Typically, successful Anime focused on War-stricken countries or postwar civilizations are filled with Mech or Fantasy elements. Class disparity tends to revolve around people with Mech technology or some form of fantastical power that allows the ruling class to keep the poorer social classes at bay. Pumpkin Scissors, however, is a postwar story that feels harshly real while delivering a polarizing tale that could just as well have been a Depression Era or Cold War drama. The story of Pumpkin Scissors, created by Ryoutarou Iwanaga, begins right after a ceasefire is called between the warring factions of the Royal Empire and the Republic of the Frost. The aftermath of this war is a heavily stratified social class reminiscent of the post-Cold-War Ussr. Those at the top of the pecking order are the morally corrupt nobles. Outside of the wealthy classes, food has become a commodity reserved strictly for the ...
- 1/31/2010
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- BuzzFocus.com
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