Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Phantom

2000
Boogiepop Phantom
Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Phantom

7.3 | TV-14 | en | Animation

Five years ago, a string of grisly murders shook the city to its core and now the rumors have begun once more. Boogiepop... Everyone knows about Boogiepop: meet her one dark night and you are taken. People tell each other the stories and laugh: no one believes that she can possibly exist in this day and age. Still, strange things appear to be going on and the darkness is taking on many forms. Something is out there.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP12  A Requiem
Mar. 23,2000
A Requiem

One year after the 11th episode, these events occur. Toka is going to take an entrance exam when she detects trouble. Indeed, as the manticore is still alive; it possessed the writer when the manticore was originally destroyed by Boogiepop Phantom. Boogipop comes and destroys both the manticore and the writer, who had actually died a long time ago. Boogiepop then says, ""I feel sorry for Toka Miashta. She was supposed to be taking an entrance exam now."" Thus the series comes to the end, with us only just knowing who Boogiepop really was.

EP11  Under The Gravity's Rainbow
Mar. 16,2000
Under The Gravity's Rainbow

This episode revolves around Manaka. It explains about her past, her mother, her grandmother, and her ability. After the flashbacks are done, Manaka starts to run from Boogiepop when Boogiepop Phantom interveins and tries to kill her. Boogipop frees her, stating that she hasn't enough power to cause a threat to this world, and Manaka runs off to the house of mirrors. Boogiepop finally meets Boogiepop Phantom. Manaka tells herself that she will not die; rather, she will become light. And so she does. A great light composed of the golden butterfiles engulfs the land, causing time to skip. People start to see phantoms of themselves, events of the past long forgotten. Manaka makes one last visit, to her mother in the hospital. Since Manaka was born, her mother had lost her short term memory, and could not remember anything for a long time. She even forgot that she had a daughter. However, Manaka arrived as light, and restored her memory using the butterflies. For just a moment

EP10  Poom Poom
Mar. 09,2000
Poom Poom

This episode revolves around Poom Poom, Manaka, and Paisely Park. More and more people are getting red balloons, making Nagi go to the park to see what's causing it. There are children versions there of everyone that had recieved a balloon. However, Boogiepop (not the phantom) arrives on the scene and causes Manaka to fall from the Ferris Wheel. All the lights in the park go out, and Manaka appears to have aged quite a bit. Apparantly, her powers made her age, and now that she used them like crazy, she aged greatly. All the phantom children dissapear, along with Poom Poom, leaving Manaka with Boogiepop.

EP9  You'll Never Be Young Twice
Mar. 02,2000
You'll Never Be Young Twice

This episode revolves around three people, the first of which is Saki, a pianist. She is determined to make it into a music university, but she just can't make it. Then, Poom Poom gives her a balloon. After she let go of it, she killed herself. Quite a few people are now getting strange phone calls urgeing them to 'Come play with us.' Yoshiki, the one making the calls, gets taken in by Boogiepop Phantom and dissapears.

EP8  She's So Unusual
Feb. 24,2000
She's So Unusual

This episode mainly revolves around Nagi Kirima, yet is told from the POV of Ichiro Kishida. He knew Nagi in the past, but he adopted a new alias and reentered her life as Ichiro Kishida. They go on a mission to stop the Manticore, a flesh eating shape shifter. They run into Boogiepop Phantom, who destroys the Manticore. However, the Manticore isn't gone forever...

EP7  Until Ure In My Arms Again
Feb. 17,2000
Until Ure In My Arms Again

This episode revolves around a brother and a sister, who usually stick together, yet the brother is slowly rejecting the sister. The brother recently (after the pillar of light) developed a want to unassemble everything and remove the useless parts. When he thinks that Paisely Park is useless, he attempts to take it apart, yet relizes that he doesn't have any powers. His sister has the power to grant his wishes.

EP6  Mother's Day
Feb. 10,2000
Mother's Day

This episode revolves around Shizue, who died about 5 years ago. A girl named Rika shares the diaries of Shizue and herself with Shizue's mother. The diaries reveal much more about Shizue than her mother could have ever thought.

EP5  Interlude
Feb. 03,2000
Interlude

This episode is quite a confusing one. It jumps from POV to POV, and the time is frequently changing. It mainly takes place in a police station, and is all about a conversation between Morita and another cop. Every time we return to the conversation, a little bit more is revealed, until at the end, we start all over again.

EP4  My Fair Lady
Jan. 27,2000
My Fair Lady

This episode is from Yoji Suganuma's point of view. He's mainly a loser a school, and only has his online buddies as friends. He is also a dating sim game addict, and has fallen in love with a girl named Rie (Ree-ae) who is actually just bits of data on his computer. He becomes addicted to 'Type-S' a so-called attraction device. A girl who applied to work at the resturant with him starts to look more and more like Rie, until the line of reality is forever blurred to Yoji.

EP3  Life Can Be So Nice
Jan. 20,2000
Life Can Be So Nice

This episode revolves around Misuzu. She had a friend a while ago, named Panaru. Panaru had a great loving for the world, but was killed by a serial killer. Misuzu then decided to take up Panaru's love, only it was not a true love that Misuzu had. By accepting everything, she opened herself to another entity, who manipulated her into luring Naghi Kirima to a location. However, Boogiepop Phantom prevented the meeting. Misuzu found herself in an allyway, where she met her doom.

EP2  Light in the Darkness
Jan. 13,2000
Light in the Darkness

This episode is told from Hisashi Jonouchi. He is running from someone...rather, something. He sees a strange bug in the alley way and eats it. He flashesback to when he first started seeing the bugs. They were spiders, over people's hearts. Only he could see them. Once he removed the spider, that person forgot about what made them sorrowful. However, Jonouchi grew an addiction for the spiders and started to crave for more and more. The episode ends with Jonouchi having an encounter with Boogiepop Phantom, where he is 'taken'.

EP1  Portraits from Memory
Jan. 06,2000
Portraits from Memory

This episode starts with the sudden apperance of a mysterious pillar of light. The city is thrown into a blackout, but quickly recovers. We are then taken to a bathroom, where we hear several girls talking about an angel of death, Boogipop. Moto Tonomura remembers about a time when she still hated herself. This entire episode is a flashback.

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7.3 | TV-14 | en | Animation , Drama , Mystery | More Info
Released: 2000-01-06 | Released Producted By: Madhouse , Country: Japan Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20070608193553/http://www.vap.co.jp:80/boogie/
Synopsis

Five years ago, a string of grisly murders shook the city to its core and now the rumors have begun once more. Boogiepop... Everyone knows about Boogiepop: meet her one dark night and you are taken. People tell each other the stories and laugh: no one believes that she can possibly exist in this day and age. Still, strange things appear to be going on and the darkness is taking on many forms. Something is out there.

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Cast

Yuu Asakawa , Kaori Shimizu , Sanae Kobayashi

Director

Akihiro Hirasawa

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jastercinos I'll start with, this show is one to taste. While it is constructed immaculately, the themes and presentation will not suit everyone. If you dislike series which don't end with giving you a clear message or ending point, this is assuredly a show you'll want to pass on. Conversely, if you want a show to challenge you, and demand of you to put its pieces together to form the greater whole, Boogiepop Phantom is one of the best. Similarly, be prepared for a very dark, emotional look into people and life. Suicide is an extremely common theme, and a large percent of the characters you follow do not survive, if you show to cheer you up at every chance, or one you expect to follow a character through their dark times until they triumph, best look for Mizaki.Centered around a theme of regret and memory, it is constructed uniquely, with each episode following a different character, as their actions interconnect, all centered around the same mystery. While many episodes overlap in their frame of time, there is an overall story that develops which comes to a conclusion at the end, in its own way. There are few clear cut villains (about two, neither of which last the entire series), and it is more about the opposing ideals. While there is a lot of clashing personalities, there is little 'action'. Opposed to anime norm, fights are over quick generally done in a single stroke, and not the focus of any scene, and most conflicts are resolved mostly with a discussion, followed by a single element to remove one side so the show can continue with whatever message that episode delivers.While the show is about these messages, it includes mystery, starting with a series of murders, finding who, why and what the murderer is through the lenses of the different characters throughout different phases of the 5ish year span most of the stories are told. The occasional 'action' scene, often chases and suspenseful moments of hiding and tense conversation.The show's strongest point is its style. It has almost no waste, using every line of dialog and shot to add to its story or inform the viewer of a character or concept, from including construction in many backgrounds to reinforce its message of the need for change, to the sepia rich colors used in most episodes to remind you of the past. The music reinforces this in the absolute best way it can, using piercing notes, off key music, and chaotic static noises to reinforce character confusion, uncertainty and insanity, to finally Boogiepops iconic whistle in its clarion tune piercing through all of it.It is not without flaws, due to its dedication to realistic characters, it is at times hard to tell them apart, and telling them apart is at times vital. This is made harder with its heavy sepia tone, at times so dark its hard to see, while a few strange English translation choices obscures some parts, though not too bad (and the acting is on target, though feels flat, it is by design given the low key tone of the show, it can make it disengaging, particularly those who are on the fence with the style).
Cruiz Dwyer Do not judge a book by its cover or by its title in this case. Boogiepop Phantom sounds very childish, but if one were to search deeper, one would find something far more sinister.The story of Boogiepop Phantom is simple: an urban legend, Boogiepop is an entity that is believed to be responsible for the recent disappearances of high-school students. The city is currently still entangled in the grisly murders of five years before, where the killer was never found. Many suspect Boogiepop, but no one can confirm anything. Then the light appeared, and everything began change, and with this change, comes a common theme within Boogiepop Phantom: nothing is what it seems. Like the title before it, the story is, in fact, not simple at all: prepare to rack that brain of yours.The animation is pretty decent. It isn't for eye-candy viewers though, for its dark palette doesn't allow for the bright colors seen in almost all other anime. Thankfully, the picture is clear, so the darkness of the animation is never a problem. However, the series is dark for a reason. The overall atmosphere of the story is very morbid, and depressing. Every episode encounters situation of death, but not with action blazing shootouts. Characters commit suicide, or are killed by Boogiepop, in quite a ghastly manner. Boogiepop Phantom never gets gory, but some of the deaths are definitely not for the faint of heart.Sound as a whole, is very good. The voices themselves are not excellent, but they get the job done, and easily bring the characters to life; very important as the story is based upon the characters and their views on the overall story of the night that changed their lives forever. The music is very atmospheric, and adds greatly to the thriller aspects of the anime. The opening and closing themes are very upbeat, a complete contrast of the story.There's no right or wrong in Boogiepop, just a point of view. It's this perspective that drives Boogiepop Phantom forward, and while it's not the greatest thing you'll ever watch, it sure well is the most confusing: the ending will have you with more questions then answers. However, this is the beauty of Boogiepop. It is a serious anime, dealing with serious issues such as the human conscious, and that is enough to separate it from the crowd.
marxisdead If you liked «Lain», you will LOVE «Boogiepop phantom» which is, in my view, much more interesting. Every episode has its own story, and can be watch by itself. As the story progresses though, it all fits together to form a larger plot. One last thing; the music is excellent and very well used to create intensity.
Brian Camp "Boogiepop Phantom" (2000) is a 12-part TV series that takes Japanese animation into some of the new psychological dimensions pioneered by "Serial Experiments Lain" back in 1998. Like "Lain," it focuses on a cast of troubled Japanese high school kids, but steers clear of the earlier series' cyberspace trappings, drawing instead on the more subtle horror stylings found in such live-action Japanese successes of recent years as RING and UZUMAKI. Most of the teens highlighted in "Boogiepop" are visited by imaginary characters or "see" things or people that their classmates can't. The elusive female title figure, a self-proclaimed "Angel of Death," appears on occasion to try to intervene on behalf of the tormented kids. One seemingly normal girl, Nagi Kirima, emerges as the series' sole heroine. Not untouched by trauma herself, she is aware of all the weird goings-on and actively tries to investigate and do something about them. Based on a popular series of novels by Kadono Kouhei (as yet unavailable in English), the series plays interesting tricks with time, jumping back and forth between past and present incidents in the teens' lives, often presenting certain events from different characters' viewpoints. Five years earlier, strange phenomena occurred in the small Japanese city where the series is set, set off by an inexplicable beam of light that burst forth at night from the city up to the sky. A series of unsolved killings took place around the same time. All of the characters in the cast were irrevocably affected by that time and experience frequent flashbacks to those events. Eventually, in the course of the 12 episodes, it becomes clear, at least to this reviewer, that the series is really about the psychic pain of growing up in the Japanese social system. Children are not adequately protected by the adults in their lives and their childhood dreams are inevitably shattered quite early. One fanciful imaginary character, Poom Poom, who seems to have emerged from the psyches of two separate wounded souls, acts as a Pied Piper to all the troubled kids, inviting them to an abandoned amusement park that comes to spectacular life at his command. One riveting scene, arguably the key to the whole series, involves a confrontation at the park between Poom Poom and the indignant Boogiepop herself. The stories behind Poom Poom's creation are particularly heart-wrenching and reflect the kind of everyday trauma that creative, sensitive kids experience quite frequently, not just in Japan, but in almost any large, faceless bureaucratic school system. The live-action film BATTLE ROYALE, a major Japanese hit of 2000, offered a similar message of indictment of Japanese society and its treatment of children, but the longer form "Boogiepop" takes a less visceral, more multifaceted approach, relating the kids' stories one by one and detailing exactly what went wrong and at what point."Boogiepop" has been accomplished via the digital animation process that dominates Japanese animation today. While the digital process is often simply a lazy substitute for the greater complexity of hand-drawn artwork, it is used quite creatively here and is well-suited to the particular psychological mood created by the shifting points-of-view and subjective storytelling. This is a far cry from traditional Japanese animation and its stylistic advances should be judged on their own merits. "Boogiepop Phantom" stands out as an extremely demanding and challenging piece but one that will strike the more serious fan as an anime work of art, employing technical skill, visual imagination and keen insight to illuminate the hidden layers of the human condition.

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