: The music is a massive part of its identity. From the Cantonese-style folk songs to the iconic "Xiao Chou" (Clown) theme, the 2018 season established a melancholic yet hopeful vibe that balances the slapstick comedy. Global Reach : Following its massive success in China,
, a clumsy, amnesiac barber who dreams of becoming a professional assassin to pay off his massive debts. Under the "guidance" of his blue chicken manager, Scissor Seven -2018-2018
The show's director, He Xiaofeng, once said in a 2018 interview: "I just wanted to make something that made people laugh, then cry, then laugh again in the same minute." That goal was achieved perfectly in 2018. : The music is a massive part of its identity
The story follows , a 21-year-old bumbling barber on Chicken Island who suffers from amnesia. Under the guidance of his manager—a blue, cigar-smoking chicken named Dai Bo —Seven attempts to become a professional assassin to pay off medical debts. Armed with telekinetically controlled hairdressing scissors, Seven is famously bad at his job, often helping his targets instead of killing them. Under the "guidance" of his blue chicken manager,
What viewers got in April 2018 was nothing short of revolutionary. The animation in Season 1 is not "smooth" by Japanese standards. It is choppy, minimalist, and often looks like a moving storyboard. Yet that roughness became its armor. In 2018, audiences were fatigued by CGI overproduction. Scissor Seven felt like a punk rock zine come to life—fluid where it needed to be, static where emotion could carry the weight.