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Excel Saga
File:Excel Saga vol 13.jpg
Agents extraordinaire:
Excel (front), Hyatt (right), Elgala (left).
GenreAction, Comedy, Parody, Shounen, Science Fiction
Manga
Written byKoushi Rikudou
Published byJapan Shonen Gahosha
Canada USA VIZ Media
France Kabuto
Italy Dynit
Anime
Directed byShinichi Watanabe
StudioJ.C. Staff

Excel Saga is a manga series by Koushi Rikudou[1] and a TV anime based on it and directed by Shinichi Watanabe. The anime's full title is Quack Experimental Animation Excel Saga (へっぽこ実験アニメーション　エクセル・サーガ, Heppoko Jikken Animēshon Ekuseru Sāga). Both the anime and the manga are absurdist comedies detailing the attempts of ACROSS, including the title character Excel, to conquer the city of Fukuoka as a first step towards world domination.

The manga focuses on the development of its principal characters by means of satirizing life and culture in Japan: Rikdo notes that Excel Saga developed out of his earlier dojinshi comic, Municipal Force Daitenzin, as a way both to "laugh off" economic problems of the time and to explore Excel's character, which he felt he had neglected in Daitenzin.[2] [3] The anime, while maintaining the satire, is very much a gag-based and often self-referential comedy, often featuring the original author, the director, and other members of the production crew. It also frequently parodies various films, games, dramas, and other anime, including Super Sentai, Space Battleship Yamato, and Fist of the North Star. The English-language critical reception of Excel Saga, the anime, was generally positive, likening the humor in nature and quality to the works of Tex Avery and Monty Python.[4] Nevertheless, many reviewers were dissatisfied with later episodes,[5] [6] and some censured the series as a whole for frequent references to obscure aspects of Japanese culture.[4] [7]

Excel Saga first began publication in Japan in the mid 1990s, serialized in Young King Ours, and as of June 2006 fifteen collected volumes have been published by Shonen Gahosha. It was adapted into an anime by J.C.STAFF (animation) and Victor Entertainment (production and music), which aired on TV Tokyo at 1:45 a.m. Thursdays, beginning 1999-10-07. Although twenty-six were made, the last episode was intentionally made too graphic for public broadcast and did not air in Japan.[8] Additionally, the manga has been translated into English, French and Italian. The anime has also been fully translated into these languages and also into Spanish and Portuguese.

Characters and plot

Template:Spoiler Both the manga and the anime follow the trials and tribulations encountered by ACROSS, the Organization for the Promotion of the Institutionalization of the [Supreme Ideological] Ideal [on Earth],[9] in its quest to conquer the world and rid it of corruption, starting with just one city: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture in the manga and "F City, F Prefecture" in the anime. ACROSS is led by Lord Ilpalazzo, who justifies his strategy by saying that "[c]onquering one city is a reasonable plan that allows some leeway for setbacks," and that the people of the world would not be ready for immediate unification.[10] Working to counter ACROSS and defend the city are Dr. Kabapu and his Department of City Security, also known as the Municipal Force Daitenzin, a sentai fighting force funded secretly through the city government.

The cast of characters in Excel Saga is large, spanning the five to six main members of ACROSS, the eight members of the Department of City Security, and a considerable array of secondary characters.

Further information: Characters of Excel Saga

ACROSS

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ACROSS: Ilpalazzo (center), Hyatt (left), and Excel (right). Not pictured: Elgala and Menchi.

Excel is the energetic heroine and title character, who approaches her work with an excess of determination and enthusiasm but a lack of foresight and understanding. Her mission is to further ACROSS' objective of city conquest, but her personal desire is to win the praise and affection of Ilpalazzo ("Il Palazzo" in the North American manga release), the charismatic and enigmatic leader of ACROSS. Despite being his most senior officer, Excel increasingly finds herself "out of the loop" and her authority challenged.[11] Ilpalazzo, in contrast, is cold, reserved and calculating, but he clearly has severe mental problems: he frequently suffers memory loss, hears voices, and sometimes manifests a different persona.[12] [13] He has very little patience with Excel, frequently dropping her down an oubliette—the principal running gag in Excel Saga—or otherwise punishing her and endangering her bodily well-being. Ilpalazzo soon hires a second agent, Hyatt, a demure and frail woman with a penchant for suddenly dying and reviving in quick succession—another major running gag. Despite her constrained abilities, she is noticeably Ilpalazzo's favorite. She, on the other hand, seems unaware of his favor and, in contrast to him, holds her senior in high regard. The two agents of ACROSS keep a pet and "emergency food supply" in the form of the dog Menchi (lit. "minced meat," hence "Mince" in the North American manga release). Although Excel and Hyatt often threaten to cook and eat Menchi—yet another running gag—these threats are never carried out. In the manga a fourth officer, Elgala is inducted to ACROSS. She proves to be a source of great frustration to Excel, chiefly due to her insubordinate attitude, expensive tastes, and seeming inability to keep her numerous opinions to herself.

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The Daitenzin ride to battle ACROSS for the fate of the city.

Department of City Security

Paralleling Ilpalazzo's ACROSS is the Department of City Security formed by Kabapu to protect the city. Kabapu occupies a position of inscrutable power in the city, and is able to bend its government and political establishment to his will. Despite his power, he is an object of ridicule and disgust among most of his subordinates because of his appearance and seeming disregard for lives and laws. Unfazed by this, he informs the the six members of the Department that they are to assume the role of a masked fighting force under the name of the "Municipal Force Daitenzin." One Daitenzin is Tooru Watanabe, who pins on his position in the civil service his hopes for a romantic relationship with Hyatt, but who grows increasingly despondent as the nature of his employment becomes clear. Another is Daimaru Sumiyoshi, a voice of reason in the Department, who is represented as communicating through floating text. The third, Norikuni Iwata, is generally disliked for his lechery but tolerated by his co-workers. Iwata's attempts at intimacy earn in response physical violence from Misaki Matsuya, an attractive, but ruthless young woman who provides much of the group's leadership. The final two Daitenzin are the Ropponmatsus, Units 1 and 2, android bomb-disposal experts. The anime and manga differ markedly in treating the Ropponmatsus in that the former presents them as distinct entities working together, whereas in the latter, only one is ever active: the "Ropponmatsu core" is switched between the units depending on the task at hand. Also associated with the Department is Gojo Shioji, the brilliant scientist and creator of the Ropponmatsus, who nevertheless lives in the shadow of his even greater father. The manga represents Shioji as having a lolita complex, but the anime makes him into a borderline and later outright pedophile.

Other characters

That Man (center) prepares to counter the Afro-warriors (top to bottom: Nabeshin, Pedro, and Sandora), as the Great Will and Pedro's Sexy Wife look on in terror.

Excel Saga features a wide array of other characters of varying importance to its storylines, ranging from the anime's Nabeshin (the director's alter ego) and the Great Will of the Macrocosm to the manga's Hyoko Iwata and Umi Rengaya. The former, exclusive to the anime, are incarnate dei ex machinis, with the power to alter or reset the storyline and to restore life to the dead, and appeals are often made to them in that capacity. The latter, in contrast, are introduced to the manga only as cousins of other characters (Iwata and Shioji, respectively) with no bearing on the plot. Between these extremes are, in the anime, the likes of That Man, a leader of ACROSS who attempts to co-opt the Great Will in order to become a god. Similarly, there are Pedro, the immigrant worker, and his son Sandora, who both suffer cruel turns of fate and become Nabeshin's students in the fight against That Man. And there is Key, a messenger from ACROSS Headquarters, whose appearance in episode twenty-two spurs Ilpalazzo to action. Notable characters of the manga making appearances in the anime include "The Owner," proprietor of a series of resorts commandeered by ACROSS in the manga, who appears as a comrade of Nabeshin. In this class too is Dr. Sekifumi Iwata, cousin of the Daitenzin, and Nurse Shiki Fukuya, who provide some comedic interludes in the anime, but who make more substantial appearances in the manga. There are also the anime's Puchuus, a race of insidiously cute aliens competing with ACROSS for world conquest.

Storylines

Most action in Excel Saga revolves around the conflict between ACROSS and the Daitenzin, but there are major diferences between the anime and the manga. For instance, the anime introduces a significant subplot detailing both the attempts of Pedro, the ghost of a foreign construction worker, to regain his life and his family and those of Nabeshin to avenge his friends. These goals coincide, since both men were wronged by the anime's archvillain, That Man. Although there is only modest continuity between episodes for most of the series - each episode being an "experiment" in parodying various genres of anime and other media - elements from the experiements build slowly into the main story, which culminates over episodes twenty-two through twenty-five in the battle for F City. In the manga, as of volume fourteen, the Daitenzin have engaged the agents of ACROSS on several occasions, and Ilpalazzo has revealed ACROSS' existence and intentions to the citizens of Fukuoka. Kabapu likewise reveals that he is a survivor of the city of Solaria—an Atlantis-like city of great technological power destroyed by its own hubris. Moreover, the Ropponmatsu core, switched between the two units, is said to have some connection to the last Solarian princess. Ilpalazzo dearly desires this item and has ordered his agents to capture Ropponmatsu in a covert (and ultimately failed) raid on City Hall. Watanabe has allowed his feelings for Hyatt to interfere with his career, to the point of trying to quit the Department. The Daitenzin refuse to believe Kabapu's revelations and instead mock his "native dress;" the cover of ACROSS' agents is blown, leading to Hyatt's capture; and Excel and Elgala are being held in an immigration detention center. Looming subplots include the mysteries surrounding Shioji's family and further explanation of Kabapu's and Ilpalazzo's origins. Template:Endspoiler

Manga origins and source material

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The Daitenzin (left to right). Foreground: Matsuya and Ropponmatsu Units 2 and 1. Background: Iwata, Watanabe, Sumiyoshi.

Rikudou notes that the origins of Excel Saga, the manga, lie in a dojinshi he had started during his school days, Municipal Force Daitenzin. He recalls that he had wanted to better develop Excel's character, which he felt was "undigested" in Daitenzin. Also influential was the state of the world economy at the time, which he describes as "depressed, [with] a pessimistic view of life." According to Rikudou, he wrote Excel Saga as a way "to laugh off that view."[2] The manga draws broadly from aspects of Japanese life, from major issues such as the difficulty of finding and holding onto work in the late 1990s, the state of health-care, political corruption, and gender equality, to more mundane concerns such as office relations, the hanami flower-viewing custom, and neighborhood trash collection days. While Rikudou does not often make major references to other works, a notable parody in the manga is Sekifumi Iwata, the womanizing and medically incompetent spoof of Ozamu Tezuka's Black Jack. [14] In addition, Rikudou heavily references his hometown of Fukuoka by inserting local sayings "here and there,"[14] and by naming many of his characters after landmarks in the city. The Daitenzin as a group are named after Fukuoka's downtown, the Tenjin district, their codenames deriving from department stores and other establishments in the district,[15] and their surnames from neighborhoods around the city.[16] (Sources differ on the codenames "Excel," "Ilpalazzo," and "Hyatt:" VIZ claims they originate from hotels in Fukuoka,[14] whereas ADV claims hotels in Tokyo as the source.[10]) Elgala is named after the Fukuoka Elgala Hall,[12] and ACROSS itself derives its name from the city's ACROS Building.[16] [14] In contrast, Kabapu, is named after not a landmark but the mascot of the 1989 Asia-Pacific Expo, held to celebrate the centennial of Fukuoka's Meiji-era charter.[17]

Anime adaptation

According to Rikudou, the anime came about after Victor Entertainment solicited Shonen Gahosha and the two approached him about it. He agreed but asked that the anime have a different story line from the manga, which was and remains on-going. Rikudo was very pleased with the adaptation, and he sees "much appeal in the anime world."[2] The director, for his part, recounts that the request by Yosuke Kuroda (series composition) to hire him was unexpected, and that his first thoughts on looking at the material was, "Wow, there's so much here that can't be broadcast on TV."[18]

Development

The anime, in constrast to the manga, draws from and lampoons many different genres and specific works. For instance, while the sentai genre is more frequently mocked, Fist of the North Star and the works of Leiji Matsumoto each receive an episode's worth of lampooning, while Aliens, Gundam, Rose of Versailles, Dragon Ball, and Sailor Moon all are notably parodied. Puni Puni Poemy, an OVA in which the director reprises his role as Nabeshin, is also noticeably referenced in several episodes. Although it does not originate from any other particular work, a running gag that develops later in the anime is the ongoing conflict between Nabeshin and Rikudou, taking place in the pre-title "authorization scenes" (in which an animated representation of Rikudou gives permission, usually voluntarily, for the episode's experiments). In these scenes, the author and director eventually come to blows over plot and character development in what one reviewer calls a "knowing satire on the real-life struggles that often arise between writer and director."[19] Another notable aspect of the series is the vocal cast, which includes several prominent voice actors, such as Kotono Mitsuishi as Excel, Takehito Koyasu as Ilpalazzo, and Satsuki Yukino as Ropponmatsu 1. Rikudou recalls that he was "wired up" to see his favorite voice actors and actresses read lines of his work in front of him, although he was unprepared for hearing Excel's voice the first time, which made him uncomfortable.[2]

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Menchi, being prepared for eating, performs the "Bolero," as the woman translates.

In addition to providing overall production for the series, Victor Entertainment produced the music of Excel Saga. Music and arrangment are by Toshiro Masuda,[20] with Keiichi Nozaki as music director. Shinichi Watanabe, the series director, wrote the lyrics for the opening and closing themes, which were both performed by the Excel♥Girls, Yumiko Kobayashi and Mikako Takahashi, respectively playing Excel and Hyatt. The opening of each episode, called by Anime News Network "a dead-on parody" of bubblegum J-pop,[4] is titled "Love (Loyalty)" (「愛（忠誠心）」, "Ai (Chūseishin)"). The closing theme is "Menchi's Bolero of Sorrow" (「メンチの哀愁のボレロ」, "Menchi no Aishū no Borero"), and it presents Menchi, limelit, singing alone while being prepared for cooking. Her barks are rendered in Japanese by a female translator inset lower in the screen. The standard opening and closing themes, an extended version of the closing theme, and other tracks were released in two soundtracks by Geneon.

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Excel's rage in episode twenty-six, gone too far.

"Going Too Far"

As noted earlier, the twenty-sixth episode, "Going Too Far," never aired in the original run on TV Tokyo because it was purposely too explicit for broadcast. It opens with more graphic animation (containing pixelated nudity and more blood), and the closing, in contrast to the routine, presents the translator on fours, wearing a collar, singing the "Bolero," while Menchi translates. The episode itself, in addition to much more violence, blood, and gore, features graphic sexual situations involving nudity, lesbianism, soaplands, and a love hotel—and instances of all of these involve minors. The director himself remarks that it "felt good to go past the limits of a TV series... [but that it] is not something that you should do too often,"[18] although in the episode itself, his alter ego, Nabeshin, proclaims, "You can count on me! Anime is about explosions!"[8]

International versions

The first fourteen volumes of the manga have been translated into English and published in North America by VIZ Media, who have announced a December 2006 release for the translation of the fifteenth volume.[21] Each volume includes a section called "Oubliette," which consists of a "sound effects guide" and notes by the editor and translator. North American sales of the manga have been fairly strong, with Excel Saga placing in the 100 top-selling graphic novels on several occasions since late 2003.[22] As of June 2006 eleven volumes of the manga have been translated into Italian by Dynit and four into French by Kabuto.

ADV Films produced the English-language version of the anime, released on DVD and initially starring Jessica Calvello. She damaged her voice during production and was replaced starting in episode fourteen by Larissa Wolcott. Among other extras, the ADV release features interview transcripts, games, and "Vid-Notes" as commentary. It is distributed in in Australia by Madman Entertainment.[23] A French edition of the anime was distributed by Dybex, starring Pascale Duchemin as the voice of Excel. From November 2004 onwards, it was also broadcast daily by Canal+ in the program La Kaz. "Going Too Far" aired in France, but at a different time slot on 2004-12-30 at 1:00 a.m., out of content considerations. An Italian version was produced by Dynit, starring Federica De Bortoli, and shown on MTV Italy. Excel Saga was also broadcast in Brazil in Portuguese, subtitled on Animax Latin America and in a dubbed version by Álamo and starring Luciana Baroli on Animax Brazil. Rebeca Aponte leads in Estudios Lain's Spanish adaptation.

Critical reception

As noted above, the English-language reviews of Excel Saga were broadly positive and even enthusiastic. Anime News Network (ANN) puts it in the same class as Airplane!, National Lampoon, Tex Avery, and Monty Python,[4] 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." Gline calls it "a brutally savage parody of every conceivable anime genre and convention, and as the kind of post-modern self-criticism" (emphasis in the original) found in the works of Takashi Miike, Thornton Wilder, Pirandello.[6] Nevertheless, several reviewers say some later episodes had "stale" humor,[24] that they were "tiresome,"[6] or even "painfully unfunny."[5] Episodes fourteen through sixteen, starring the Ropponmatsus, bear the brunt of this criticism, although several critics hail episode seventeen, "Animation USA," as one of the series' best.[5] [25] [26] Reviewers also agree that the series suffers from too much "filler" in its later episodes, with ANN describing the show as "spinning its wheels."[27] As a symbol of this, the production staff's reliance on a second summary episode—recapping the Pedro-Nabeshin subplot—particularly draws reviewers' ire. ANN alone seems to have enjoyed it, calling the episode "delightfully stupid."[27]

Another concern several reviewers express is the quantity of obscure jokes and cultural references might limit the show's appeal.[6] [7] [28] The reviewer from Gline, however, reserves harshest words for the unaired "Going Too Far:" calling it "pure, idiotic, wretched excess."[6] He goes on to say that the writing has "the feeling of trying to deliberately enrage the audience by resorting to the only tactics left: genuinely offensive subject matter." In contrast, Digitally Obsessed feels that the episode succeeds just in time, "with one of the series' funnier sight gags,"[29] and another reviewer felt that it is "too light hearted to take offense," and that is "a complete success."[30]

In technical terms, the series received high marks for its style and art. Although Digitally Obsessed feels the animation "flat-out gorgeous,"[31] ANN considers it merely above average, waning as the series progresses and relying more on super-deformating the characters for comedic effect.[5] ADV's release earned praise for the quality of the video transfer, the DVD extras (including the "indispensible" Vid-Notes), and the English voice acting.[4] [29] Regarding the English vocal track, reviewers note that Calvello and Wolcott were each able to capture Mitsuishi's Excel.[5] [6] With regards to the manga, Akadot writes that "some of the strange events go on a little too long and do not have the impact that they do animated," but that Rikudou's Excel Saga is "graced with fantastic visuals and a hilarious story," and that the English edition is "a masterpiece of the translator's skill."[32] A reviewer of the French edition also praises Rikudou's work, noting that it is an "…easy read without problems of clarity."[33]

Notes and references

Citations made to the Excel Saga episodes and manga, except those for quotations from the source material, are directed specifically to the ADV Vid-Notes and the "Oubliette" notes, respectively.

  1. ^ Note that while ADV and VIZ transliterate his given name as "Koshi" and his surname as "Rikdo," the author himself transliterates them as "Koushi" (神士, Kōshi) and "Rikudou" (六道, Rikudō), respectively. See, Template:Ja icon "Rikudou_Koushi Official Homepage". Retrieved 2006-06-02.
  2. ^ a b c d "Interview with Rikdo Koshi". Excel Saga DVD Volume 5. ADV Films. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  3. ^ In addition to the Excel Saga manga and the original Daitenzin dojinshi, Rikudou has published and promotes on his website a number of dojinshi featuring Excel Saga, some of them erotic in nature.
  4. ^ a b c d e Crandol, Mike (2002-06-17). "Review - Excel Saga DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e Crandol, Mike (2003-01-14). "Review - Excel Saga DVD 4". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b c d e f "DVD of the Week (07-31-03): Excel Saga". TheGline.com. Retrieved 2006-06-03.
  7. ^ a b "Excel Saga". The Anime Critic. 2004-01-14. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b Shinichi Watanabe (Director). "Going Too Far". Excel Saga.
  9. ^ This is how VIZ renders the name in volume one, noting that the literal meaning would be "Ideology Realization Organization Across."
  10. ^ a b Shinichi Watanabe (Director). "The Koshi Rikdo Assassination Plot". Excel Saga.
  11. ^ Rikdo Koshi (w, a). Excel Saga, vol. 10 (2005-01-18). VIZ Media, ISBN 1591166446.
  12. ^ a b Rikdo Koshi (w, a). Excel Saga, vol. 2 (2003-09-03). VIZ Media, ISBN 1569319898.
  13. ^ Shinichi Watanabe (Director). "We Will Not Be Held Responsible". Excel Saga.
  14. ^ a b c d Rikdo Koshi (w, a). Excel Saga, vol. 1 (2003-08-13). VIZ Media, ISBN 156931988X. Cite error: The named reference "vol1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  15. ^ Shinichi Watanabe (Director). "Municipal Force Daitenzin". Excel Saga.
  16. ^ a b "Trivia for "Heppoko jikken animēshom excel saga"". Retrieved 2006-06-03.
  17. ^ Rikdo Koshi (w, a). Excel Saga, vol. 5 (2004-03-03). VIZ Media, ISBN 1591161363.
  18. ^ a b "Interview with Shinichi Watanabe". Excel Saga DVD Volume 3. ADV Films. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  19. ^ "Excel Saga Review". theOtaku.com. 2005-05-28. Retrieved 2006-06-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ Note that sources disagree as to his given name: Anime News Network renders it as "Toshio," whereas the ADV's English ending credits render it as shown.
  21. ^ "Releases - Upcoming titles - Excel Saga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  22. ^ See "Top 50 Graphic Novels" for October 2003 and December 2003, as well as "Top 100 Graphic Novels Actual" for February 2004, April 2004, August 2004, November 2004, January 2005, and May 2005. ICv2. Retrieved on 2006-06-13
  23. ^ "Excel Saga (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2006-06-02. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  24. ^ Cunningham, Joel (2003-02-24). "Excel Saga #5: Secrets and Lies (2000)". Digitally Obsessed. Retrieved 2006-06-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ^ Arnold, Adam (February 2003). "Animefringe Reviews: Excel Saga Vol.4: Doing Whatever It Takes". Animefringe. Retrieved 2006-06-12.
  26. ^ Cunningham, Joel (2003-01-13). "Excel Saga #4: Doing Whatever It Takes (2000)". Digitally Obsessed. Retrieved 2006-06-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  27. ^ a b Crandol, Mike (2003-03-10). "Review - Excel Saga DVD 5". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ Huxley, John (2004-04-28). "Excel Saga series review". Anime Boredom. Retrieved 2006-06-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ a b Cunningham, Joel (2003-04-08). "Excel Saga #6: Going Way Too Far (2000)". Digitally Obsessed. Retrieved 2006-06-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  30. ^ Huxley, John (2004-04-28). "Excel Saga Volume 6: Going way too far!". Anime Boredom. Retrieved 2006-06-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  31. ^ Cunningham, Joel (2002-11-14). "Excel Saga #1: The Weirdness Begins (1999)". Digitally Obsessed. Retrieved 2006-06-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  32. ^ "Excel Saga". Akadot. 2003-09-16. Retrieved 2006-06-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  33. ^ Full quotation Template:Fr icon: "En ce qui concerne la mise en page, celle-ci est particulièrement dynamique avec un enchaînement impressionnant de cases les unes sur les autres et qui laissent, malgré le nombre, une lecture facile et sans problèm de clarté." "Critique de Excel Saga". SciFi-Universe. Retrieved 2006-06-08.

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