

2000·Animation·12 episodes
7.9
★










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.
Created by Takashi Watanabe
detective
based on novel or book
dementia
psychology
phantom
police
supernatural
high school
alter ego
urban legend
gore
episodic
school life
angst
seinen
anime
memories
psychological
horror

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Cast

Yuu Asakawa
Kirima Nagi (voice)

Kaori Shimizu
Boogiepop / Touka Miyashita (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi
Manaka Kisaragi (voice)

Kozue Yoshizumi
Rie Takai (voice)

Mayumi Asano
Boogiepop Phantom (voice)

Jun Fukuyama
Manticore / Masami Saotome (voice)

Gakuto Furuhara
Poom Poom (voice)

Mamiko Noto
Moto Tonomura (voice)

Ayaka Saito
Akane Kojima (voice)

Chihiro Suzuki
Ariou (voice)

Fumiko Osaka
Mayumi Kisaragi (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa
Saki Yoshizawa (voice)
Crew

Masao Maruyama
Producer

Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
Chideraa

Disorienting…
Disorienting…
Jackson Lang
9.0★ · 06/28/23

Letterboxd has this kind of fantasy appeal to it that if you scroll long enough through enough random lists at 3 AM that you’ll find some ultra obscure masterpiece that like three people have seen. This is very much one of those works.
Boogie Pop phantom is a hyper esoteric skull, melting fever, dream. It is an edgy, darker more experimental version of serial experiments lain which on its own is a pretty crazy statement.
For me, boogiepop phantom’s by far most notable feature is that it possesses what is by far the greatest sound design I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen sound take such an active and commanding roll over a piece of cinema. It starts and stops, distorts, and booms, echoes and reverberates through a cacophony of different emotions. The sound envelops you in an oppressive whirlwind That is Boogiepop phantoms world.
The work that this could most similarly be compared to would definitely be in David Lynch’s inland Empire on a multitude of levels. It is an extremely disjointed incredibly obtuse, unforgiving experience, that will likely be fairly unapproachable to most. To say the least boogie pop phantom is not a light watch and is extremely committed to its vision.
The “plot” is almost completely intangible As Boogiepop phantom frankly doesn’t care it’s not here to tell a story it’s here to deliver emotion. The pain of the past, memories strangling chokehold, the abandonment of oneself, an uncertain future. Boogiepop phantom plunges you into a swirling soup of some absolutely dizzying themes.
I would basically only recommend this for the hard-core fans of the truly abstract and basically no one else. Be prepared for a truly monolithic experience that possesses some of the most fascinating technical elements I have personally seen.
Boogie Pop phantom is a hyper esoteric skull, melting fever, dream. It is an edgy, darker more experimental version of serial experiments lain which on its own is a pretty crazy statement.
For me, boogiepop phantom’s by far most notable feature is that it possesses what is by far the greatest sound design I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen sound take such an active and commanding roll over a piece of cinema. It starts and stops, distorts, and booms, echoes and reverberates through a cacophony of different emotions. The sound envelops you in an oppressive whirlwind That is Boogiepop phantoms world.
The work that this could most similarly be compared to would definitely be in David Lynch’s inland Empire on a multitude of levels. It is an extremely disjointed incredibly obtuse, unforgiving experience, that will likely be fairly unapproachable to most. To say the least boogie pop phantom is not a light watch and is extremely committed to its vision.
The “plot” is almost completely intangible As Boogiepop phantom frankly doesn’t care it’s not here to tell a story it’s here to deliver emotion. The pain of the past, memories strangling chokehold, the abandonment of oneself, an uncertain future. Boogiepop phantom plunges you into a swirling soup of some absolutely dizzying themes.
I would basically only recommend this for the hard-core fans of the truly abstract and basically no one else. Be prepared for a truly monolithic experience that possesses some of the most fascinating technical elements I have personally seen.
Letterboxd has this kind of fantasy appeal to it that if you scroll long enough through enough random lists at 3 AM that you’ll find some ultra obscure masterpiece that like three people have seen. This is very much one of those works.
Boogie Pop phantom is a hyper esoteric skull, melting fever, dream. It is an edgy, darker more experimental version of serial experiments lain which on its own is a pretty crazy statement.
For me, boogiepop phantom’s by far most notable feature is that it possesses what is by far the greatest sound design I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen sound take such an active and commanding roll over a piece of cinema. It starts and stops, distorts, and booms, echoes and reverberates through a cacophony of different emotions. The sound envelops you in an oppressive whirlwind That is Boogiepop phantoms world.
The work that this could most similarly be compared to would definitely be in David Lynch’s inland Empire on a multitude of levels. It is an extremely disjointed incredibly obtuse, unforgiving experience, that will likely be fairly unapproachable to most. To say the least boogie pop phantom is not a light watch and is extremely committed to its vision.
The “plot” is almost completely intangible As Boogiepop phantom frankly doesn’t care it’s not here to tell a story it’s here to deliver emotion. The pain of the past, memories strangling chokehold, the abandonment of oneself, an uncertain future. Boogiepop phantom plunges you into a swirling soup of some absolutely dizzying themes.
I would basically only recommend this for the hard-core fans of the truly abstract and basically no one else. Be prepared for a truly monolithic experience that possesses some of the most fascinating technical elements I have personally seen.
Boogie Pop phantom is a hyper esoteric skull, melting fever, dream. It is an edgy, darker more experimental version of serial experiments lain which on its own is a pretty crazy statement.
For me, boogiepop phantom’s by far most notable feature is that it possesses what is by far the greatest sound design I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen sound take such an active and commanding roll over a piece of cinema. It starts and stops, distorts, and booms, echoes and reverberates through a cacophony of different emotions. The sound envelops you in an oppressive whirlwind That is Boogiepop phantoms world.
The work that this could most similarly be compared to would definitely be in David Lynch’s inland Empire on a multitude of levels. It is an extremely disjointed incredibly obtuse, unforgiving experience, that will likely be fairly unapproachable to most. To say the least boogie pop phantom is not a light watch and is extremely committed to its vision.
The “plot” is almost completely intangible As Boogiepop phantom frankly doesn’t care it’s not here to tell a story it’s here to deliver emotion. The pain of the past, memories strangling chokehold, the abandonment of oneself, an uncertain future. Boogiepop phantom plunges you into a swirling soup of some absolutely dizzying themes.
I would basically only recommend this for the hard-core fans of the truly abstract and basically no one else. Be prepared for a truly monolithic experience that possesses some of the most fascinating technical elements I have personally seen.
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