Ryotaro Iwanaga
Director
Pumpkin Scissors (2006)
Season 1
Pumpkin Scissors is a manga created and authored by Ryotaro Iwanaga. Originally serialized in Magazine GREAT in 2002 it was later moved to Monthly Shonen Magazine in October 2006. The manga has been licensed by Del Rey. An anime adaptation of Pumpkin Scissors has been released, produced by Gonzo and AIC, which began airing on October 2, 2006 across several Japanese television stations and ended with the 24th episode on March 19, 2007. The series was originally licensed to the North American market by ADV Films for $780,000. In 2008 it became one of over thirty titles transferred from ADV Films to FUNimation, the main distributor of anime in the English speaking world.
Released Oct. 2, 2006
Episode 24 min
None+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Anime: Military, Anime: Shounen, Comedy, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.army, tmdb.soldier, tmdb.military, tmdb.anime, imdb.military, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.anime-animation, mdblist.anime-dub
Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Production Companies: GONZO, Anime International Company
Network: Tokyo MX
9.0
S1E1 - The Invisible 9
The Pumpkin Scissors unit gets help from an unexpected source in dealing with a group of rogue soldiers.
Oct. 2, 2006, midnight
9.0
S1E2 - War Relief Unit
Randel is officially inducted into the Pumpkin Scissors unit, just in time for Section III to have to deal with a Viscount who has been mistreating his subjects.
Oct. 9, 2006, midnight
8.0
S1E3 - For That is a Precious Thing
Pumpkin Scissors are sent to rebuild a tunnel, and convince reluctant villagers to join their cause.
Oct. 16, 2006, midnight
9.0
S1E4 - The Cracking Portrait
Having become distrustful of Randel, Martis begins investigating his past.
Oct. 23, 2006, midnight
9.0
S1E5 - The Frivolous Men
Martis and Oreldo investigate more about Randel while he is in the hospital.
Oct. 30, 2006, midnight
7.0
S1E6 - A Fruitful Time
Randel and Alice try to find the mother of an abandoned baby.
Nov. 6, 2006, midnight
8.0
S1E7 - The Lead And The Follow
Alice gets a day off to meet her fiance, and the rest of the Pumpkin Scissors must look for missing supplies.
Nov. 13, 2006, midnight
8.0
S1E8 - Burning Snowfields
The Pumpkin Scissors race to deliver vital supplies in a frozen wasteland.
Nov. 20, 2006, midnight
S1E9 - Woman of the Morning Mist
Ladies man Oreldo helps a desperate woman come to terms with her past.
Nov. 27, 2006, midnight
S1E10 - Pumpkin and Scissors
The meaning behind the Pumpkin Scissors' title is finally revealed as Stecchin explains its creation to Randel.
Dec. 4, 2006, midnight
S1E11 - Quiet Movement
Alice is kidnapped by a group of people who want her to reveal the military's secrets.
Dec. 11, 2006, midnight
S1E12 - The Unseen Pain
Alice agrees to cooperate with her kidnappers and is released; little do they know what someone has in store for them.
Dec. 18, 2006, midnight
S1E13 - Rough, but Delicious
Martis meets with a foreign princess.
Dec. 25, 2006, midnight
S1E14 - The Flame Still Burns
Pumpkin Scissors must deal with drug dealers while moving homeless people from the sewers.
Jan. 6, 2007, midnight
S1E15 - The Decision To Stray
Pumpkin Scissors continues to fight the drug dealers, and their situation is complicated by a person with a flamethrower.
Jan. 13, 2007, midnight
S1E16 - The One Who Tears to Pieces
Alice must unleash her special weapon to finish the fight against the drug dealers.
Jan. 20, 2007, midnight
S1E17 - The Yet Unrescued Darkness
Alice fights the Claymores while Randel fights Hans.
Jan. 27, 2007, midnight
S1E18 - Small War Potential
Stecchin attempts to cheer up Randel, who has been depressed since the last mission.
Feb. 3, 2007, midnight
S1E19 - Trick in Treat
Alice goes to a ball with her sisters while the rest of Pumpkin Scissors gives rations out to the homeless.
Feb. 10, 2007, midnight
S1E20 - Enter the Performers
The ball is invaded by an angry mob.
Feb. 17, 2007, midnight
S1E21 - The Puppet and the Idol
Marquis sends his two bodyguards at Alice when she challenges him to a duel.
Feb. 24, 2007, midnight
S1E22 - The Isolated Scales
Alice must deal with the mob and her opponents, and Randel again looks for a reason to fight.
March 3, 2007, midnight
S1E23 - And Then There Was a Sweet Trap
Everyone witnesses Alice's duel, and the military prepares to raid the mansion.
March 10, 2007, midnight
S1E24 - Soldiers, Commoners, Nobles
Pumpkin Scissors is quickly running out of time to find a solution before the mansion is attacked.
March 17, 2007, midnight
Network: Tokyo MX
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 576 min.
Released: Oct. 2, 2006
Last Air Date: March 17, 2007, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 15
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