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**monir** · 2006-08-15, 11:37

Genre: Action, Drama

Companies: AIC, Gonzo

Expected Release Date: October 2006

Website: http://rikujyo3ka.com/

Another anime series where Gonzo will be involved. The character design seems similar to Full Metal Alchemist. The opening song is called "Aoki Flamme" by Yoko Takahashi. The synopsis is in the following as taken from animenfo:

The long war against Frost Republic scarred many places of the Empire; famine, plague, returned soldiers who become bandits… Worrying about these "war damages" resulting from the devastations of the nation and people's minds, the Empire Army orgnaizes the 3rd section of Information Bureau known as "Pumpkin Scisors", and they assigned the section for the duty of recovery from the war damage.

Three years have passed since the truce so called "thin ice agreement". The 3rd section hasn't accomplished their task, yet. Rather, they are absorbed in paper works, and without notice, people ridicule that it is an "Excuse Section" that suppress people's complaint. However, they strive to achieve their tasks. One day, a man offers a help to them. It was a big guy who used to be a soldier. Dangling an iron lantern from his waist, he handles a heavy gun one-handed.

The source material for this series is a manga by Ryoutarou Iwanaga. May be Neosam can provide the covers?

NeoSam · 2006-08-15, 11:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by monir

The source material for this series is a manga by Ryoutarou Iwanaga. May be Neosam can provide the covers?

No problem

, but why am I mentioned in size 1 font

Anyway, here's whats currently available of the manga:

Pumpkin Scissors

Its based on a manga thats serialized in the shounen manga magazine Magazine GREAT.
For now there are 5 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

Mangaka: Iwanaga Ryotaro (岩永亮太郎)

Genre: Shounen, Action, Drama

**monir** · 2006-08-15, 11:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoSam

No problem

, but why am I mentioned in size 1 font

lol... To emphasize the point that Neosam is special where manga is concerned. I promise the next time I mention your name, it will be in bigger fonts. Size does matter afterall.

Thanks Neosam!

eggplant · 2006-09-30, 09:35

Just saw the screening for the first episode of Pumpkin Scissors at today's GONZO Festa.

Spoiler for Episode 1:

I already saw RED GARDEN prior to today's screening, where my report is here.

MrProphet · 2006-09-30, 11:22

I was quite underwhelmed by the trailers. There is nothing going for me here except the cute PzKW IV tank they have there.

That had me laughing.

The character designer seems to have been taking cues from BONES' Yoshiyki Ito and it's distracting. I'll watch episode 1 to get the general feel of the show, but for now color me disinterested.

Daniel E. · 2006-09-30, 12:18

Been wanting to watch an episode of this ever since I first heard of it about 2 weeks ago.

Though I'll admit that the first thing that caught my attention was the title.

dxgarten · 2006-10-02, 16:41

Episode 01 Screencaps and summary

Spoiler:

kari-no-sugata · 2006-10-02, 18:32

Just watched ep 1. Apart from the silly name ("pumpkin" is so b-movie) I liked it a lot. Will definitely watch more.

Srin Tuar · 2006-10-02, 20:36

At first I wasnt expecting much. after all, the name of the show seems like someone was asked to choose two random words from a 5th grade spelling list.

However, i have to say this is the best show so far this all season. (2nd day of the season so far, so that may not be saying much, but still)

I want to know more about what that lantern does.

I want to know why Alice is getting that strange intuition from randel.

Randel has some really good lines, and I like his attitude.

Alice's voice actor is doing a very good job and I love hearing her voice. plus her character has a respectworthy attitude, and she is neither useless on the battlefield nor a glory hogging super-person.

The setting is interesting: the country is in tatters, there is alot of war damage to repair and tons of local warlords doing bad things. In short: post apocalyptic adventure setting.

The animation is well enough done too, the mix of CG was not so horrible as to drive me away.

I am hooked.

Takemoto-kun · 2006-10-02, 22:56

Fantastic episode. Beautiful artwork. I can't wait until it's subbed. The next episode looks to be interesting a lite. I look forward to when the plot develops.

cynicalicious · 2006-10-02, 23:21

Odd name, but it looks nice. Actually, the CG looks a lot less ham-fisted than the CG in Last Exile.

The character designs are interesting as well. Actually, the designs look a lot better than the ones I saw in the trailer. Then again, that was filmed by someone with a camcorder shooting a TV.

More importantly, things happened, bad guys were punished, and the female lead wasn't all talk and no walk. (I hate series like that, where a female character will be put in a command position, then act like a 12 year old when the shooting starts. Nobody like that gets a command. :P )

But yeah, it's still GONZO, so we'll have to wait and see if they decide to somehow ruin it out of sheer GONZOness.

evil-samurai · 2006-10-03, 05:08

The first episode was impressive! =)

Story is interesting so far and pretty much every thing about the show has looks great so far. Charater-wise I love what they have done. Randel is quite a likeable mature character and Alice has a brain and stands in for some of the action as well.

The opening was good, loved the zombie-fied shot of Randel walking forward, it kinda freaked me out.

As far as I know nobody is working on the show, though I'm guessing that will change seeing how good the first episode was =)

Mentar · 2006-10-03, 07:15

Somebody is working on this show.

Daniel E. · 2006-10-03, 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mentar

Somebody is working on this show.

This is exactly what I wanted to hear.

Lost · 2006-10-03, 10:28

Oooh hope I'm not too late!! I want to jump onto this train before subs are out. Will give it a try, the story and faux-WWII setting interest me quite a bit.

Aoie_Emesai · 2006-10-03, 12:16

We can always count one NeoSam for the covers ^_^.

aohige · 2006-10-03, 12:58

See, the problem is....
The montly serialized manga just recently started to get into the main storyline,
and there isnt' that much material otherwise.

The anime is gonna have to go mostly original for it to end.

Now, there are cases where anime original turned out brilliant, like FullMetal Alchemist... but it's a rare case.

I do like the manga series, and I'm worried about the fate of the anime series.

Deathkillz · 2006-10-03, 13:43

im surpriesed...with a title like pumpkin scissors i though it was gona be a joke...well dnt judge a book by its cover id say

it looked stunning and seeing oland carry a massive cannon gun and blocking a tank bullet i duno wht to say

hes like the sweet gentle giant and i just love his cute clueless face when eating the salad

NeoSam · 2006-10-03, 13:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aoie_Emesai

We can always count one NeoSam for the covers ^_^.

Thanks

Volume 6 of the manga will be out on 17/10/2006 I'll post its cover when its available

Nightengale · 2006-10-03, 19:04

Just watched it. Can't believe my PC rejected this and I had to transfer to my laptop instead.

The animation is clean and simple. TOO clean and simple.

Aside from that, the whole Rorouni Roland vibes isn't all that bad. I suppose I could give it another 3 episodes, but something tells me this will go haywire by the 2nd half of the anime.

2006-08-15, 11:37	Link #1
monir cho~ kakkoii Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 3rd Planet	Pumpkin Scissors (Generic Discussion thread) Genre: Action, Drama Companies: AIC, Gonzo Expected Release Date: October 2006 Website: http://rikujyo3ka.com/ Another anime series where Gonzo will be involved. The character design seems similar to Full Metal Alchemist. The opening song is called "Aoki Flamme" by Yoko Takahashi. The synopsis is in the following as taken from animenfo: The long war against Frost Republic scarred many places of the Empire; famine, plague, returned soldiers who become bandits… Worrying about these "war damages" resulting from the devastations of the nation and people's minds, the Empire Army orgnaizes the 3rd section of Information Bureau known as "Pumpkin Scisors", and they assigned the section for the duty of recovery from the war damage. Three years have passed since the truce so called "thin ice agreement". The 3rd section hasn't accomplished their task, yet. Rather, they are absorbed in paper works, and without notice, people ridicule that it is an "Excuse Section" that suppress people's complaint. However, they strive to achieve their tasks. One day, a man offers a help to them. It was a big guy who used to be a soldier. Dangling an iron lantern from his waist, he handles a heavy gun one-handed. The source material for this series is a manga by Ryoutarou Iwanaga. May be Neosam can provide the covers?

2006-09-30, 09:35	Link #4
eggplant Eggplant Join Date: Dec 2005	Just saw the screening for the first episode of Pumpkin Scissors at today's GONZO Festa. Spoiler for Episode 1: The anime basically follows the manga, covering the "All Hallows' Eve" chapter from volume 1. Storyline It's been three years since cease fire between the Imperial Empire and the Frost Republic was agreed upon. Pestilence, famine, and deterioration of morale among soldiers has become a widespread problem. The 903CTT tank troops known as Grauwolf have been occupying the village by the dam for about a year, and the Army Intelligence's Third Division, which serves as the war recovery unit, confronts them during covert surveillance duties. At a diner in the village, a huge man called Randel Oland is eating salad, when Grauwolf threatens the villagers for food. The three members from the Third Division, also known as "Pumpkin Scissors" intervene, where Grauwolf sets off a warning shot from a tank and retreats. Unknown to everyone else, that blank warning shot was actually "Kirche No. 3", a biological weapon diffused in the atmosphere, physically affecting the elderly and weak as time passes. Second Lieutenant Alice Marvin vows to take the antidote from Grauwolf's hands, and Corporal Oland decides to help out. In order to infiltrate their headquarters, located between two dams, and get back unscathed, the Third Division must release the dam to keep the tanks at bay. Oland, using his lantern that emits a blue light, is consumed by its uncanny powers, enabling him to open the dam. He is literally a one man army, withstanding the tank attacks, and eventually pummelling it. While Alice is searching for the antidote in vain, (First Lieutenant) Wolf is on the verge of disposing Oland, but in the nick of time, Alice makes her dramatic entrance, taking the enemy out while retreiving the antidote. Apparently, Oland was stationed at a non-existant brigade called the 901ATT. End of storyline First of all, the artwork and animation was quite decent (compared to the other Gonzo new title RED GARDEN). Tank scenes used CG, and the battle scenes went smoothly. Comedic scenes with Mercury was handled well. Voice acting job was smooth, with Itou Shizuka voicing the straightforward Alice and Miyake Kenta doing a nice gruff acting job of Oland. Opening song by Takahashi Youko is an up-beat, driving tune she is best known for like her Evangelion and Shana tunes, while the ending song by First Sergeant Stekkin (Ueda Kana) is a funny, light-hearted tune. I suppose Pumpkin Scissors has some similarities to Full Metal Panic!, so if you're into action without the deus ex machina, this one's for you. Then again, Oland has a lot of supernatural abilities, and it seems like the timeline is set in the second world war, so who knows if they will pull a Utawarerumono. I already saw RED GARDEN prior to today's screening, where my report is here. __________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yuri de yuri de yuriyuri ne!--Tsunomoto Rein

2006-09-30, 12:18	Link #6
Daniel E. AniMexican! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico	Been wanting to watch an episode of this ever since I first heard of it about 2 weeks ago. Though I'll admit that the first thing that caught my attention was the title. __________________

2006-10-02, 16:41	Link #7
dxgarten Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006	Episode 01 Screencaps and summary Spoiler: Oland and Alice have surprisingly good chemistry with one another. But the entire lantern plot thing was quite bizzare. It seems as if Oland gains power by flicking that mysterious blue lantern. Animation-wise, the production quality is unusually high for GONZO series. The quality is on par with GONZO series like Last Exile I am just hoping that it doesn't nosedive in the second episode.

2006-10-03, 12:16	Link #16
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2006-09-30, 11:22	Link #5
MrProphet The Commissar Vanishes Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Age: 41	I was quite underwhelmed by the trailers. There is nothing going for me here except the cute PzKW IV tank they have there. That had me laughing. The character designer seems to have been taking cues from BONES' Yoshiyki Ito and it's distracting. I'll watch episode 1 to get the general feel of the show, but for now color me disinterested.

2006-10-02, 18:32	Link #8
kari-no-sugata Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Just watched ep 1. Apart from the silly name ("pumpkin" is so b-movie) I liked it a lot. Will definitely watch more.

2006-10-02, 20:36	Link #9
Srin Tuar 無謀 Join Date: Sep 2004	At first I wasnt expecting much. after all, the name of the show seems like someone was asked to choose two random words from a 5th grade spelling list. However, i have to say this is the best show so far this all season. (2nd day of the season so far, so that may not be saying much, but still) I want to know more about what that lantern does. I want to know why Alice is getting that strange intuition from randel. Randel has some really good lines, and I like his attitude. Alice's voice actor is doing a very good job and I love hearing her voice. plus her character has a respectworthy attitude, and she is neither useless on the battlefield nor a glory hogging super-person. The setting is interesting: the country is in tatters, there is alot of war damage to repair and tons of local warlords doing bad things. In short: post apocalyptic adventure setting. The animation is well enough done too, the mix of CG was not so horrible as to drive me away. I am hooked.

2006-10-02, 22:56	Link #10
Takemoto-kun Philosophizer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin, USA Age: 40	Fantastic episode. Beautiful artwork. I can't wait until it's subbed. The next episode looks to be interesting a lite. I look forward to when the plot develops.

2006-10-02, 23:21	Link #11
cynicalicious I like pie. Join Date: Nov 2004	Odd name, but it looks nice. Actually, the CG looks a lot less ham-fisted than the CG in Last Exile. The character designs are interesting as well. Actually, the designs look a lot better than the ones I saw in the trailer. Then again, that was filmed by someone with a camcorder shooting a TV. More importantly, things happened, bad guys were punished, and the female lead wasn't all talk and no walk. (I hate series like that, where a female character will be put in a command position, then act like a 12 year old when the shooting starts. Nobody like that gets a command. :P ) But yeah, it's still GONZO, so we'll have to wait and see if they decide to somehow ruin it out of sheer GONZOness.

2006-10-03, 05:08	Link #12
evil-samurai ...... Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 37	The first episode was impressive! =) Story is interesting so far and pretty much every thing about the show has looks great so far. Charater-wise I love what they have done. Randel is quite a likeable mature character and Alice has a brain and stands in for some of the action as well. The opening was good, loved the zombie-fied shot of Randel walking forward, it kinda freaked me out. As far as I know nobody is working on the show, though I'm guessing that will change seeing how good the first episode was =)

2006-10-03, 07:15	Link #13
Mentar Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hamburg Age: 54	Somebody is working on this show.

2006-10-03, 10:28	Link #15
Lost Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006	Oooh hope I'm not too late!! I want to jump onto this train before subs are out. Will give it a try, the story and faux-WWII setting interest me quite a bit.

2006-10-03, 12:58	Link #17
aohige ( ಠ_ಠ) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Somewhere, between the sacred silence and sleep	See, the problem is.... The montly serialized manga just recently started to get into the main storyline, and there isnt' that much material otherwise. The anime is gonna have to go mostly original for it to end. Now, there are cases where anime original turned out brilliant, like FullMetal Alchemist... but it's a rare case. I do like the manga series, and I'm worried about the fate of the anime series.

2006-10-03, 13:43	Link #18
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2006-10-03, 19:04	Link #20
Nightengale ~Night of Gales~ Author Join Date: Dec 2005	Just watched it. Can't believe my PC rejected this and I had to transfer to my laptop instead. The animation is clean and simple. TOO clean and simple. Aside from that, the whole Rorouni Roland vibes isn't all that bad. I suppose I could give it another 3 episodes, but something tells me this will go haywire by the 2nd half of the anime. __________________ *Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.* The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.