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[[Image:ACROSS (Excel Saga).jpg|thumb|250px|ACROSS: Il Palazzo (center), Hyatt (left), and Excel (right)]] |
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{{nihongo|'''''Il Palazzo'''''|イルパラッツォ|Iruparattso}} is the codename of a fictional character in the '''''[[Excel Saga]]''''' [[anime]], and the [[manga]] upon which it is based. [[Italian (language)|Italian]] for "the Palace," "Il Palazzo" is the name of a large hotel in Tokyo, as noted by Excel in the preview for the anime's episode seven. The name is transliterated as Ilpalazzo in [[ADV Films|ADV's]] DVD subtitles. |
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==Personality== |
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Although his roles in the anime and manga are much the same - serving as the suave, calculating leader who sends Excel and her co-workers on missions - Il Palazzo is portrayed quite differently in the two versions. In the anime, he is prone to losing his temper and adopting hobbies incongruous to his character, whereas he is an impenetrable, unflappable character in the manga, perpetually shrouded in mystery. Nevertheless, in both settings, Il Palazzo makes no secret of his self-importance, sitting upon a throne and wearing ornate armour and a cloak and often causes Excel to drop down the pit for even trivial faults. |
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==Appearance and Other traits== |
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Il Palazzo is a tall man with long white hair, glasses and, according to a note on character sketches on the extras of the second DVD volume, cat's eyes. He bears a number of similarities in appearance and manner to [[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'s antagonist, [[List_of_Magic_Knight_Rayearth_characters#Zagato|Zagato]]. His crown and clothing closely resemble Zagato's, as well as his lair and mysterious demeanor. In the anime he is voiced by [[Takehito Koyasu]] in Japanese, and by [[Jason Douglas]] in English. Il Palazzo's white hair, small [[pince-nez]] and large cloak, also bears a strong resemblance to [[Kagato]], who is the main antagonist in [[Tenchi Muyo]]. |
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==History== |
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Lord Il Palazzo, as he is formally known by his underlings, is the leader of {{nihongo|ACROSS|アクロス|akurosu}} - the Organization for the Promotion of the Institutionalization of the [Supreme Ideological] Ideal [on Earth] - a secret ideological organisation dedicated to world conquest. Il Palazzo believes that the world has become corrupt, and seeks to conquer it to save the ignorant masses from themselves. In this task, he has the dubious assistance of '''[[Excel (Excel Saga)|Excel]]''' (Who is too hyper to be of any use whatsoever) and '''[[Hyatt (Excel Saga)|Hyatt]]''' (Who would be extremely useful if she didn't constantly die). |
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Il Palazzo is a long-time rival of '''[[Kabapu]]''', with whom he eventually comes to blows during the attempted conquest of F City, F Prefecture (the pseudonym given in the anime to [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka]]). Before this, however, Kabapu forms the [[Municipal Force Daitenzin|Department of City Security]]. The source of their quarrel is unspecified, but (presumably) relates to differences in how they view the nature of the world: In volume twelve of the manga, upon hearing ACROSS' slogan — {{nihongo|"This world is corrupt!"|この世界は腐っている|kono sekai wa kusatte iru}} — Kabapu reacts hastily and decisively, saying the world is "confused, not corrupt." From the thirteenth volume of the manga, it is possible to infer that Il Palazzo was a member of the ancient city of Solaria, as Kabapu claims to be, since in the manga they both possess golden, cat-like eyes. Beyond this speculation, nothing is known of his past. |
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From this point, Il Palazzo's schemes become distinctly more public, as he projects a giant hologram of himself over Fukuoka, declaring that the city is now under his rule. Subsequently, he personally rescues the ACROSS girls from the fates that have befallen them (Hyatt from the romantic advances of Watanabe, Excel and Elgala from a mad priest), and installs them as staff in his new public company, "ILL Electronics." In the process, he has his first present-day meeting with Kabapu, and even appears publicly at a company gala as the head of the organization, writing the hologram off as a publicity stunt for ILL Electronics. |
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As far as can be discerned from the manga, Il Palazzo and his troops comprise the entirety of ACROSS, and this is how things appear in most of the anime. However, in episode two Il Palazzo calls Hyatt "reinforcements from headquarters," but the matter is dropped until episode twenty-one, when Key delivers headquarters' orders to Il Palazzo. In episode twenty-four, Il Palazzo's telephone conversation with him reveals '''[[That Man]]''' to be his superior, and That Man soon mentions being part of a body called the ACROSS Six. From this one can infer that Il Palazzo is the head of the Fukuoka or Japan division of ACROSS (although Since That Man does not exist in the Manga, this may not be the case in that canon). |
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==Mental Disorder== |
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Spurred by Key's disdainful delivery of headquarters' disdainful message to speed up the takeover of the city, Il Palazzo seizes the first opportunity - inadvertently provided by Excel - to conquer Fukuoka. However, when the conquest succeeds, it becomes apparent that Il Palazzo suffers from a severe mental disorder, which he displays characteristics similar to someone with [[disassociative identity disorder]], with his alter [[Ego, super-ego, and id#Id|ego]] or some other malicious presence embodied in his shadow, urges him on to conquer more. He eventually shows that he has become a slave to this "alter ego" to conquer. This illness is apparently resolved after his confrontation with Excel in episode twenty-five, when Excel realizes the evil influence and defeats it. There is no real foreshadowing of Il Palazzao's condition throughout the show, with the concept materializing only in the final episode - one might theorize, however, that the personality quirks he is given for the purposes of humor may hint at a mental instability, including his wanton disregard of life in general and Excel's in particular; the foolish errands he tasks Excel and Hyatt - even seeking out his "large-breasted" schoolmate, who didn't exist; his insane hobbies (including dating-simulations, dominos, and playing the guitar), and his desire to be a visual rock star. Finally, it is apparent that something within him snaps after hearing Key's message. |
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The manga's treatment of his illness is quite different, in that it hints towards Il Palazzo's condition in its second volume, when he starts to hear voices when he is alone. Even as early as volume one, chapter one, he experiences blackouts, forgetting previously given orders, promotions, and briefings, inter alia. His absentmindedness proves marginally problematic even in his hiring of Hyatt in vol.1, ch.3. In later chapters of the manga, these blackouts, inconsistencies and voices seem to manifest themselves in a second personality, replete with an entirely renovated throne room. Unlike the anime's despotic and sadistic second personality, the manga's seems to be much like Il Palazzo as we know him, but only in his military-style uniform that he wears underneath armor. Furthermore, this personality appears to be more confident, giving the agents of ACROSS clear and direct orders, such as revealing ACROSS's intention of conquest to the public. Il Palazzo continues to switch back and forth, at least between costumes, as the story progresses. In later volumes, he even appears in public, replete with suit and tie. |
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Given that Kabapu has stated that he himself has had periods of "Dormancy" during his extended life span, it is possible that the more direct and confident Il Palazzo is the true personality and the nother is some kind of dormant stage, a second personality that takes control while the true one rests. |
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==Powers== |
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In episodes twenty-four and -five, Il Palazzo battles Kabapu's [[Municipal Force Daitenzin|Daitenzin]], and displays an assortment of powers, including super-human strength (he squeezes off the heads of the two [[Ropponmatsu]] One and Two with his hands), enhanced reflexes (he grabs a missile out of the air), and what is either force-projection or telekinesis (he hurls characters around with waves of his hands)and, apparently in episode 6 of the Anime, Telepathic powers, used to urge Excel to finish preparing the Sonic Wave Weapon (although it is possible Excel merely imagined this as a source of encouragement to complete the mission in the blistering cold). Il Palazzo had not displayed these powers previously, so it is unclear if they are natural to his body, or his armour is inducing them in some way. |
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Il Palazzo did not appear to have any kind of powers in the manga until volume 15, in which he proved able to fly, teleport, and - strangest of all - to transform paper into money. The honey-combed patterns of light that materialise around him during the teleportation are of the same style as those that appear in the chamber beneath ACROSS headquarters, implying that they may derive from Solarian Overtechnology. |
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Il Palazzo displays no unusual physical characteristics, save his eyes: yellow, and slitted, like a cat's, a trait shared between the anime and manga. |
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