Pumpkin Scissors

Pumpkin Scissors
The first volume of Pumpkin Scissors
パンプキン·シザーズ (Panpukin Shizāzu)
Genre	Military, War
Manga
Written by	Ryotaro Iwanaga
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Del Rey Manga
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Magazine GREAT (2002-2006 November) Monthly Shōnen Magazine (2006 November-Present)
Original run	2002 – present
Volumes	20
Manga
Pumpkin Scissors: Power Snips
Written by	Nobu Ootsuki Ryotaro Iwanaga
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Shone
Original run	2014 – present
Volumes	1
Anime television series
Directed by	Katsuhito Akiyama
Studio	Gonzo, AIC
Licensed by	NA Funimation UK MVM Films (current), ADV Films (former)
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original run	October 2, 2006 – March 19, 2007
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Pumpkin Scissors (パンプキン·シザーズ, Panpukin Shizāzu^?) 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.

Set in a region strongly resembling Western Europe, where technology is at best mid 20-30s (they have tanks, but semi-automatic rifles have just been developed, the main transport vehicle is still the train or the car, planes are seldom used, wireless communication doesn't exist, etc.) in which a catastrophic war has just ended similar to that of the Great War (which in this universe lasts for 11 years) that occurred in the early parts of the 20th century, the Royal Empire (which is culturally similar to the Second Reich of Germany(1871-1918), but still with a few traditions dating back the Middle Ages) and the Republic of Frost have declared a ceasefire to end the war indefinitely. The Empire is plagued by starvation, and pestilence, with former soldiers turning to thievery, banditry and other forms of crime, forming into gangs to survive the post-war period. Three years later, to aid the people of the Empire in the war relief effort, the Imperial Army State Section III, also known as the Pumpkin Scissors unit, is established.