Pumpkin Scissors (Generic Discussion thread)

[Mgz]

Originally Posted by Kensuke

Heh, I had no idea. But somebody should correct that article, Meiji Restoration happened late 19th century.

fixed for you.
Btw it is wikipedia, ANYBODY can fix it themself

Spoiler:

btw how the Olan guy face the tank with his hand gun 1vs1 reminds me the scene of Toms Hanks in "Saving Private Brian" .. was kicking ass!

and the animation is as good as Last Exile( and better than Speed Grapher, Black Cat and Solty Rei).. and poor those CTT guy lol, their build get owned by a counter-build :P.

random thingy after watching eps 1 subbed:
1) the dog is fat O,o , lot of tuna I guess O,o
2) they order the artist to make the op specifically for this anime. It has the German word "Jespent Jager" in the lyric
3) It is not a girl with gun anime , it is guy with gun and girl with dagger anime T_T *sigh*

[Levski]

So this is a straight out action anime?

[Cyz]

Originally Posted by Levski

So this is a straight out action anime?

it's hard to tell because it just came out. let's watch a little further to find out no?

[Karnot]

they order the artist to make the op specifically for this anime. It has the German word "Jespent Jager" in the lyric

The OP single is due 10/26. Otanoshimini !

So, this whole thing is only 13 eps ?

[Mentar]

According to our sources, 2 seasons. Meaning 24-26 eps.

[ryaken]

First episode was great. I agree with a lot of the posts. I felt it reminded me a bit of the 008th team MS, dunno, probably since Pumpkin Scissors is a military unit. I'm sort of skeptical about the show, but it seems very solid. It should be an interesting watch.

Orlan is nutz! Alice <3, I have a feeling she will get some fb attention. She has some serious "Go-Power". Of all the characters, I felt she added a bit of humor to the mix (aside from the doggie that loves skull).

[redbible]

Originally Posted by Lost

What I'm looking forward to see is how a hardheaded "Slay-evil-immediately!" character like Alice will sustain a relationship with the gentle giant that is Olan. A glimpse of which was given in the last minutes of episode 1.

Actually your name is Oland Randel.

[NoSanninWa]

Originally Posted by Mentar

We decided NOT to go with the literal translation, because "ghost hunter" would sound like Ghostbusters - and the point of Gespenst Jäger (which isn't truly German either, or it would have to be Gespensterjäger) is not hunting ghosts, but a hunter who is a ghost himself.

Another point you didn't mention is that most Japanese people don't speak German either. It is intended to sound strange to its primary audience. Hence, it should sound strange to an English speaking audience as well. That is just staying true to the author's intention.

I suspect the reason that the show immediately explains the term is for the sake of the Japanese speaking viewers who have no clue what weird word just assaulted their ears.

[FatPianoBoy]

Originally Posted by Matrim

Nice first episode, I am hooked. Interesting setting, very good artwork, good music. And if ANN is right Alice's seiyuu is the one of Rei from Marimite which is great.

The only complaint would be the rather clumsy attempts to include humour.

Ah, so it's not Niino Michi, then?
It sure sounds a lot like her.

I have a feeling that the humor will get better. Maybe.

[Daniel E.]

I am probably the last person here on animesuki to watch this, but yeah, color me interested.

And I didn't find the comedy elements clumsy or out of place.

[Matrim]

I have a feeling that the humor will get better. Maybe.

Look on the bright side - it can hardly get any worse.

Ah, so it's not Niino Michi, then?

Unfortunately not, I checked the cast names in the credits to make sure of that.

[Cyz]

Originally Posted by Daniel E.

I am probably the last person here on animesuki to watch this, but yeah, color me interested.

And I didn't find the comedy elements clumsy or out of place.

It's actually a nice break for all those seriousness, but it's a good thing it's not over the top comedy

[i0td]

Originally Posted by Cyz

It's actually a nice break for all those seriousness, but it's a good thing it's not over the top comedy

It is like you said, comical bits were sprinkled throughout. However, just from watching the first episode, I got the impression that the series will be leaning more toward the serious side. From what I can tell so far, the story doesn't seem like it'll develop into something too much more complex though, but the mood projected in this first should sustain. Or at least I hope it does, because I for one really found the entire setup (both world and background of Pumpkin squad/characters esp. Oland) very intriguing and can't wait for the later central plot development. So yeh, definitely not something like Coyote where you get a random story seemingly out of thin air lol.

[Conri]

I like the name "Pumpkin Scissors"--it made this show stand out from the flood this season (I'm still drowning in the past two season's floods). Even if the anime adaptation doesn't live up to its promise in the first episode, maybe it'll give me incentive to try out the manga.

And maybe the humor was colored by watching this right after D. Gray Man (where I found the humor sticking out like a sore thumb...or worse, completely unintentional), but I thought Pumpkin Scissor's humor was decent--a nice way of keeping things from getting too serious and possibly boring.

[Daniel E.]

Originally Posted by Conri

I like the name "Pumpkin Scissors"--it made this show stand out from the flood this season

Yes, my thoughs exactly.

I stil remember when I was going through a list of all the upcoming shows, and then when on to say................Pumpkin what!?

[wilsonx81]

I just watched the ep, I liked it, a lot!

I'll be waiting for this show every week... until it gets licensed, then I'll have to wait for the DVDs >.< I know this show will get licensed before the series end

[suki4anime]

I just watched the first episode. I enjoyed it and im lookin forward to the next one. First Impression=interesting character's, subtle humor, and action mixed together with potential.

[FatPianoBoy]

I don't dislike the name; it's just very odd. I remember someone saying that it sounded like someone had randomly selected two words from a fifth-grade spelling list.

Originally Posted by suki4anime

First Impression=interesting character's, subtle humor, and action mixed together with potential.

Subtle humor? Are you kidding?

[Cyz]

Originally Posted by i0td

It is like you said, comical bits were sprinkled throughout. However, just from watching the first episode, I got the impression that the series will be leaning more toward the serious side. From what I can tell so far, the story doesn't seem like it'll develop into something too much more complex though, but the mood projected in this first should sustain. Or at least I hope it does, because I for one really found the entire setup (both world and background of Pumpkin squad/characters esp. Oland) very intriguing and can't wait for the later central plot development. So yeh, definitely not something like Coyote where you get a random story seemingly out of thin air lol.

Well, I don't mind the seriousness and a little complex story...as long as it's not TOO complex...I'm cool with that. But from the looks of it, I'm pretty sure it's not. Then again, I could be wrong.

[yura`]

Indeed, it's literally a flood of new anime this fall! Spending my time around, hunting for new shows to watch is part of the fun... which explains why I'm lurking around here, even though I had never heard of Pumpkin Scissors before this - and yes, it certainly is an 'unique' name. Lol. Like Conri said, the title alone makes it stick out.

I'm just wondering what genres would Pumpkin Scissors fall under? Is it just a war anime, or will there be some subtle developments (character, plot, etc.)? It seems to me, after reading through all the posts and other info, it's essentially about war.