Season 1 • Episode 24
LatestPumpkin Scissors is quickly running out of time to find a solution before the mansion is attacked.
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.
Acting
Kenta Miyake's devastatingly gentle giant performance.
Writing
Biting social commentary disguised as military procedural.
Creator
Ryotaro Iwanaga
Kenta Miyake
Randel Oland (voice)
Shizuka Itoh
Alice L. Malvin (voice)
Cho
Captain Hunks (voice)
Chihiro Suzuki
Warrant Officer Martis (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Warrant Officer Oreldo (voice)
Kana Ueda
Sergeant Major Lili Stecchin (voice)
Kazuki Ogawa
Mercury (voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu
First Lieutenant Webner (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Lionel Taylor (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura
Major Connery (voice)
Junji Majima
Hans (voice)
Akeno Watanabe
Elis (voice)
Atsuko Yuya
Muse Kauplan (voice)
Kaho Kouda
Solis (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Pumpkin Scissors' refers to Alice's unit cutting through the pumpkin-like fat of post-war corruption—Ryotaro Iwanaga confirmed this in a 2007 interview.
Randel's anti-tank lantern is based on real WWI German weaponry, the Tankgewehr—Gonzo's military research was shockingly accurate for a show this absurd.
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