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Summary: One seriously messed up book...
Review: Allright, if you have seen the Excel Saga anime, not much in this review will be new to you, but if you haven't...
The Excel Saga series is messed up to the point of (god I hate myself for saying this...) zany-ness. It tackles, in it's own strange way, an incredible range of topics, from work to orginized religion, and all of it is funny. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up, it is without a doubt one of the more original mangas to hit the shelves and definitly one of the wittiest.
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Summary: A funny and action-filled read for manga and comedy fans
Review: Excel Saga: Volume 1 begins the original manga (Japanese graphic novel) series so popular, it has been adapted into the outrageous, high-action, bizarre yet exciting and hilarious parody anime "Excel Saga." Though the original storyline bears only a cursory resemblance to the different-genre-parodied-every-episode anime, the personalities of the main characters shine through. There is Excel the enthusiastically upbeat and fanatical albeit notably klutzy loyal fighting minion, Hyatt the genteel and soft-spoken yet frail and sickly to the point of coughing up blood loyal minion, Menshi the adorable stray dog that Excel has adopted as "emergency rations," and Lord Il Palazzo the dreamy and forward-thinking would-be male dictator who is far too proud to acknowledge that his secret organization bent on world conquest operates out of a basement with a chain-pull flush toilet, and consists of himself, two delusional young women and a fluffy dog. Massive property destruction, fistfights, hilarity, personal memories rewritten in one's own self-interest, and a side look at the travails of three eternally poor and date-less male neighbors result. A funny and action-filled read for manga and comedy fans.
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Summary: Very differet, but every bit as good as the anime
Review: First, let me tell you what you won't get with the Excel Saga mangas. You won't get puchus,you won't get Pedro and the Will, and you won't get Nabeshin. All those things were added by the director of the anime. What you will get is lots more blood from Hyatt(Hatchan),lots more yummy Menchi(who is now Mince),lots more sexual refrences, and lots more Excel. Where the anime is a sattire of other animes and Japanese media, these mangas are more of a sattire of the entire culture of Japan. The basic premise is the same, and you may find some(but not many)of the stories familliar.
If you havn't seen the anime, then I still highly suggest you read this. The plot is random and fun, the writing is extremely inteligent and funny(Bravo, Koshi!), and the art is amoung the best I've seen. But be warned that this is a very mature manga. That isn't to say it's overflowing with sex or anything, but there is a lot of blood, some language, and controversial themes. But that's likely to just encourage lots of people, especially fans of the anime, to look into it, which I suggest they do. Don't expect the anime on paper here, but don't expect to be dissapointed either!
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Review: I first herd of Excel from reviews of the anime online and after finishing the whole anime sires, I started in on the manga and boy is it funny, so far I have the first 7 volumes.
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: I have seen the entire Excel Saga television series and it's awesome. The graphic novel version was choppy, and had little indication of when it was suddenly changing scenes. The show is very choppy and random, however that has scene changing sound effects and different fades to move everything along. On the plus side:
1. Has gotten lots of other good reviews.
2. What dialect there is has been directly translated, not subtitled in normal English.
3. The language is no worse than what a younger teen would hear on television or from friends.
4. Good art.
5. Not as gory as some graphic novels.
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Summary: Inappropriate language for younger teen readers.
Review: I purchased the first 3 vol. books for my teen reader for Christmas. Upon arrival I opened them and scanned them. The books went right back into the box they arrived in to be returned to Amazon.com. These books were full of inappropriate language! These books were recommended for teen readers, which is way I ordered them. I am glad I checked them myself before giving them as gifts.
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Summary: Far better than the anime
Review: I, like most other people, found out about Excel Saga because of the anime based on this manga. I personally think that the manga is a lot better than the anime. I own up to volume 9 of the wacky series (Japanese manga are published a lot faster in Korea) and there's never a boring moment. If you want some hectic, zany, irrationaly fun, pick it up. It's not for everyone, though; it might seem a bit dorky/too insane/ incomprehensible to some of you. If you liked the anime, give it a try! Even if not, if you could use a good laugh, you might wanna check it out. (I'm not sure how well Excel Saga has been translated into English... If Inuyasha or Ranma are anything to go by, it might not be as good as the original Japanese version.)
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Summary: Wacky, random humor
Review: The Excel Saga series is my favorite manga so far. I didn't like the anime as much because it's pretty offensive, but the manga is not as bad. It's rated T, so there's going to be some mild swearing and references to things small children probably shouldn't be reading about, but overall, if you can see a PG-13 movie, you should be able to handle this, no problem. If you have any sense of humor whatsoever and can pay close attention, you'll probably be reduced to helpless laughter at least once or twice during the course of the series. It's simply hilarious, different from most of the manga out there, and a good, mindless read.
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Summary: Even better then the Anime.
Review: Well so far I am up to volume 9 of the Excel Saga Manga and all I can really say is WOW.
First off there are characters missing such as The Great Will (though the name is mentioned once), Nabeshine, Pedro & Family and The Puchus but these were in My opinion the only weakness's of the Anime and without them other characters get the spotlight such as Dr. Iwata (cousin of the other Iwata) who is criminally only breifly seen in a few episodes of the Anime along with His long suffering nurse as well as new characters making later appearences.
The plot though pretty much the same as the Anime (secret organisastion ACROSS want to conquer the city of F which here is called Fukouka) is overall much more complex with some things still falling into place and though still funny as heck is slightly darker and serious and unlike the Anime is building at a much better pace (though I guess that was never the Anime's intention) and to what looks like a much more solid conclusion with some things only mentioned in the Anime (such as Il Palazzo and Kabapu's past) looking to get a much better explenation.
But My favorite thing about the Manga is how the difference between good guy and bad guy is so blurred and has actually left Me wondering just who the good guys really are or if there are even any good guys here other then those caught in between such as Iwata and company (who all now play a much bigger role here then in the Anime and there is a totally insane twist with Iwata later in the series that left Me speechless), sure at first it's easy to say that ACROSS are the villains but as time goes by the so called good guys are probably responsable for just as much or even more damage then ACROSS but I wont go any further into detail so as not to spoil things.
In closing I must say this is a great Manga series and is well worth the money.
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