Pumpkin Scissors (2006)
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.
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Episode 1 - The Invisible 9
Release Date: 2006-10-02The Pumpkin Scissors unit gets help from an unexpected source in dealing with a group of rogue soldiers.
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Episode 2 - War Relief Unit
Release Date: 2006-10-09Randel 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.
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Episode 3 - For That is a Precious Thing
Release Date: 2006-10-16Pumpkin Scissors are sent to rebuild a tunnel, and convince reluctant villagers to join their cause.
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Episode 4 - The Cracking Portrait
Release Date: 2006-10-23Having become distrustful of Randel, Martis begins investigating his past.
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Episode 5 - The Frivolous Men
Release Date: 2006-10-30Martis and Oreldo investigate more about Randel while he is in the hospital.
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Episode 6 - A Fruitful Time
Release Date: 2006-11-06Randel and Alice try to find the mother of an abandoned baby.
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Episode 7 - The Lead And The Follow
Release Date: 2006-11-13Alice gets a day off to meet her fiance, and the rest of the Pumpkin Scissors must look for missing supplies.
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Episode 8 - Burning Snowfields
Release Date: 2006-11-20The Pumpkin Scissors race to deliver vital supplies in a frozen wasteland.
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Episode 9 - Woman of the Morning Mist
Release Date: 2006-11-27Ladies man Oreldo helps a desperate woman come to terms with her past.
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Episode 10 - Pumpkin and Scissors
Release Date: 2006-12-04The meaning behind the Pumpkin Scissors' title is finally revealed as Stecchin explains its creation to Randel.
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Episode 11 - Quiet Movement
Release Date: 2006-12-11Alice is kidnapped by a group of people who want her to reveal the military's secrets.
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Episode 12 - The Unseen Pain
Release Date: 2006-12-18Alice agrees to cooperate with her kidnappers and is released; little do they know what someone has in store for them.
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Episode 13 - Rough, but Delicious
Release Date: 2006-12-25Martis meets with a foreign princess.
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Episode 14 - The Flame Still Burns
Release Date: 2007-01-06Pumpkin Scissors must deal with drug dealers while moving homeless people from the sewers.
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Episode 15 - The Decision To Stray
Release Date: 2007-01-13Pumpkin Scissors continues to fight the drug dealers, and their situation is complicated by a person with a flamethrower.
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Episode 16 - The One Who Tears to Pieces
Release Date: 2007-01-20Alice must unleash her special weapon to finish the fight against the drug dealers.
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Episode 17 - The Yet Unrescued Darkness
Release Date: 2007-01-27Alice fights the Claymores while Randel fights Hans.
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Episode 18 - Small War Potential
Release Date: 2007-02-03Stecchin attempts to cheer up Randel, who has been depressed since the last mission.
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Episode 19 - Trick in Treat
Release Date: 2007-02-10Alice goes to a ball with her sisters while the rest of Pumpkin Scissors gives rations out to the homeless.
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Episode 20 - Enter the Performers
Release Date: 2007-02-17The ball is invaded by an angry mob.
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Episode 21 - The Puppet and the Idol
Release Date: 2007-02-24Marquis sends his two bodyguards at Alice when she challenges him to a duel.
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Episode 22 - The Isolated Scales
Release Date: 2007-03-03Alice must deal with the mob and her opponents, and Randel again looks for a reason to fight.
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Episode 23 - And Then There Was a Sweet Trap
Release Date: 2007-03-10Everyone witnesses Alice's duel, and the military prepares to raid the mansion.
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Episode 24 - Soldiers, Commoners, Nobles
Release Date: 2007-03-17Pumpkin Scissors is quickly running out of time to find a solution before the mansion is attacked.