Excel Saga

S01E01 The Koshi Rikdo Assassination Plot

October 7, 1999 25 min

The secret ideological organisation of Across has but one goal in mind- world domination. To that end, Across leader Lord Ilpallazzo sends his overenthusiastic (if somewhat incompetent) agent Excel Excel to get the ball rolling...

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S01E02 The Woman From Mars

October 14, 1999 25 min

Across has a new rival in its quest for world domination — a Puchuu invasion force from the planet Mars. As the city suffers from a torrential deoluge of rain, only one woman remains energetic...

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S01E03 The Sacrificial Lamb of the Venomous Great Escape of Hell

October 21, 1999 25 min

Having been captured by guerrillas after accidentally ending up in a war zone, Excel finds herself trapped in the worst torture of all- being part of a B movie action flick! Meanwhile, Ilpallazzo sends Across’...

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S01E04 Love Puny

October 28, 1999 25 min

When Ilpalazzo decides to amuse himself with a handheld dating game, little does he realise that his in-game choices are affecting Watanabe’s real life attempts to spend time with his beautiful (if somewhat ill) new...

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S01E05 The Interesting Giant Tower

November 4, 1999 25 min

To find out just how corrupt F City’s officials are, Excel and Hyatt are sent to infiltrate City Hall, where they soon find themselves embroiled in a sea of deceitful, underhanded and downright crazy goings-on!...

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S01E06 The Cold is Winter! Snowed Under Episode

November 11, 1999 25 min

When Ilpalazzo sends Excel and Hyatt on a mission to gather more resources for Across, the duo find themselves journeying out to the mountains. However, whether it’s panning for gold or hunting for meat, finding...

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S01E07 Melody of the Underground Passage

November 18, 1999 25 min

When Kabapu sends Watanabe and his colleagues to investigate the sewers surrounding the Across base, Ilpalazzo dispatches Excel and Hyatt to deal with the intruders. However, even as the duo familiarise themselves with the Across...

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S01E08 Increase Ratings Week

November 25, 1999 25 min

It’s an all-girl fan service fest as Excel and Hyatt take off to the swimming pool, accompanied by local girl Cosette. But even as they laze in the sun and enjoy all the clichés of...

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S01E09 Bowling Girls

December 2, 1999 25 min

When Ilpalazzo orders Excel and Hyatt to learn how to control the masses through their most popular sports, the duo end up working in the rather less than mainstream field of ten pin bowling! However,...

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S01E10 Menchi’s Great Adventure

December 9, 1999 25 min

When the stress of life as an emergency food supply becomes too much for Menchi, she takes the first opportunity she can to escape from Excel’s apartment and go in search of her former owner,...

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S01E11 Butt Out, Youth!

December 16, 1999 25 min

Thanks to the state of modern education, the future is looking bleak—and that means that Across must take action. To that end, Ilpalazzo sends Excel and Hyatt to work at Excel’s old high school, which...

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S01E12 Big City Part II

December 23, 1999 25 min

Having decided that his employees need some additional training, Kabapu sends Watanabe and the others to train under Purin, a detective who can turn from a tough-as-nails old-timer into a cute girl quite literally at...

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S01E13 The New Year’s-Year End Hidden Talent Contest

January 6, 2000 25 min

It had to happen eventually. The producers got behind schedule—there’s way no way enough material for a whole new show could be produced in time. So what plan than to polish off some old clips,...

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S01E14 Prop

January 13, 2000 6.0 25 min

In order to pick up flagging ratings, the Excel Saga writers introduce a new character: the android lady Ropponmatsu, creation of Dr. Shioji, a brilliant scientist with a mostly-innocent (thank goodness) fixation with small girls....

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S01E15 More! Prop Memorial

January 20, 2000 25 min

Annoyed that Ropponmatsu has bought it after only one episode, the merchandising team demands that she be put back in the show immediately. In the meantime, Iwata tries to put up with Ropponmatsu 2, an...

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S01E16 Take Back Love!

January 27, 2000 25 min

After getting demolished again in the last episode, new copies of Ropponmatsu 1 and 2 are delivered to Watanabe’s apartment. But by mistake, Excel and Hyatt accidentally activate the new models, which immediately become fixated...

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S01E17 Animation USA

February 3, 2000 25 min

On a mission to investigate the situation in America, Excel and Hyatt run into a band of street thugs… and a communication problem. Fortunately, they get some help from Sandora, the son of Excel’s late...

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S01E18 Municipal Force Daitenzin

February 10, 2000 25 min

Desperate for more material, the writers of "Excel Saga" take a page or two from Koshi Rikdou’s old "masked heroes" parody Daitenjin, and have our hapless heroes in the Safety Assurance Agency (Watanabe, Iwata, Sumiyoshi,...

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S01E19 Menchi’s Great Adventure 2: Around the World in 80 Hours

January 17, 2000 25 min

Menchi makes another break while Excel and Hyatt are out of town on a mission, and ends up on a boat to America. There, she meets Ann Anzai, a young lady who must travel the...

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S01E20 The Best of Mr. Pedro

February 24, 2000 25 min

Having charted the misadventures of Pedro, as he struggled for a season and a half to return home to his son and his sexy wife, the writers of Excel Saga have Excel and Hyatt sitting...

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S01E21 Visually Appealing Type

March 2, 2000 25 min

Fed up with Ilpalazzo’s lack of progress, ACROSS HQ sends the leather-clad, ruggedly handsome, and more-bishonen-than-thou agent Key to deliver an important message to Ilpalazzo. But rock-star wanabee Key, being the "artise" that he is,...

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S01E22 Invasion, Mother

March 9, 2000 25 min

Having finally gotten the hint from ACROSS that he should hurry up the whole invasion thing, Ilpalazzo orders Hyatt to perform final preparations for the conquest of the city of "F", and orders the bungling...

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S01E23 Legend of the End of the Century Conqueror

March 16, 2000 25 min

We find Excel wandering the wasteland that once was "F" City, where she becomes entangled in a conflict between a settlement of survivors and a band of maraudering raiders. After fending off the thugs with...

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S01E24 For You, I Could Die

March 23, 2000 25 min

After Koshi Rikdo declares this episode to be gag-free, an amnesiac Excel gives the performance of her life after being rescued by the surviving members of the Safety Assurance Agency (i.e. all of them). But...

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S01E25 We Will Not Be Held Responsible

March 30, 2000 25 min

Fed up with the insanity, Koshi Rikdo finally insists that the animation and writing crew finish the freaking series already. So, the Safety Assurance Agency locks horns with ACROSS, Excel tracks down Ilpalazzo and beats...

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S01E26 Going Too Far

March 30, 2000 25 min

In this aptly-named epilogue, an aborted attempt at making a musical version of Excel Saga is replaced by an exercise in pushing the boundaries of good taste for even Japanese television. As a small sampling...

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