Excel Saga

エクセル・サーガ

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Synopsis

Earnest young girls Excel and Hyatt (both codenames) hold down minimum-wage jobs to support their true avocation: trying to conquer the city of Fukuoka for the secret organization ACROSS and its dreamy dictator, Il Palazzo—a man whose dignity is such that he could never acknowledge that ACROSS consists of himself, a leaky basement, two unpaid teenage interns, and a stray dog. But society is all to blame, as creator Rikudo Koshi takes aim at everything from organized religion to public television, in a manga that makes reindeer spit blood and puts puppies on the dinner menu. (Source: VIZ Media)

Publication notes

Excel Saga was published in English by VIZ Media from August 13, 2003 to January 14, 2014.

Published

Apr 1997 to Jul 30, 2011

Authors

Rikudou, Koushi

External links

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Adaptation

Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel♥Saga (anime)

Other

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Main characters

Excel718 fan favorites
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The heroine of the story. She joines ACROSS immediately after graduating from high school. Excel's principal virtues are her energy and loyalty to ACROSS' mission, and her single-minded infatuation with Lord Il Palazzo. Despite this, Excel is incompetent in her position and rarely succeeds in her missions, even by accident. Excel is hyperactive and energetic, and is known to talk so fast and inconsistently that people around her find her difficult to understand, an example being that even though Il Palazzo admires her energy, he states that he has no idea what she's talking about most of the time. One notable characteristic of Excel is that she often talks in third person, even when speaking about herself. Excel also dies quite often, especially in the first episode, and she is being resurrected several times by The Great Will of the Macrocosm. Menchi is her emergency food supply, even though she luckily never actually eats her. While Excel's given name and family name are both "Excel" in the anime adaptation, "Excel" is merely her codename in the original manga. She also uses a false name, Hanako Dosukoi, a few times. Her actual name has not yet been revealed.
Menchi121 fan favorites
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"Menchi" is the name given to a small, stray female dog that Excel finds in the street in episode 1 of the anime and decides to bring home with her as an "emergency food supply". Menchi spends most of the series trying to escape from both Excel and Hyatt (who despite her personality, also sees Menchi as only food rations) and even succeeds on a few occasions, but always manages to cross paths with Excel later on and ends up recaptured. While Menchi can't speak aloud, she is shown to understand human language and is absolutely terrified of both Excel and Hyatt, for obvious reasons. Similar to Sumiyoshi, Menchi's thoughts and feelings will occasionally be expressed through text effects on the screen. Episodes 10 and 19 in particular are focused almost exclusively on Menchi, both episodes being modeled after children's stories about talking or otherwise extraordinary animals. The earliest record of Menchi is a flashback in the anime, showing her previous owner - a kindhearted old man who may or may not have taken care of her in lieu of younger owners. Throughout episode 10, Menchi has frequent flashbacks of her previous owner, and longs to find him and be happy once more. Through these flashbacks, it is shown that the old man set Menchi free because he was worried about his own limited time on this earth... it's not until later, however, that she abandons this hope after the old man betrays Menchi and her canine companions, reluctantly returning to Excel and Hyatt at the end of the episode. Her reason in doing so is debated, however, as she continues to makes numerous escape attempts throughout the rest of the series. Menchi also sings the ending credits theme at the end of each episode in the anime, bar the final episode, in which her role is reversed with that of the girl who translates Menchi's dog lyrics in the previous closing sequences. "[Menchi's] breed, though not stated in the anime or manga, appears to be a small Shiba Inu, a baby Akita Inu, or a Hokkaido." (Wikipedia)
Il Palazzo87 fan favorites
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Lord Il Palazzo (Italian for "The Palace") as he is formally known by his underlings, is the leader of ACROSS, a secret ideological organisation dedicated to world conquest. Il Palazzo believes that the world has become corrupt, and seeks to conquer it to save the ignorant masses from themselves. In fact, he often prefaces his orders and speeches by proclaiming "the world is corrupt!". A recurring gag during the anime is that, despite all his scheming, Il Palazzo really has nothing to do while Excel and Hyatt are out on missions: he is often seen pursuing surprisingly ordinary hobbies like learning to play the guitar and arranging domino blocks. These notwithstanding, Il Palazzo is no ordinary human being, as testify his yellow, cat-eyes and seemingly supernatural powers exhibited in episode 25. However, in both the anime and the manga, it is clear that Lord Il Palazzo suffers from severe psychological disorders, most notably multiple personality disorder. (Source: Wikipedia)
Hyatt70 fan favorites
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Excel's junior officer, with a penchant for dying and reviving in quick succession. She is noticeably Ilpalazzo's favorite officer, usually receiving lighter punishment and higher promotions than Excel. Hyatt is a rather innocent, naive and sensible woman, often serving as the agent that thinks things through more as opposed to Excel who seems to act on impulse. Although she is rather oblivious to IlPalazzo's mild romantic interest in her, she is well aware of the more rampant romantic intent of their neighbour, Watanabe, who knows her by her alias of "Miss Ayasugi". (Source: Wikipedia)
Elgala11 fan favorites
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Elgala is the third agent of ACROSS and Excel's rival for Ilpalazzo's affections. She is cursed with the inability to maintain an internal monologue, constantly speaking aloud her innermost thoughts and feelings. Since Elgala is a snob who thinks nearly everyone is below her, these thoughts are often of the disparaging variety and frequently irritate Excel. Elgala has refined, and expensive tastes, which does not suit the austerity demanded by Excel, leading to frequent conflict. Adding to tension with Excel is the secrecy surrounding Elgala's missions for Ilpalazzo. Elgala only appears in the manga. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .