25 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestIn this aptly-named epilogue, an aborted attempt at making a musical version of Excel Saga is replaced by an exercise in pushing the boundaries of good taste for even Japanese television. As a small sampling of the insanity, Excel and Hyatt (the former more deranged than usual, the latter more sickly than usual) switch bodies, Cosette returns only to get naughty with Dr. Shioji, Watanabe takes Hyatt (in Excel’s body) to a love hotel, Nabeshin gets married, and there’s way too much blood and pointless violence. What better way to end a "Quack Experimental Anime"?
Hyperactive Excel does anything and everything to try to please her lord, Il Palazzo, who wants to take over the planet. Excel’s misadventures takes her and her partner, the ever-dying Hyatt, all over the world, meeting several strange people as they go. Everything is bizarre and goofy, as any kind of anime or entertainment genre gets mocked and spoofed.
Direction
Shinichi Watanabe inserts himself as Nabeshin, hair and all.
Writing
Breaks fourth wall, budget, and possibly your sanity.
Acting
Kotono Mitsuishi's Excel is vocal cord destruction as art.
Creator
Koshi Rikudo
Satomi Korogi
Menchi (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Koshi Rikudo (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Il Palazzo (voice)
Omi Minami
Hyatt (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi
Excel Excel (voice)
Shinichi Watanabe
Nabeshin (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
The Great Will of the Macrocosm (voice)
Ryotaro Okiayu
Toru Watanabe (voice)
Showtaro Morikubo
Norikuni Iwata (voice)
Takashi Nagasako
Pedro (voice)
Akiko Yajima
Cosette (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Excel Girls' theme was performed by Koshi Rikudo's actual assistants.
Episode 19's 'Bowling' was entirely improvised after the studio literally ran out of money mid-season.
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