The Koshi Rikdo Assassination Plot
English titles: Excel Saga, Heppoko [Silly] Animation Excel Saga, Quack Experimental Anime Excel Saga
- Studio
- J.C. Staff, Victor Entertainment Inc.
- Distributor
- Selecta Vision S.L.
Synopsis
Excel works for Across, an organization bent on world domination to create a better society. She ain't exactly great at her job, but she definitely tries hard. And with her new partner from outer space, she ain't giving up. Meanwhile, three roommates get a job with a weird government agency, a foreign construction worker is forced to be the love slave to the embodiment of the universe (a vortex with slender, womanly arms), and a man with an Afro gets into all sorts of weird messes that remain unexplained. And this is only the tip of the iceberg to this hilariously twisted series!
Characters
Koshi Rikudo, Great Will of the Macrocosm, Pedro's Sexy Wife, Menchi, Ropponmatsu 1, Ropponmatsu 2, Il Palazzo, Toru Watanabe, Norikuni Iwata, Excel Excel, Hyatt, Pedro, Nabeshin.
English Version: Misaki Matsuya, Sandora, Ropponmatsu 1, Ropponmatsu 2, Hyatt, Menchi, Pedro, Gojo Shioji, Norikuni Iwata, Gomez, That Man, Il Palazzo, Excel Excel, Nabeshin, Kabapu, Great Will of the Macrocosm, Pedro's Sexy Wife, Watanabe, Koshi Rikdo, Ugly Puchuus, Lead Puchuus, Ambulance Drivers
English Version: Misaki Matsuya, Sandora, Ropponmatsu 1, Ropponmatsu 2, Hyatt, Menchi, Pedro, Gojo Shioji, Norikuni Iwata, Gomez, That Man, Il Palazzo, Excel Excel, Nabeshin, Kabapu, Great Will of the Macrocosm, Pedro's Sexy Wife, Watanabe, Koshi Rikdo, Ugly Puchuus, Lead Puchuus, Ambulance Drivers
Credits
Directing
Producing
- Producer
- Shigeru Kitayama
- Executive Producers
- John Ledford, Mark Williams
Writing
Voices
- Voice
- Wataru Takagi (Koshi Rikudo), Yûko Mizutani (Great Will of the Macrocosm, Pedro's Sexy Wife), Satomi Koorogi (Menchi, Ropponmatsu 2), Takehito Koyasu (Il Palazzo), Ryôtarô Okiayu (Toru Watanabe), Shotaro Morikubo (Norikuni Iwata), Satsuki Yukino (Ropponmatsu 1), Kotono Mitsuishi (Excel Excel), Omi Minami (Hyatt), Takashi Nagasako (Pedro), Shinichi Watanabe (Nabeshin)
- English Version
- Tiffany Grant (Misaki Matsuya, Sandora), Kelli Cousins (Ropponmatsu 1), Kira Vincent-Davis (Ropponmatsu 2), Monica Rial (Hyatt), Hilary Haag (Menchi), Rob Mungle (Pedro), Spike Spencer (Gojo Shioji), Mark Laskowski (Norikuni Iwata), Mike McRae (Gomez, That Man), Jason Douglas (Il Palazzo), Jessica Calvello (Excel Excel), Brett Weaver (Nabeshin), Mike Kleinhenz (Kabapu), Kelly Manison (Great Will of the Macrocosm, Pedro's Sexy Wife), Jay Hickman (Watanabe), Paul Sidello (Koshi Rikdo), Mike Vance (Ugly Puchuus), Victor Carsrud (Ambulance Driver #1), Randy Sparks (Ambulance Driver #2), John Swasey, James Marshall, Allison Keith, Matt Greenfield, Dean Turner, Cynthia Martinez, Greg Stanley, John Gremillion, Illich Guardiola, Andy McAvin, Ted Pfister, Emily Carter, Sheri Simms
Music
- Music
- Toshio Masuda
- Opening Theme, "Ai (Chuuseishin)" ("Love [Loyalty]")
- Excel*Girls
- Ending Theme, "Menchi Aishou no Bolero" ("Menchi's Bolero of Sorrow")
- Excel*Girls Featuring Satomi Koorogi
Animation
- Animation Director
- Akihiko Nishiyama
- Animator
- Satoshi Ishino
Art Department
- Art Director
- Jun'ichi Higashi
- Character Designer
- Satoshi Ishino
Sound
- Sound Director
- Hideyuki Tanaka
Music Department
- Dubbed Singers ("No Matter What We Do")
- John Gremillion, Chris Patton, Mike Vance, Brett Weaver
- Dubbed Singer ("Nabeshin's Song")
- Brett Weaver
Production notes
Based on an original manga by Rikado Koshi.
Director Shinichi Watanabe appears in a cameo, while the story includes assassination attempts on Koshi.
The theme song is barked by a dog with Japanese subtitles.
Although the final episode was not broadcast, it was included on the video release.
"Puni Puni Poemi," a two-episode video, was spun off from the series and distributed by ADV Films.
Director Shinichi Watanabe appears in a cameo, while the story includes assassination attempts on Koshi.
The theme song is barked by a dog with Japanese subtitles.
Although the final episode was not broadcast, it was included on the video release.
"Puni Puni Poemi," a two-episode video, was spun off from the series and distributed by ADV Films.