Excel Saga - Vol. 3: When Excel Strikes Out (2002)

Synopsis: Billed as "the ultimate parody of anime," EXCEL SAGA certainly goes out of its way to parody every convention of the genre it can. From the cloying J-pop opening, it's clear that this series' sole... Billed as "the ultimate parody of anime," EXCEL SAGA certainly goes out of its way to parody every convention of the genre it can. From the cloying J-pop opening, it's clear that this series' sole aim is to be a good-natured farce, one that revolves around a main character who, on the surface is not much different from any other anime heroine. However, the key difference between Excel and all those who preceded her is that Excel is completely and utterly insane and considers it her goal to to conquer the city of F. These episodes find Excel and Hyatt once again trying to take over the city of F in a rather foolish manner as they invoke the secret ideological agency of ACROSS. [More]

Director: Shinichi Watanabe

Director: Shinichi Watanabe