Alternative Titles
English: Boogiepop Phantom
Synonyms: Boogiepop Never Laughs, Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh
Japanese: ブギーポップは笑わない Boogiepop Phantom
Information
Type:
TV
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Jan 5, 2000 to Mar 22, 2000
Premiered:
Winter 2000
Broadcast:
Thursdays at 01:45 (JST)
Licensors:
Nozomi Entertainment
Studios:
Madhouse
Source:
Light novel
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
Statistics
Ranked:
#29522
2
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Popularity:
#1495
Members:
97,508
Favorites:
795
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Peppered with some of the best sound editing I've ever heard in an anime, this montage of scarred urbanites and neo-humans colliding into each other violently is the forbearer for anime hits like Baccano. Boogiepop Phantom began the light novel trend in Japan and has spanned multiple mediums to tell this fractured story of an urban legend stalking the streets of urban Japan dispatching creeps who feed on cute school kids. I could go more into read more
First off, Boogiepop is a horror anime, pretty much like Elfen Lied and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and all three shows also have a few similarities: blood, gory violence, very disturbing, great art and animation, and a dive into the human psyche. But then again, there are the differences between the three and what makes Boogiepop different from the other two is also what makes it read more
Let's start with the story. Boogiepop has an episodic and non-linear structure that works surprisingly well. Each episode focuses on one character and a theme related to said character. Some episodes move the plot forward more than others, but each of read more
The story stays taut throughout, never afraid to throw in a new disturbing twist to keep up the gripping suspense. But its real strength is its odd narrative. Boogiepop is told by handing off the perspective to a new character every episode. Each character reflects either a disturbing paranormal trait or highlights one of the flaws of the conformist attitude of read more
I was thinking about taking it easy and just gushing praise on Space Brothers or Mononoke or Kino's Journey. However, I don't have much to say on those series that hasn't already been said many times before. Those series are great and most people here on MAL are already aware of that. Instead, I'll be looking at an overlooked little title called Boogiepop Phantom. This series has a lot of stuff going for it, but can still be very frustrating. Boogiepop Phantom was adapted from a longrunning series of light novels, but this read more
When studios need to release something, but can't come up with ideas, one of two things happen. They either look at what's selling and create something that they think will pacify the masses, at the cost of new and interesting concepts. Or, they decide to adapt something popular from another form of media and hope for the best. Adaptations can range from good to bad depending on a variety of factors. The loyalty to the source material, the director/studio in read more
And I don't think I'm the first. Judging by the release date, I think it's safe to say that this series has been baffling read more
My first reaction (along with most other people's probably) was "WTF is this?!" (a sure sign that an anime from this genre is doing it right) But after a couple of episodes, I found I could start forming some connections and get a vague idea of what was going on. Because of the complicated story and non-linear story telling method, "Boogiepop Phantom" is a show that can read more
Confusing and mindnumbing but episodic with a puzzle plot atmospheric and has “good” production values but unimpressive artwork and weak soundtrack great overall mystery as a whole but not so good stand-alone stories fleshed out characters related to the story but bland and forgotten because of the size of the cast uncommon and interesting but forgotten like the moe/ecchi mediocrities produced today Boogiepop is an anomaly, having the right set of characteristics to deem it as an anime masterpiece in the dementia genre and be remembered by the anime community. In fact, many reviews in different anime websites besides read more
Note: I have not seen Serial Experiments Lain, so I can't make any comparisons to that like many other reviewers have. Boogiepop Phantom is an original story set right after the first novel, and I mean RIGHT after, because the mysterious pillar of light read more
PLOT: I’m having severe difficulties reviewing this show as its fairly random at times, and I didn’t really know what was going on half the time! It takes a similar structure to Baccano!, in that it consists of a large cast of characters and the timeline jumps about the place to cover their stories, and often shows the same scene in different perspectives. Its also similar to Paranoia Agent as the viewer doesn’t really know what’s going on for much of the time and its full of quite strange characters. Another show that I could compare Boogiepop read more
The concept isn't particularly mindblowing. It is just another supernatural story but it does achieve quite a lot in its execution. It explores many philosophical and psychological themes--the most prominent ones being time and change. It also presents its own philosophy which I thought was something along the lines of accepting change so that we may attain a higher state of being. One of its episode's take read more |