Excel Saga

Dawn and I currently watch snippets of episodes of Excel Saga when we can--which as of late means during breakfast and maybe dinner.

The above picture depicts Menchi, the pet dog of the eponymous character--Menchi doubles as her emergency food supply (thankfully never yet used), which is why she's so happy to escape when she can.

Weird and silly, absurdist, full of corny drama and cartoon-physics, the theme songs have become a recurring theme in my head this week.

UPDATE, 2008-04-27: Finished it last night, including the "legendary" 26th episode. One of my favorite quotes from the series: "Sounds fishy!" as she interrupts Lord Ilpallazzo's evil half's monologue, then continues to pummel it.





And of course, the Japanese voices with subtitles for the win--no comparison, although the English voices come across acceptably.