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by Jodi Heard
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Episode 22:
As Excel and Hyatt begin the massive preparations to take of F City in F prefecture, the Puchuu's come out in force to do the most bizarre mix of Captan Harlock Queen Emeraldas, and Space Battleship Yamato parodies ever. Everyone has been truly immortalized as the most angst ridden moments of these shows are dramatized by Puchuu!
Episode 23:
They actually succeeded this time! Sort of... Excel has finally achieved her desire of seeing F city as toast. As she wanders the post apocalyptic desert landscape, filled with motorcycle goons terrorizing the remaining populace, she is the keeper of a most deadly martial art that strikes fear in even the strongest of men. Watch out, or you too will be mercilessly Digi-KO'd
Episode 24:
In a rare moment of seriousness, the series drops the gags *entirely* (Now now, no one panic, it's OK, they return) Excel has been betrayed by the one she has loved, and now bereft of memory, watches as the populace makes a desperate stand against the dictator that has taken their homes one by one...
Episode 25:
Back to the business at hand! Excel remembers who she is and why she's alive in the final ending to the series! Illapalazzo is in trouble (gasp!) And it is now up to Excel to saver her fearless leader from the grandest enemy of all!
Episode 26:
Abandon hope all ye who enter here. Or Decency, or Morals, or any sensibilities you hold dear for that matter. They will be mercilessly stomped into the floor with great force as everyone takes a bow and does EVERYTHING they aren't supposed to do on Japanese TV. Hyatt becomes a leaking fountain of blood, Excels switches bodies with Hyatt and they admire each other's good... well... it just gets wrong. WARNING: This makes the +17 rating on the box needed just by this episode *alone*.
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Ladies and gentleman, the curtain is about to fall on one of the most bizarre and insane series ever. The title of the DVD is "Going Way Too Far" and dear God, does it ever. After countless episodes of Koshi Rikudo giving permission for Excel and Co to butcher every known genre on the face of the planet, it's now time for the windup and the pitch, with the plot screeching home to sock everyone in their respective soft spots. NOTHING is sacred in this series. NOTHING.
Just as you thought it was going to be nothing but gags from beginning to end, Excel Saga starts to show its plot. Once it does, it is amazing to see a show that went from "ah this'll be funny, let do it!" to rather tragically heart wrenching angst. Although many will balk at the seriousness in episode 24, it can be seen as a parody in itself. (The second to the last episodes of a series in anime are always the darkest, regardless of what has gone before) However, everything recovers for the ending, which, without giving anything away, at long last Excel finally got the real wish of her heart. The final episode on the disc bursts through any restrain the writers had to do the most shocking and twisted things ever seen.
The DVD has a few goodies, such as info on Puni Puni Poemy, done by the same group as Excel Saga and as bad if not worse than episode 26. (If you weep at the thought of no new Nabeshin adventures, he makes an appearance in this new series.) The case contains a psycho postcard of Pedro in seizure inducing colors, and a mini poster of Excel dressed in soap bubbles. (Well, maybe dressed isn't the right word...) The DVD is a bit clumsy in selections but the crazy screens for the menus are worth it. If you have been avoiding Excel Saga or dropped out during the long episodes of craziness, come back for 6 for the finale of a lifetime.
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