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  Boogiepop Phantom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boogiepop Phantom is a dark brooding horror/mystery anime series which is often compared with Serial Experiments Lain.
Boogiepop Phantom is based on the Boogiepop series of books by Kouhei Kadono, which have also been adapted into the live action film Boogiepop and Others.
Boogiepop Phantom is no exception to this with several episode titles, and a few other references, being made.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boogiepop_Phantom   (475 words)

  
 Boogiepop series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop Phantom is also highly metaphorical, with a character or an image representing much more than face value.
An screenshot of Kirima Nagi, Suema Kazuko and Miyashita Touka from Boogiepop Phantom
Boogiepop Phantom has received the most exposure, where it is often compared to Serial Experiments Lain and Paranoia Agent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boogiepop   (1835 words)

  
 Anime Tempy
Boogiepop Phantom is an interesting piece of grungy urban horror that maintains its determined unpleasantness throughout and never allows the viewer to grow at all comfortable with its world or with the characters who inhabit it.
Boogiepop Phantom is not for the squeamish, and in its final episodes loses some of its initial appeal, but it's one to watch on a cold night with all the lights out.
Boogiepop Phantom revolves around the mysterious goings-on in a particular city and it looks at certain people within the city who are affected by these events and whose paths always seem cross at some point.
www.animetempy.com /reviews/ABC/boogiepop_phantom.htm   (1629 words)

  
 Animefringe: Features: Boogiepop Phantom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop Phantom is, at its core, a show about the inter-related nature of people's lives and the concept that they know of as time.
Boogiepop is a series that deals straightforwardly with some of the issues that we as humans face, and that society tends to tuck under the rug and hopes that no one sees.
Boogiepop Phantom, known in Japanese as Boogiepop Wa Waranai (Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh) is voiced by a group of talented seiyuu.
www.animefringe.com /magazine/02.01/feature/1/index.php3   (1547 words)

  
 AAW: Boogiepop Phantom Review
Boogiepop Phantom is a quietly disturbing series of stories that blend psychodrama, horror, and an X-Files-style plot into something dark and unusual.
Boogiepop Phantom is mostly an episodic series; each episode introduces a new group of characters and tells its own story, but there are a few threads--some obvious, some not--tying them together into a greater whole that eventually brings the series to its climax.
On the whole Boogiepop Phantom is a masterfully constructed work of art, both in the individual stories of emotional collapse that make up its episodes and the broader picture that is slowly constructed through the series.
www.animeworld.com /reviews/boogiepop.html   (1514 words)

  
 Boogiepop Phantom
However, Boogiepop Phantom manages to convey a sense of mystery and fear that is, at times, overwhelming.
Boogiepop Phantom is not a show for anyone who wants light entertainment.
Though I cannot give it my highest recommendation, due to its intentional obfuscation of its plot through the methods I discussed before, it is certainly a worthy series for anyone who likes their anime with a strong bottle of head-trip.
www.theanimereview.com /reviews/boogiepop.html   (877 words)

  
 Anime News Network - Boogiepop Phantom (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop Phantom - Evolution 1 (Dub.VHS 1) 2001-10-09
Boogiepop Phantom - Evolution 2 (Dub.VHS 2) 2001-10-30
Boogiepop Phantom - Evolution 3 (Dub.VHS 3) 2001-11-27
www.animenewsnetwork.com /encyclopedia/anime.php?id=247   (317 words)

  
 Anime News Network - Review
Boogiepop Phantom is possibly one of this years most anticipated Anime releases.
Animation–wise, Boogiepop follows very much in the footsteps of Lain; the images are generally crisp (although intentionally blurred on occasions) and the Animation is fluid.
Boogiepop Phantom is an extremely hard to follow series, and this may put some people off.
www.animenewsnetwork.com /reviews/display.php?id=170   (1189 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Boogiepop Phantom: Evolution 2: Video: Kaori Shimizu,Yu Asakawa,Kazuo Konta,Jun Fukuyama,Mayumi ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
BoogiePop Phantom was something I felt a bit unsure about at first, placing much of my judgment in the namesake and nothing more.
Viewing the first BoogiePop Phantom disk left many questions within my mind, however, including the exact nature of people shown in the backgrounds and seemed a bit inconsequential, not to mention the serial killer that was prowling the streets in search of prey.
In this second volume of Boogiepop Phantom, we are given a look at three major characters along with a multitude of minor characters.
www.amazon.ca /Boogiepop-Phantom-Evolution-Kaori-Shimizu/dp/B00005MEXU   (790 words)

  
 Definition of Boogiepop Phantom
Boogiepop Phantom is a dark mystery anime series which is often compared to Serial Experiments Lain.
When the series begins, high school students have just started to disappear again, and the blame is placed by many on Boogiepop, a mysterious entity who is said to be Death.
Boogiepop Phantom is based on the series of books Boogiepop by Kouhei Kadono.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Boogiepop_Phantom   (263 words)

  
 anime.mikomi.org - Boogiepop wa Warawanai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop wa Warawanai What you get out of Boogiepop Phantom depends what you put into it.
Boogiepop wa Warawanai It seems in Tokyo theres a connection and somehow or another people are suffering from pain, not caused by bad people but through there sadness that they create subconsciously.
Boogiepop Phantom gives a sad, twisted, and demented atmosphere that is represented perfectly.
anime.mikomi.org /series/Boogiepop%20Phantom   (1450 words)

  
 Boogiepop Phantom
Everyone knows about Boogiepop: meet her one dark night and you are taken.
Boogiepop Phantom is gorgeous, ‘shot’ (for want of a better term) with a hazy dreamlike quality, the frame a vignette as if we are looking not at the world but into it.
Intellectually on all these levels there is a sense that to derive meaning from what’s going on, we must think about it and come to our own conclusions, and in a way we only really know as much as each of the characters do.
www.heroic-cinema.com /reviews/boogieph   (628 words)

  
 Eviscerate: Boogiepop Phantom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop Phantom is the story of, I guess, a group of schoolchildren.
Boogiepop Phantom is a dark, urbane and compelling anime with its fair share of suspence and violence.
Boogiepop Phantom a score of four cool hats and a half litre of blood and I'm going to watch it again next weekend to see what I missed.
www.eviscerate.net /contentview.php?id=41   (827 words)

  
 THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Boogiepop Phantom
Rumor has it that they were taken away by a being called Boogiepop, the modern day Angel of Death.
Boogiepop Phantom is presented and written in a way almost entirely unique to anything else I have seen in anime.
The original writing in this anime is, in a single word, "crisp," interweaving twelve different stories with a few similar scenes, just to let you know, first, where in the timeline the story takes place and, second, how this story fits with the rest of the series.
www.themanime.org /viewreview.php?id=68   (862 words)

  
 Anime Boredom - Boogiepop Phantom anime reviews
As Boogiepop Phantom continues into its third volume of bizarre tales we are treated to one or two revealing explanations.
If Boogiepop Phantom were a jigsaw then we've just been given the hallowed corner pieces and maybe some of the edges - now we need to piece together the middle.
Boogiepop Phantom fans should have no hesitations in picking this disc up as soon as they can - you finally get some answers to those questions that have been bugging you for months.
www.animeboredom.co.uk /anime-reviews/boogiepop-phantom/35   (926 words)

  
 GreenCine | product main - Boogiepop Phantom Vol. 1 (2000)
Boogiepop Phantom is the most interesting anime series I have ever seen.
Boogiepop is a mysterious, dark figure/urban legend that is believed to be the "Angel of Death." Some high school kids have been disappearing recently and many questions arise.
Boogiepop Phantom can be enjoyed at a couple of different levels.
www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=14955&element=boogiepop   (1140 words)

  
 Aniki - Animeunioni :: Näytä viesti - Boogiepop Phantom (vol 1-4, R1)
Boogiepop Phantom (Bugiipoppu wa Warawanai) on 12-osainen, vuonna 2000 Japanin televisiossa esitetty, kauhuteemoilla ja jännityksellä pelaava sarja.
Boogiepop Phantom on jälleen niitä sarjoja joiden katseleminen ei ole erityisen helppo kokemus.
Boogiepop Phantom tuo monella tavalla mieleen toisen "kokeilevan" animen, muutamaa vuotta aiemmin ilmestyneen Serial Experiments Lainin, kuten myös ystävämme Kekko on noteerannut mainiossa näitä sarjoja käsittelevässä artikkelissa sivuillaan.
forums.animeunioni.org /viewtopic.php?p=14354   (847 words)

  
 THE ILLUSION OF MEMORY
She requests that Phantom take her but is rebuffed when Phantom tells her she is not worth the effort.
Boogiepop Phantom to preserve its existence for a while longer prevents Nagi from carrying through.
Boogiepop Phantom originally plans to kill Manaka but is stopped by the intervention of the original Boogiepop.
boogiepop.home.att.net /info/people.html   (5590 words)

  
 Boogiepop Phantom OST and Music Inpired by Boogiepop Phantom CD On GameVortex.com
Especially since the tone of Boogiepop Phantom is dark, supernatural but deeply modern and human, strings and brass would really not fit the bill.
Digested with thought and attention to detail, Boogiepop Phantom is a transforming experience for both seasoned anime fans and people who would never have thought of themselves as being interested in Japanese animation.
Devotees of Boogiepop Phantom will no doubt want both albums, but if you liked the series and really just want to recapture the mood or give a gift to some anime fan-boy or fan-girl out there, the OST is likely your best bet.
www.gamevortex.com /gamevortex/sound_rev.php/5   (643 words)

  
 AAW: Boogiepop Phantom Quick Review
Each individual story follows someone as their world falls apart from within, while slowly giving the viewer the pieces of the greater picture that ties the series together, offering both a raw connection to a variety of disturbed characters and a challenging supernatural puzzle to keep the intellect engaged.
Filmed from uncomfortable angles with a monochromatic palette of olive hues and scored with distorted fragments of music and commonplace sounds, the production establishes a relentlessly oppressive setting for its twisting plot and overlapping timelines, and the whole is completed by a large troupe of talented actors.
Boogiepop Phantom is a masterfully constructed work of art, maintaining a subdued but always powerful emotional character and stylistic theme from start to finish.
animeworld.com /quicklooks/boogiepop.html   (559 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Boogiepop Phantom - Boxed Set (Evolutions 1-4): DVD: Kaori Shimizu,Yu Asakawa,Kazuo Konta,Jun ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop Phantom is an anime based on a series of novels in Japan.
Boogiepop Phantom (the character) makes appearances in most of the episodes, but her motives are never given until the end of the series.
BoogiePop Phantom is a series that I found highly addictive, with its ups and downs tempered by the fact that it was atmospherically charged by the transitions taking place and that the characters in it were fleshed out so well.
www.amazon.com /Boogiepop-Phantom-Boxed-Set-Evolutions/dp/B00005QY8E   (2230 words)

  
 Boogiepop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop Wa Warawanai (commonly translated as Boogiepop Smiles or Boogiepop Never Laughs) is the and central character of a series of novels written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated Kouji Ogata.
The first novel Boogiepop and Others describes battle between a mysterious man called Echoes a bloodthirsty creature called the Manticore; the at Shinyo Academy who are caught in crossfire; and the involvement of Boogiepop a super heroine of sorts in these events.
This isnt part of the show's music but music that was inspired BY boogiepop phantom, which isnt too bad, its a good listen but I would recommend the actual soundtrack to the show instead unless you buy the uber set which comes with the soundtrack AND this...
www.freeglossary.com /Boogiepop   (675 words)

  
 Anime Dream Music - Boogiepop Phantom OST
Looking at the track list, one may or may not noticed that there is a significant amount of music missing from the soundtrack, mostly in the form of the few instrumental and vocal pieces that were in the anime.
These are what I associate with Boogiepop Phantom, and the songs are ready, willing, and able to live up to the task.
Boogiepop Phantom and electronica fans will find the album worthwhile, or a few songs at the very least, but with such a notable exclusion like Yuudachi, it isn't exactly essential to fans of the series.
www.animedream.com /music/boogiepop-ost   (791 words)

  
 AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Boogiepop Phantom Vol. #1
Boogiepop Phantom is a very carefully layered show.
And these individual stories are quite layered, as they move back and forth in the characters lives, dealing with events from their junior high days up through their high school days.
And then there's the mystery that is Boogiepop, something that's been called Death or the Angel of Death.
www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/123.php   (1467 words)

  
 G4 - Feature - Boogiepop Phantom 101
Boogiepop Phantom is a complex and fascinating series, but it can be confusing.
All in all these are the most useful places you can go to learn about "Boogiepop." However, one key resource not available to you is the director's commentaries on the DVDs, which provide some incredibly insightful interpretations that can be missed if you don't know what you're looking for.
and no. "Boogiepop" is such an unusual show that even if you were to read those links, you still won't understand what the hell they are talking about unless you also watch the series.
www.g4tv.com /techtvvault/features/46749/Boogiepop_Phantom_101.html?detectflash=false&   (444 words)

  
 Anime Reviews
Meanwhile, a phantom child in a Pied Piper costume joins the butterfly girl and begins to gather "friends" from across the city—the memories of children, left behind when people became adults, but drawn out to lead separate lives through the agency of seemingly magic balloons.
One of these shells is a girl who put aside her dreams of becoming a writer when her teachers discovered she was good at math, and pushed her to prepare for a career in the sciences.
Probably the most frustrating thing about Boogiepop Phantom is that all its plotlines center on a single event—the cataclysm at the school, when Boogiepop Phantom was created, the Manticore was destroyed (for the first time) and strange psychic abilities began to manifest in young people across the city.
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue253/anime.html   (802 words)

  
 DVD.net : Boogiepop Phantom Evolution 1 - DVD Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Boogiepop Phantom, a direct result of this new trend, is the most recent in a fresh breed of anime series to reach our shores.
The show is really about them and their interwoven lives; and yet always returns to the mystery of the cataclysm, the enigmatic figure of Boogiepop, and a serial killer that is seemingly stalking the city.
Consumed by her delayed sense of grief, Moto aimlessly wanders the city, only half hearing the circulating rumours that Boogiepop, the Angel of Death, is stalking the city streets.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=1655   (1732 words)

  
 Boogiepop Phantom - theOtaku.com
Boogiepop Phantom is frequently referred to as one of the most confusing anime ever made, and with good reason.
While these teenagers are connected by everyday encounters and "six-degrees-of-separation"-type relationships, a mysterious recurring figure known as Boogiepop Phantom is the person who ultimately ties them all together.
Animated by Madhouse, Boogiepop Phantom has a strong and distinctive visual style.
www.theotaku.com /anime/boogiepop_phantom   (251 words)

  
 Boogiepop Phantom Review
Boogiepop Phantom's story and character development aren't the only things that make it great.
A side note: There's one single shot in Boogiepop Phantom that is by far the creepiest thing I've ever seen on a television screen.
Surprisingly, Boogiepop Phantom's sound was remastered for a special English 5.1 edition.
members.fortunecity.com /animearmageddon/boogiepopphantomreview.html   (808 words)

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