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''Excel Saga'' has never had a large fanbase outside of Japan. Thanks to the sheer number of jokes and references it makes (and for fear of copyright lawsuits since it ''is'' licensed), no one has ever wanted to do a serious fan translation. The official translation by Viz, which has an entire section in each book dedicated to the sheer amount of untranslatable references and jokes they had to change, slowed down in 2008 to one volume a year. However, with the release of Volume 23 in April 2012, and the 24th slated for November, hopes are high that this may indicate a speedier release schedule to finish off the 27 volume series. |
''Excel Saga'' has never had a large fanbase outside of Japan. Thanks to the sheer number of jokes and references it makes (and for fear of copyright lawsuits since it ''is'' licensed), no one has ever wanted to do a serious fan translation. The official translation by Viz, which has an entire section in each book dedicated to the sheer amount of untranslatable references and jokes they had to change, slowed down in 2008 to one volume a year. However, with the release of Volume 23 in April 2012, and the 24th slated for November, hopes are high that this may indicate a speedier release schedule to finish off the 27 volume series. |
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The manga was adapted into a twenty-six episode [[Anime]] in 1999 directed by [[Shinichi Watanabe|Nabeshin]]. Since the anime's storyline was only loosely based on a scant five volumes of the manga<ref> The two diverge at the point where Ropponmatsu II (Nishiki) is introduced.</ref>, it changed several things, [[Excel Saga (anime)|it has its own page]], '''and tropes that only happened in the anime should go there.''' Because the anime diverged from the manga so early, many of the characters introduced |
The manga was adapted into a twenty-six episode [[Anime]] in 1999 directed by [[Shinichi Watanabe|Nabeshin]]. Since the anime's storyline was only loosely based on a scant five volumes of the manga<ref> The two diverge at the point where Ropponmatsu II (Nishiki) is introduced.</ref>, it changed several things, [[Excel Saga (anime)|it has its own page]], '''and tropes that only happened in the anime should go there.''' Because the anime diverged from the manga so early, many of the characters introduced later -- most notably Elgala and Shiouji's family -- do not appear in the anime at all. |
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A sparsely-populated [[Excel Saga (manga)/Shout Out|shout out page]] is available. |
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