Excel Saga Episodes: 26 Genre: Comedy Creator: Kouji Rikudo Age Rating: 16 and up Commercial Release: ADV Films

Overview:
The energetic and devoted Excel, along with her partner Hyatt and "emergency food source" Menchi, are out to do their best for the evil organization Across and their leader, Ilparrattzo. Unfortunately, something always seems to go wrong, especially when assignments such as killing your own manga artist seem like perfectly reasonable requests.With things such as a tortured migrant worker, a partner that coughs up blood every few minutes, and an evil mastermind who spends his spare time learning Japanese punk rock and playing video games, Excel is in the middle of one chaotic world!

Some Characters of Note:

Excel : The protagonist of the series, Excel is completely devoted to the evil organization of Across, and especially of "Master" Ilparratzo, who she is completely in love with. Excel's continuously cheery nature in carrying out the evil work of her master is only matched by her tendancy to disregard reality and the danger of her job. In fact, with Excel on the job, it's the people around her that need to be more afraid than her.

Hyatt: Beautiful, shy, and soft-spoken, Hyatt was sent from another planet in order to serve the evil organization Across. Ilparattzo shows a definite bias (and a romantic interest) towards Hyatt, of which she is totally oblivious. Hyatt tends to do a good job of keeping Excel out of relative danger - that is, when her weak constitution doesn't kick in. Because of her weakness, Hyatt is susceptible to fainting spells and coughing up blood every few minutes or even seconds.

Ilparratzo: The evil mastermind of the Across organization, Ilparratzo is loved by Excel, who he finds incredibly annoying to the point of killing her when he feels like it. He's also relatively ignored by Hyatt, who has no idea of his affections towards her. Ilparratzo is determined to take over the world (starting small with Japan, of course) and "cleanse" it of its supposed corruption through his rule. To this end, he assigns tasks to Excel and Hyatt that almost always turn out the wrong way.

Menchi: The unfortunate pet of Excel, who happens to find him one day in the street. In an unlucky turn of events, Excel happened to be starving at the time, so she immediately chased and captured Menchi against his will and designated him her "emergency food source", to be cooked when she has nothing else to eat. Menchi thus lives in dread of the day when Excel makes "use" of her pet, and attempts to escape her clutches on many opportunities.