Alternative TitlesEnglish: Quack Experimental Anime Excel Saga Synonyms: Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel Saga Japanese: へっぽこ実験アニメーション エクセル・サーガ
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 8, 1999 to Mar 31, 2000
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company
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this is the follow-up project by director shinichi watanabe. only shared character is nabeshin but the style (extreme parody of japanese culture and slapstick humor) is the same.
Same studio, same director, same madcap insanity. Puni Puni Poemy is essentially Excel Saga compressed into two episodes.
Both very similar shows. Both main characters are very hyper-energetic and jthe shows are just plain comedy to the max.
Because the same people are behind both Excel Saga and Puni Puni Poemy, they share the same spirit of random over the top comedy. Anime conventions are targeted in both series, with ES parodying a gamut of genres while PPP focuses mainly on mocking fanservice. Anyone who enjoyed one of these series is bound to enjoy the other.
Both anime are directed by the GDW -- Great Director Watanabe! If you liked one, then there's no reason not to see the other, but watch Excel Saga first because Puni Puni Poemi takes place after.
Nabeshin exists in both of these worlds and it's crazy as Excel Saga but in compact form.
Both animes have their WTF moments....which makes both equally enjoyable. Puni Puni Poemi is just a short spin-off of Excel Saga with a different main character and more comical goodness that made Excel Saga a hit.
It's by the same anime creators and some of the voice actresses overlap. They're both hyper and wacky.
Puni Puni Poemy is a two-part original video animation spin-off from the Excel Saga manga and TV animation. It features some of that series' secondary characters and many of its staff, primarily director Shinichi Watanabe. Like Excel Saga, it is a parody of other anime, manga and various aspects of popular culture, though in this case with the magical girl genre providing its primary focus and general structure.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puni_Puni_Poemy
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If you could handle Excel Saga's insanity, then i'm sure you can handle Furi Kuri's. It's shorter, faster, and it has a yellow vespa!
If Excel Saga was short, had a confused boy, and had philosophical undertones (or any plot at all) it would be Furi Kuri.
Excel Saga and FLCL are similar in that they are both extremely random and fast-paced anime with a plot structure that is all over the place more often than not. Zany and wacky to the extreme, these are series that poke fun at virtually everything - with a special focus on pop culture and anime in particular. Both are parodies that mock themselves as well as several genres, FLCL mostly concerned with mecha and ES covering a gamut of genres from horror to romantic comedy. In both there is an endless quantity of references to other anime and manga, and the level of hyper insanity that makes FLCL a stunning visual fest is preserved in ES' energetic craziness.
If you like animes without heavy meaning, and "I don't know what's going on, but it's so funny", those are for you. Don't miss Excel Saga DVD bonus episode!
Very strange and funny thing with many references to other anime
both extremly strange animes with randomness to the max
every character in both shows (except for our main guy in FLCL) is totally messed up
the main heroines in both shows are the same: weird, crazy and unpredictable but you can't help likeing them just a bit.
if your into anime with barely any plot or plots thats too confusing, watch these shows.
Okay so you think FLCL is insane, let me just say that Excel Saga takes the insanity of FLCL and brings it to a degree that was thought to be unreachable. Amazingly both are similar in that both try to experiment with different types of animation and genres.
Both series feature off-the-wall craziness, crude humor, superb animation, and two of the wildest (and weirdest) heroines in anime. Light on story but heavy on the laughs, FLCL and Excel Saga are strikingly original and addicting in their own perversity.
Feeling sad? Having a tough day at school? Having a long day at work?
If so, Excel Saga and FLCL are sure to put you off at a better mood with loads of insanity provided in each crazy episode that you won't want to miss!
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If you loved Excel Saga for bizzare, crazy, black sense of humor and you like regular fancy deaths followed by ressurection - you'll have fun with this anime.
Whacky comedy in which a hyper female lead brings constant chaos to each and every frame: the description fits Excel Saga as well as Bokusatsu Tenshi. Both are very colourful, loud productions in which characters die and are brought back to life, repeatedly, even. The humour in both relies on shoutouts to other anime and popular culture in general and they have the same feeling of plot-less over the top fun aimed at a more mature audience.
Two crazy anime series with seemingly little meaning aside entertaining those who are fans of crazy comedies and general nonsense. Also, both have extremely annoying opening themes.
This is another hilarious/bloody/random/awsome comedy! Not to mention it has the all time greatest opening of all time! You just cant stop singing it!
Dark humored anime aimed at a more mature audience. A lot of people die here, even the main characters, but they can be revived. They have a pretty simple plot, and they both parody genres. There are other people in the organization/other angels involved with the killing/randomness.
Both of these series are based on a type of comedy that ... (how can I say this)... unusual. Bokusato Tenshi is the perfect Anime to laugh out loud while saying "WTF?!".
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Excel Saga = Random
Gintama = Random
Gintama is also full of reference type humour and is pure crack on crack on crack. It continuously makes fun of any and all anime titles so the more anime you watch the better it gets. I've been watching it over and over again ever since it started airing and I STILL haven't gotten sick of it, or failed to find new puns. Highly highly recommended!
While Excel Saga is shorter and came before Gintama, they both have a sense of randomness and parody in them. Gintama more so due to its no. of episodes. much hilarity ensues.
Comedy, parody, randomness and basically no plot. Both have crazy characters, silver-haired bishies and always hungry girls (Excel & Kagura) who have dogs. In both anime the main characters are in lack of money & need to pay the rent.
Both anime have aliens who invade Japan. :-D
Gintama is not as funny as Excel Saga but it still has some hilarious moments.
The story and themes are quite different, but both shows parody other anime series. They're both a bit random, but very funny.
Both series has a strange sense of humor, break the four wall, good recap episodes and of course you can laugh a while.
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If you like crazy, manic humor with no regard for the plot, then you'll love both of these shows. Both of these shows pull jokes out of no where and are both quite heavy on the slap-stick.
Both shows parody other anime series. They're both random, high-paced and very funny.
Both anime have very strange and random humor. Especially random humor. The characters are arguably WAY TOO LOUD for both. Both have random parodies of other anime, movies, genres etc that are usually there more for the randomness than to be actual, clever parodies. (although this isn't true all the time with Excel Saga)
this show is random and whack and if anyone loves excekl then they should definalty check out this wigging anime!
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Besides the obvious similarity -- blonde haired, green-eyed bishes that know how to kick butt when the situation calls for it -- in both these series, cute equals deadly. Random, unearthly occurrences abound and the iconic innocent-to-serious face changes from Excel Saga, if you like pain stirred in with your cute, you can’t go wrong with Dai Mahou Touge.
More senseless violence, chaos and utter mayhem.
Both series share an offbeat, sometimes hectic, black sense of humor. However Excel Saga focuses more on impulse, while Dai Mahou Touge uses sadism to deliver a punchline.
Black sense of humor, evil blond female leads, destruction, chaos.
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Loved that insane wacky random humor? You'll find the same here ;)
both are completely random and have no point and both are crazy and hileriously funny
Do you like comedy anime ?? Do you like random anime ?? Then you will be like this...
Both have very little for story, but are both Random and quite entertaining if you are looking for a funny anime to vedge to. (I recommend Excel Saga in English Dub, the text just zips right by when the main char. is speaking, lol)
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similar ideas - whole series revolves around the idea of "pick a theme for the episode, then have your protagonists attempt to fit into it with hilarious consequences".
Comedy non-sense on its best. Though Abenobashi is far easier to understand and get on with.
Excel Saga was rife with parodies and wacky over-the-top humor, and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi delivers more of the same, taking on cliches from RPGs, sci-fi, old kung-fu flicks, and even American cinema. Much like Excel Saga, each episode picks a specific topic to focus on, and releases an onslaught of jokes and gags related to said topic. A very funny series.
Both series have a very random feel to them and they both parody a lot of other anime and manga.
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Crazy Parodies ^^ (also, Lucky Star parodies Excel Saga once or twice xD)
Both have the same random, comical quality. Both are over-the-top and obnoxious. Both have the overly excited female main characters. Both make no sense. If you enjoyed one, you need to see the other.
Both are parody shows that make fun of everything.
Both just make fun of everything the writer(s) can get their hands on. Anime character, genres, culture are just made fun of.
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Both are crazy parodies built upon randomness and slapstick humor. Also the main character roster is somewhat similar: blonde heroine, blue haired heroine, their boss/manager and a pet.
same black humor, parody style, crazy plot and eccentric main heroes
If you're a fan of the crude, and random, humor in Excel Saga (Especially in Ep 26) then you're sure to love Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt! Both are very fast paced and hilarious!
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If you liked one of these then you'll most certainly like the other. Both are filled with random, over the top humor that will make you laugh out loud but will also make you question the sanity of some of the characters as well. The layouts of each are also quite similar, using single episodes for stand alone plotlines that only really seem to come together in the last few episodes of the series.
Mostly though, it's the sheer randomness of the characters and the comedy that really shows the similarities of both shows, with each comedic situation more outlandish than the last.
There are many similarities between the two, namely frenetic absurd humour and lots of parodies. They are both somewhat of an aquired taste with some hit-and-miss humour and the plot taking very much of a back seat in both series.
Both are hilarious and random.
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Both are senseless comedy with little logic or plot, that leave you thinking "Wait.. What?"
Excel Saga has more of a hyperactive feel to it, though.
Ah, mad comedy
Endless parodies in jest
Make me giggle hard
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Both shows are very comical and make funny references to other anime and pop culture. They also have very obsessive female characters being obsessive toward an unwelcoming male and make light of very controversial issues.
Comedy, parody, black humor, crazy characters, almost no plot. They both often refer to the otaku world and to Japanese society. Both have a lot of talking, and lots of signs with weird stuff written on them that randomly appear from nowhere (you need some attention to get them all). Both deal with death, but the protagonists never actually die: while Nozomu constantly tries to kill himself, a lot of Excel Saga characters die quite often, especially Hyatt and Excel.
Both anime have a nice OST. Also, in both ES and SZS the mangaka appears in the anime.
Excel Saga is crazier and random, and has more violence, while SZS is set at school and has more slice of life elements.
Both are amazing anime that stand out. If you want to cry from laughing, you should try these two.
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These two series are filled with side-splitting hilarity and randomness. It’s basically impossible to predict what will happen next in these crazy worlds, because they break all rules and logic of your standard anime. Hilarious events occur that you'll remember for months, if not years.
DG Charat appears in Excel Saga a couple of times (in ep. 23, for instance).
Both are random and funny anime.
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You like animes with sick humor, lots of references and a storyline goes around the rules of a storyline? That are the points wich makes those two animes very similiar.
...oh and both have Nabeshin! <3
Both are parody shows that make fun of everything.
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These shows both seem to incorporate many different genres in each arc including totally random stuff which you will probably never make sense of. Excel Saga occurs mostly in an urban setting and has a larger cast while Jinrui is more of a quite countryside kind of show.
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Both contain nonsensical (random) humor. If you like Excel Saga then check out Papuwa. Additionally, English dub voice actors for Hyatt and Ilpalazzo, voice lead characters in Papuwa.
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Really, Sgt. Frog is Excel Saga for a younger audience, or vice-versa. I can't believe that Shinichi Watanabe didn't direct Sgt. Frog... it's got a closing theme about afros, for Pete's sake. Speaking for the dub of Sgt. Frog, both it and Excel Saga are extremely zany, irreverent, nonsensical, and full of parodies galore. I consider the comedic style of the two series to be extremely similar, and definitely recommend either to fans of the other.
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both are really random with there funny pparts although excel saga is a bit of the deep end
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Both Arakawa Under The Bridge and Excel Saga are comedy and paraody anime based on random humour and improbable situations, although Arakawa has a little bit more story, and Excel Saga more randomness, respectivily.
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They both have the same style of "in your face" humour, and both main characters have inexplicable motivations (why does Negishi keep singing for DMC? / how the fu*K did Excel end up working for Ilpalazzo?)
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Very similar random type of anime - you keep asking yuorself: "Wait, why did this happen?" They're also both immensely funny.
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Dragon Half is a short 2-episode OVA, while Excel Saga is a 26-episode TV series.
Dragon Half mostly parodies the fantasy genre and traditional video game RPGs, while Excel Saga parodies pretty much everything over the course of 26 eps. Both were produced in the 1990s, and share similar humor elements (random jokes, slapstick, cute girls with more beauty than brains).
Kotono Mitsuishi lends her voice talents to both main characters, Mink and Excel, so you know both girls are kind of dim-witted, but likable, and ENERGETIC. Also, both licenses were originally acquired by AD Vision, so you know what to expect from the English adaptation and dubbing.
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Both animes have the same kind of wacky outrageous feel to them. Also both have female protagonist.
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Crazy, out of control again. It pretty much is Excel Saga with panty shots.
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It's pretty out of control and rather fun. Sometimes it doesn't even have a structure.
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Even though the theme is a little bit off they both have some precious comedy that not all anime have IMO they are some of the best funny animes
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Both series have many parodies of famous animes. In the case of Excel with extreme madness and humor, while Ebiten is more ecchi and with little sense.
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Excel Saga has 2 female protagonist, evil organizations, good vs. evil theme, and THE BIGGEST similarity would be that BOTH HAS A LOT OF RANDOM PARODIES!
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Both are hilarious comedies (Excel Saga it is much more) where allusion is made to others animes.
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Both are very crazy and with very comic moments.
Also the characters are different from the usual, with a combination of hero and villain, although Sunred's case is a casual hero style (as Hancock) while that Excel and Myatt are villains protagonists with heroic touches.
Both have many random.
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2 girls, 1 is a psychotic and not-too-bright, 2nd is soft-spoken..
anime filled with perverts, idiots.. well bizarre and goofy characters :)
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This reminded me a lot of Excel Saga for some reason. maybe because of the main character. It's not quite as crazy and random as Excel Saga but still pretty funny
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How did I skipped this.
Both shows look stereotypically fantasy/ sci-fi. However, they are essentially comedy, no more no less.
There are dramatic sequences and action scenes popping out from time to time, but it's not the bread and butter of the shows. AND the shows will do perfectly fine without them.
I believe this two qualified as 'not taking itself seriously' kind of show. It's good for casual audience seeking random humor, but is poison to those who seeks serious thrill and believable drama.
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Both of these anime are part of what I would like to call the "insanity" genre. They are similar in there extreme and strange situations, where you really have no clue whats going on. They are both very outlandish and very funny. If you liked one, you are sure to like the other.
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Burn Up instantly gave me the Excel Saga feeling. The female protagonists are both blond, hyperactive and quite stupid girls which are short of money and always hungry. Also, both work in some kind of organization (Excel=ACROSS, Rio=police). Municipal Force Daitenzin in ES and police in BUE both have the goal of protecting the city (even if they usually fail).
Both anime have comedy, randomness and action. They also are both set in non-existent cities.
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Very similar types of humor. Excel is a bit more energetic and adult.. but not by much in either category.
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Both are extremely funny parodies of other anime series . If you like Setokai no Ichizon,you'll also like Excel Saga.
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While completely different in both storyline, setting, pace, style and pretty much every other way, the thing that links them both is their great many references to other animes. An otakus dream really, see how many references and spoofs of your other favourite anime you can find!
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Cracked out slapstick parody.
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Both are hilarious, random, and politically incorrect anime.
Crazy characters a go-go, almost no plot, and most episodes are not linked to each other.
Excel Saga & Shin-chan even have a background music in common in certain episodes.
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Excel Saga's episode # 23 is an hilarious parody, for the most part, of Hokuto No Ken. You'll obviously understand the episode's references better if you watched The Fist Of The North Star before.
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Both series have rather random comedic styles and are both very self-referential. You will most likely either love the strange, random humor or hate it, with very little in-between.
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The perverted humor in both titles is present, as well as the craziness that ensues the title characters in both series.
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Both are really funny parody series that make me laugh my head off.
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Similar characters (Tenma-Excel, Yakumo-Hyatt, and a bunch of extra ones)
Constantly changing plot
Complete randomness style
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The characters have many similarities and it is just as funny!
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The 2nd season of Orphen is more comedy-centered than the 1st, and it has almost the same wacky, random, absurd feeling of Excel Saga.
Both anime have a blond, energetic girl who carries her dog around.
Also, both anime are by JC Staff.
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Random, crazy, and hilarious.
Both have a blond female protagonist (Excel/Melon) and a sexually twisted megane teacher/scientist (Gojo Shiouji/Hidehiko Otoya).
Also, Kakeru’s stupidity and perverseness reminds me of Iwata.
Both are enjoyable, funny, and underrated series, and both mustn’t be taken seriously.
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Both are funny comedy series with slapstick humor. NieA has some deeper undertones though.
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