Editing Excel Saga (section)

===Manga===
{{See also|List of Excel Saga chapters{{!}}List of ''Excel Saga'' chapters}}
The series began serialization in 1996 in [[Shōnen Gahōsha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Young King OURs]]'' and finished in August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yue|first=Xueying|title=Excel Saga Manga Approaches Its Finale After 15 Years|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-03/excel-saga-manga-approaches-its-finale-after-15-years|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 7, 2022|date=July 4, 2011|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125010551/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-03/excel-saga-manga-approaches-its-finale-after-15-years|url-status=live}}</ref> The 183 individual chapters were collected in 27 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes by Shōnen Gahōsha from April 23, 1997, to October 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:エクセル・サーガ 1 (ヤングキングコミックス) (コミック)|id={{ASIN|478591565X|country=jp}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=エクセル・サーガ 27 (ヤングキングコミックス) (コミック)|id={{ASIN|4785937254|country=jp}}}}</ref> A 60-page [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] was published in ''Young King OURs'' on December 28, 2021, to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Excel Saga Manga Gets 25th Anniversary 1-Shot Chapter|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-06/excel-saga-manga-gets-25th-anniversary-1-shot-chapter/.180311|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 24, 2023|date=December 6, 2021|archive-date=November 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105030240/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-06/excel-saga-manga-gets-25th-anniversary-1-shot-chapter/.180311|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Viz Media]] licensed ''Excel Saga'' for an English release in North America and the first volume was released on August 13, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2003/06_august.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030709183219/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2003/06_august.php|title=Viz LLC 2003 Press Releases|archive-date=July 9, 2003 }}</ref> Initially the series was published on an approximately bimonthly schedule, however the series had caught up with the Japanese release and the publishing schedule for volume 12 onwards was changed as a result.<ref>{{cite book|title=Excel Saga|volume=11|page=213|author=Carl Gustav horn|date=15 March 2005|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|isbn=1-59116-722-1}}</ref> Volume 27 was released on January 14, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-14/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-12-18|title=North American Anime Manga Releases January 12–18|date=August 5, 2023|access-date=January 16, 2014|archive-date=January 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115202619/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-14/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-12-18|url-status=live}}</ref>  The Viz edition includes a section called ''Oubliette'', which consists of a sound effects guide and production and cultural notes.<ref name="vol2"/> The series is also licensed for regional language releases in France by [[Kabuto]] and in Italy by [[Dynit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seebd.fr/serie.php?id=Kabuto-7|title=Excel Saga|publisher=[[Kabuto]]|language=fr|access-date=June 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227112201/http://www.seebd.fr/serie.php?id=Kabuto-7|archive-date=December 27, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dynit.it/scheda.asp?mn=3&ctl=2&iddsc=38&x=37&y=10|title=Excel Saga|publisher=[[Dynit]]|language=it|access-date=June 11, 2008|archive-date=July 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717041428/http://www.dynit.it/scheda.asp?mn=3&ctl=2&iddsc=38&x=37&y=10|url-status=live}}</ref>