creators are on drugs. Excel is not bright. In fact, she's so brainless that Il Palazzo is compelled to use various firearms on her just to shut her up. ("Hail Il Palazzo-" BANG!) It's a wonder she survived through elementary school, much less graduation, as she obviously hasn't the sense to look both ways before crossing the street. (She gets nailed more than once by large vehicles.) And yet, she isn't as annoying to the audience as you'd expect, because she seems to do everything with much the same sort of dumb faith as Mihoshi from Tenchi Muyo, or, say, Detective Clouseau from The Pink Panther. Of course, it doesn't matter that she never really succeeds in what she aims to do, because, well, half the fun of Excel Saga is to watch the utterly surreal carnage she unwittingly inflicts on her environment. She's a walking natural disaster, and that makes her fun to be around, so long as she stays behind the screen.
The final episode gets special mention for being considerably raunchier and more offensive than the bulk of the series. Excel Saga is a total laugh riot, and even though the end of almost every episode insists that "the experiment has failed", it's a solid watch for those with a taste for black comedy with a pinch of satire. It's insane in every sense of the word, from the opening song (where the main characters sing in various locales, from Ginza, to the inside of a public men's bathhouse, while one of them continually coughs up blood) to the ending song (a dog singing an enka ballad about how Excel wants to eat it while various condiments rain down at random intervals, complete with Japanese-language interpreter). This show is certainly not for everyone (after all, it is pretty sick humor), but if you're game for a show so out-there, you can't help but stare in disbelief, Excel Saga is for you.
If you do not like black comedy, I would question everyone's overall review.
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