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2 unusual facts about Excel Saga


Excel Saga

Mike Crandol of Anime News Network puts it in the same class as Airplane!, National Lampoon, Tex Avery, and Monty Python, adding that the "combination of character-based humor, outrageous slapstick farce, and a plot that is engaging if only for how weird it is make for a thoroughly enjoyable comedic experience".

The English adaptation initially starred Jessica Calvello, with Larissa Wolcott taking over the role after episode thirteen after Calvello had damaged her voice during production.


Konishiki Yasokichi

In 2000 Shinichi Watanabe, director of Excel Saga and Puni Puni Poemy, created an anime series called Dotto! Koni-chan, in which Koni, the protagonist, is a fat kid who strongly resembles KONISHIKI.

Mikako Takahashi

Under the alias Mikako Hyatt, she forms one half of the Excel Saga voice acting duo The Excel Girls (the other half being Yumiko Kobayashi).


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