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<div style="line-height:10pt; font-size:80%;">Shinichi Watanabe,<br/>''Excel Saga''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s director</div>

'''''[[Excel Saga]]''''' is a [[manga]] series by [[Koushi Rikudou]], and a TV [[anime]] series based on it and directed by [[Shinichi Watanabe]]. Both the anime and the manga are [[absurdist]] comedies following the attempts of the "secret ideological organisation," Across, to conquer the city of [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]] as a first step towards world domination. [[Excel (Excel Saga)|Excel]], the title character, is a key member of Across and ranks below only the organization's enigmatic leader, Ilpalazzo. In both the manga and anime, the city is defended by a shadowy government agency led by Dr. Kabapu, whose subordinates engage Excel and her junior officer, [[Hyatt (Excel Saga)|Hyatt]] on several occasions. The manga focuses on the development of its principal characters by means of [[satire|satirizing]] life and culture in [[Japan]]. The English-language reception of the ''Excel Saga'' anime was generally positive, likening the humor in nature and quality to the works of [[Tex Avery]] and [[Monty Python]]. The ''Excel Saga'' manga began publication in Japan in the mid-1990s, serialized in [[Shonen Gahosha]]'s ''[[Young King OURs]]'', and [[as of 2006|as of August 2006]] sixteen [[tankōbon|collected volumes]] have been published. ('''[[Excel Saga|more...]]''')</div>