the series was licensed for an english language release in north america and the united kingdom by adv films and in australia and new zealand by madman entertainment. the english adaptation initially starred jessica calvello, with larissa wolcott taking over the role after episode thirteen after calvello had damaged her voice during production. in north america, adv released the series on six dvds between june 11, 2002 and april 8, 2003. a complete collection of the series was released on july 6, 2004 as "excel saga - the imperfect collection" and re-released in different packaging on august 1, 2006 as "excel saga - complete collection". in the uk, the series was first released between may 19, 2003 and march 15, 2004. a complete box set was later released as "excel saga - complete box set" on july 2, 2007. the uk license for the series expired in january 2008. the series was broadcast on uk tv channel "rapture tv" from january 2, 2007.