Pumpkin Scissors

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2006-10-02

Last Air Date: 2007-03-17

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 24

Created By: Ryotaro Iwanaga

Networks: Tokyo MX

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Top Cast

Kenta Miyake as Randel Oland (voice)
Shizuka Itoh as Alice L. Malvin (voice)
Cho as Captain Hunks (voice)
Chihiro Suzuki as Warrant Officer Martis (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi as Warrant Officer Oreldo (voice)
Kana Ueda as Sergeant Major Lili Stecchin (voice)
Kazuki Ogawa as Mercury (voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu as First Lieutenant Webner (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki as Lionel Taylor (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura as Major Connery (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Invisible 9 (2006-10-02)

The Pumpkin Scissors unit gets help from an unexpected source in dealing with a group of rogue soldiers.
Ep. 2: War Relief Unit (2006-10-09)

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.
Ep. 3: For That is a Precious Thing (2006-10-16)

Pumpkin Scissors are sent to rebuild a tunnel, and convince reluctant villagers to join their cause.
Ep. 4: The Cracking Portrait (2006-10-23)

Having become distrustful of Randel, Martis begins investigating his past.
Ep. 5: The Frivolous Men (2006-10-30)

Martis and Oreldo investigate more about Randel while he is in the hospital.
Ep. 6: A Fruitful Time (2006-11-06)

Randel and Alice try to find the mother of an abandoned baby.
Ep. 7: The Lead And The Follow (2006-11-13)

Alice gets a day off to meet her fiance, and the rest of the Pumpkin Scissors must look for missing supplies.
Ep. 8: Burning Snowfields (2006-11-20)

The Pumpkin Scissors race to deliver vital supplies in a frozen wasteland.
Ep. 9: Woman of the Morning Mist (2006-11-27)

Ladies man Oreldo helps a desperate woman come to terms with her past.
Ep. 10: Pumpkin and Scissors (2006-12-04)

The meaning behind the Pumpkin Scissors' title is finally revealed as Stecchin explains its creation to Randel.
Ep. 11: Quiet Movement (2006-12-11)

Alice is kidnapped by a group of people who want her to reveal the military's secrets.
Ep. 12: The Unseen Pain (2006-12-18)

Alice agrees to cooperate with her kidnappers and is released; little do they know what someone has in store for them.
Ep. 13: Rough, but Delicious (2006-12-25)

Martis meets with a foreign princess.
Ep. 14: The Flame Still Burns (2007-01-06)

Pumpkin Scissors must deal with drug dealers while moving homeless people from the sewers.
Ep. 15: The Decision To Stray (2007-01-13)

Pumpkin Scissors continues to fight the drug dealers, and their situation is complicated by a person with a flamethrower.
Ep. 16: The One Who Tears to Pieces (2007-01-20)

Alice must unleash her special weapon to finish the fight against the drug dealers.
Ep. 17: The Yet Unrescued Darkness (2007-01-27)

Alice fights the Claymores while Randel fights Hans.
Ep. 18: Small War Potential (2007-02-03)

Stecchin attempts to cheer up Randel, who has been depressed since the last mission.
Ep. 19: Trick in Treat (2007-02-10)

Alice goes to a ball with her sisters while the rest of Pumpkin Scissors gives rations out to the homeless.
Ep. 20: Enter the Performers (2007-02-17)

The ball is invaded by an angry mob.
Ep. 21: The Puppet and the Idol (2007-02-24)

Marquis sends his two bodyguards at Alice when she challenges him to a duel.
Ep. 22: The Isolated Scales (2007-03-03)

Alice must deal with the mob and her opponents, and Randel again looks for a reason to fight.
Ep. 23: And Then There Was a Sweet Trap (2007-03-10)

Everyone witnesses Alice's duel, and the military prepares to raid the mansion.
Ep. 24: Soldiers, Commoners, Nobles (2007-03-17)

Pumpkin Scissors is quickly running out of time to find a solution before the mansion is attacked.