...On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 22:08:40(PST) _Leona_ Wong writes:
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Hey, what exactly is "Exel Saga" about anyway?  I watched the first episode 
and got extremely annoyed with it.  But I'm curious again, since so many 
people say it's good...
 
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I think it spoofs a whole lot of different anime shows, which I guess you 
have to see to find it funny? I saw the first DVD at A-Kon last year and 
thought some of it was funny but I didnt really like it (and think, they were 
offereing it for lik 25 at the Suncoast store and I actually thought about 
buying it just for the hell of it, glad I didnt) So I dunno really...
 
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    Just like every anime out there, there are some titles that some people 
just can't get used to.  I guess Excel Saga may be one of them.  I haven't 
seen most of the anime that Excel Saga spoofs, either.  I just find it to be 
hilarious.
 

     Leona, like I've said in a recent post, you can't 'judge' a title by 
it's first few (let alone its first) episodes.  What was it about the first 
episode that annoyed you?
 

     True, a few people may get turned off by the way Excel's speech just 
sorta goes off the "deep end", to me it's pretty funny, but it had me rolling 
on the floor watching it in Japanese.  Many (if not _all_) of the inside 
jokes might not be understood, though.The entire anime pokes fun at Japanese 
society.
 

     It's kinda like James Bond in a Gilligan's Island setting...  I don't 
know, I just came up with that, so I can't explain it.  Think: Someone's 
trying to take over the world, but does it in a very... unorthodox way... The 
so-crazy-it-just-might-work, way.  
 

     Of course, someone trying to take over a city (let alone the world) is 
bound to fail (miserably) in the anime universe; especially when out of your 
_two_ employees, one's a bumbling idiot with a gung-ho attitude, and the 
other's anemic to the point that she passes out at the slightest thing.
 

     So, that's what this anime's basically about.  Oh, and of course there's 
an opposing "agency" against them, which happens to be 'funded' by the 
government.
 



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