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Excel Saga

Excel Saga

Alternative Titles

English: 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

Information

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

Statistics

Score: 7.631 (scored by 23504 users)
Ranked: #10532
Popularity: #334
Members: 45,956
Favorites: 578
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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.
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 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.
Excel Saga = Random
Gintama = Random
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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.
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.
Loved that insane wacky random humor? You'll find the same here ;)
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".
Crazy Parodies ^^ (also, Lucky Star parodies Excel Saga once or twice xD)
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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.
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.
both are really random with there funny pparts although excel saga is a bit of the deep end
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.

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?)
Very similar random type of anime - you keep asking yuorself: "Wait, why did this happen?" They're also both immensely funny.
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.
Both animes have the same kind of wacky outrageous feel to them. Also both have female protagonist.
Crazy, out of control again. It pretty much is Excel Saga with panty shots.
It's pretty out of control and rather fun. Sometimes it doesn't even have a structure.
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
Both hilarious parodies.
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.
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!
Both are hilarious comedies (Excel Saga it is much more) where allusion is made to others animes.
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.
2 girls, 1 is a psychotic and not-too-bright, 2nd is soft-spoken..
anime filled with perverts, idiots.. well bizarre and goofy characters :)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
The perverted humor in both titles is present, as well as the craziness that ensues the title characters in both series.
Both are really funny parody series that make me laugh my head off.
Similar characters (Tenma-Excel, Yakumo-Hyatt, and a bunch of extra ones)
Constantly changing plot
Complete randomness style
reportRecommended by Eru13 - Add to favorites
The characters have many similarities and it is just as funny!
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.
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.
Resetting time anyone?
Both are funny comedy series with slapstick humor. NieA has some deeper undertones though.
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