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Jun 27, 2009 6:38 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Topic of the week: sports anime!

In this chapter:

- The Excel Girls show up within the show as Excel and Hyatt impersonators
- Pedro's relationship with the Great Will of the Macrocosmos turned out to be an affair
- Watanabe, Sumiyoshi and Iwata were pissed off at not having any screen time (again!)
- We get a theme music power-up as Excel wtf-pwns the entire enemy forces
- Oh, so very very much sexual innuendo with balls!

I got the impression that this chapter was not as good as previous ones though... it's great humor, yeah, but I absolutely cracked up at all previous chapters and this one only managed to get a chuckle. Just to see if any next chapters will have better stuff...
Da_NukeJun 27, 2009 7:49 PM
Dec 20, 2009 11:20 PM
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the bowing guy's suit was made of pins...and a ton of win.
May 17, 2010 3:37 PM
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Not quite as good as previous chapters but then again sports anime aren't particularly great to begin with O_o

"An idiot's thinking is just like taking a break" was genius though XD
Nov 4, 2010 4:41 PM
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Oh god, this was seriously one of the funniest episodes of any anime I've seen. The humor came fast and furious, the wordplay was great, the jokes were awesome. So funny and wacky.
Sep 10, 2011 3:37 PM
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Favorite line: This is how far bowling has come: middle-aged men mow down arousing beautiful women with their favorite balls
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Jan 12, 2012 6:51 PM
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LOLtastic ... and no, I don't usually like sports anime either, but this was hillarious.
Sep 17, 2013 4:11 PM
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"Excel Saga" is a delightfully weird and funny series, and I have enjoyed every episode so far. I just finished watching this one and had to leave a comment. I have never been a sports fan, and my reaction to different sports ranges from boredom to virulent hatred. Bowling falls closer to the boring end of that scale. I can't quite bring myself to hate the sport because it isn't usually violent (my true hatred is reserved for violent sports such as hockey and American football), and it is rather un-cool, which for me is a positive attribute. I actually used to go bowling occasionally when I was a child, but I never could quite see the point of it.

This episode is a fantastic parody of sports in general. It takes a sport that is often seen as dull and un-cool, and manages to make it exciting while poking fun at the un-coolness of it. While watching it, I couldn't stop laughing. So many people take sports so seriously that I think they need to be satirized, and this episode satirizes sports mania beautifully. I can't think of a better way to satirize sports than to take one that inspires very little passion among the general public and depict a bunch of fanatics taking the sport to ridiculous extremes. I hope fanatics devoted to "popular" sports can watch this episode and find the humor in their own situations.

I look forward to watching the rest of this series; I can't wait to see the weirdness that emerges from the warped minds of its creators.
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May 28, 2014 12:15 AM
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yeaaa bowling its far from the most popular.Ha stock footage of bowling and whats with that dudes spinning head.LMAO instead of fondling they want to bowl.bowling outfits are funny as hell.pedro banging ms will.There sure was a ton of ball talk.
Nov 18, 2016 11:01 AM
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The show officialy needs more Nabeshin
Jan 18, 2017 9:31 AM

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" Don't think, feel." - Nabeshin

" Very No!" - Pedro
Apr 16, 2019 3:15 PM

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I was waiting for a sports themed episode and wow, it definitely delivered. Can't decide on a best moment, but overall my favorite episode as of now xD

Ok, Excel dropping the bowling balls looked really hilarious

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May 12, 2020 10:56 AM

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For an old anime they sure went all out on the animation, from the ultrarealistic strike there at the start to the 3d matrix dodging bullets scene

Quite the intense sports episode

Sep 24, 2021 4:01 PM

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Poor male friends trio, ignored again and lampshading it


And... the eyecatch invaded by Excel being chased by the villain's henchmen was hilarious
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Jul 11, 2023 4:47 AM

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bowling pin hyatt was so cute
Sep 28, 2023 9:36 AM

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Lol the opening playing by the imposters excel and hyatt while excel was bowling, the sudden 3D change in one scene and the ball puns. Man this episode was great.

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Jun 21, 9:19 PM
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The live action clips killed me. XDDDDD
Jul 12, 11:25 PM

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another good gag: the "staff member" constantly bowling in the background of every camera shot across the top of the lanes, getting noticeably less enthusiastic about it as the episode wore on

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