List of Boogiepop media explained

This is a current listing of the media in Kouhei Kadono's Boogiepop series. This metaseries currently consists of 22 light novels, 3 four volume light novel spin-off series, a live-action movie, two anime television series, four manga serials, audio CDs, and other books.

An oddity of the Boogiepop titles is that they are almost always made of more than one title, and often there is a mix of English and Japanese titles. This list provides the English-release title, the Japanese title (and transliteration), with any further sub-titles below.

Light novels

An alien being chases an escaped clone of itself, a man-eater hiding in Shinyo Academy. As students disappear one-by-one, people begin to wonder if they are being taken by the legendary Boogiepop. As five different students try to understand different aspects of the puzzle, will anyone every truly know the truth of the events?

A year ago, Boogiepop defeated Imaginator, however, it appears to be trying to return: Asakura Jin, who can see people's hearts as plants, is being visited by the phantom of Imaginator's last host. Meanwhile, two agents from the Towa Organisation are trying to find Boogiepop. Whilst Camille tries to lure out Boogiepop indirectly, Spooky E finds himself face-to-face with Shinyo Academy's shinigami.

Six children with the ability to predict the future, each in different ways. One day, Boogiepop begins to enter their premonitions.

Teratsuki Kyouichiro, a man with connections to the Towa Organisation, constructed The Moon Temple, but has now suddenly died. The building is to be demolished in a month's time, but an accident seals visitors to the building, allowing the King of Distortion to manifest.

The prequel to the Boogiepop series. A serial killer is stalking the streets, meanwhile Kirima Nagi is hospitalised with an unknown disease, and Miyashita Touka begins to exhibit unusual behaviour.

After trying the Peppermint ice cream made by Kigawa Tosuke, Teratsuki Kyouichiro uses him to start a chain known as The Peppermint Wizard. The ice cream is able to take away people's pain, but does not go unnoticed by the Towa Organisation.

A mysterious virus named Embryo begins infecting portable gaming systems. Anyone exposed to this virus soon begins to develop special abilities.

A prequel to Boogiepop and Others and Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator. No sooner does Kirima Nagi return to middle school than a series of strange incidents occurs.

A pair of delinquents seek to release an enemy of the world known as Rock Bottom.

Meet Oxygen, the head of the Towa Organisation, and learn about the Organisation's agenda: world domination.

Crossing over with the Night Watch Trilogy, Orihata Aya and a boy seeking vengeance on Boogiepop become trapped in a world known as 'Kiba no Ato'.

A boy discovers his girlfriend is an MPLS, and both the Towa Organization and Boogiepop are after her.

These serialized novels take place within the Boogiepop universe:

Short stories

Anime

Boogiepop Phantom

See main article: Boogiepop Phantom. A month ago, an unknown pillar of light pierced the sky over the city. Now, strange events begin to take place. Some people are disappearing, others are beginning to show signs of highly evolved powers, while others are seeing apparitions of people who should be dead. Rumors circulate about urban legend Boogiepop being involved.

Boogiepop and Others

Marking the 20th Anniversary of Kouhei Kadono's original novel debut, and announced at the Dengeki Bunko 25th Anniversary & New Work Unveiling Stage, a series based on Boogiepop and Others, Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator, Boogiepop at Dawn, and Boogiepop Overdrive: The King of Distortion aired from January 4 to March 29, 2019.[1] [2] The series updated the setting to the present day.

Film

Based on the novel of the same name. An alien and a man-eater are playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse at Shinyo Academy, and the students are the ones who suffer as a result of this. Is the legendary shinigami, Boogiepop, somehow involved in this incident?

Music

Two audio CDs have been released.

, 25 February 2000, 30 April 2002.

TrackTitleArtist
1 Happy End Flare
2 In Heaven SiLC
3 Penalty Taker Audio Active
4 Gataway Susumu Yokota
5 Delirious SiLC feat 2k+D's of RED LINE
6 Stormy Soup AOA
7 Boogiepop Me UpMing (DJ) & FS
8 A Furrow Dub Sugar Plant
9 Torso Sadesper Record
10 Snow Coast Yoshihiro Sawasaki
11 Unstability Hidenobu Ito
12 Pone Rei Harakami
13 Angel in the Dark M.Y.K.N.

, 25 March 2000, 30 April 2002.

TrackTitleArtist
1 DaphneYuki Kajiura
2 Sad BirdYuki Kajiura
3 Nepenthe #1Yuki Kajiura
4 PorcelainYuki Kajiura
5 EgotismYuki Kajiura
6 Forget-me-notYuki Kajiura
7 Nepenthe #2Yuki Kajiura
8 Criss-CrossYuki Kajiura
9 EmbraceYuki Kajiura
10 BoogiepopYuki Kajiura
11 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Boogiepop Version Classical MixRichard Wagner / Yuki Kajiura

Books

Manga

Based on the Boogiepop and Others novel.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New 'Boogiepop' Anime Coming in 2018.
  2. Web site: Boogiepop and Others TV Anime Premieres in January . Anime News Network.