List of Boogiepop media
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This is a current listing of the media in the Boogiepop series. This metaseries currently consists of 15 light novels, a four volume light novel spin-off series, a live-action movie, a TV anime series, two manga serials, two 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.
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[edit] Light novels
- Boogiepop and Others (ブギーポップは笑わない Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai?)
Boogiepop and Others
February 10, 1998; ISBN 4-8402-0804-2 
February 14, 2006; ISBN 1-933164-16-6
- 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?
- Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 1 (ブギーポップ・リターンズ ＶＳイマジネーターＰａｒｔ１ Bugīpoppu Ritānzu VS Imajinētā Part 1?)
"Sign" August 10, 1998; ISBN 4-07-309430-0 June 21, 2006; ISBN 1-933164-20-4
- 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.
- Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2 (ブギーポップ・リターンズ ＶＳイマジネーターＰａｒｔ２ Bugīpoppu Ritānzu VS Imajinētā Part 2?)
"Parade" August 10, 1998; ISBN 4-07-309447-5 October 15, 2006; ISBN 4-07-309447-5
- Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora" (ブギーポップ・イン・ザ・ミラー 「パンドラ」 Bugīpoppu in za Mirā "Pandora"?)
Does anybody really know what time is it? December 10, 1998; ISBN 4-07-310350-4
- Six children with the ability to predict the future, each in different ways. One day, Boogiepop begins to enter their premonitions.
- Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper (ブギーポップ・オーバードライブ 歪曲王 Bugīpoppu Oobādoraibu Waikyokuō?)
Heartbreaker II February 10, 1999; ISBN 4-07-310887-5
- 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.
- Boogiepop at Dawn (夜明けのブギーポップ Yoake no Bugīpoppu?)
Boogiepop at Dawn May 10, 1999; ISBN 4-8402-1197-3
- 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.
- Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard (ブギーポップ・ミッシング ペパーミントの魔術師 Bugīpoppu Misshingu Pepāminto no Majutsushi?)
Peppermint wizard, or Rize and fall of poor innocent puppet August 10, 1999; ISBN 4-8402-1250-3
- 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.
- Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Erosion (ブギーポップ・カウントダウン エンブリオ浸蝕 Bugīpoppu Kauntodaun Enburio Shinshoku?)
"The Embryo" 1st half -erosion- December 10, 1999; ISBN 4-8402-1358-5
- A mysterious virus named Embryo begins infecting portable gaming systems. Anyone exposed to this virus soon begins to develop special abilities.
- Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: Eruption (ブギーポップ・ウィキッド エンブリオ炎生 Bugīpoppu Uikiddo Enburio Enjyō?)
"The Embryo" 2nd half -eruption- February 10, 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1414-X
- Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red (ブギーポップ・パラドックス ハートレス・レッド Bugīpoppu Paradokkusu Hātoresu Reddo?)
The Unusual Contact of Vermilion Hurt & Fire Witch February 10, 2001; ISBN 4-8402-1736-X
- 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.
- Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost (ブギーポップ・アンバランス ホーリィ＆ゴースト Bugīpoppu Anbaransu Hoorī & Goosuto?)
Holy and Ghost are steeped in plastic crimes September 10, 2001; ISBN 4-8402-1896-X
- A pair of delinquents seek to release an enemy of the world known as Rock Bottom.
- Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop (ブギーポップ・スタッカート ジンクス・ショップへようこそ Bugīpoppu Sutakkāto Jinkusu Shoppu e Yōkoso?)
Welcome to Jinx Shop March 10, 2003; ISBN 4-8402-2293-2
- Meet Oxygen, the head of the Towa Organisation, and learn about the Organisation's agenda: world domination.
- Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius (ブギーポップ・バウンディング ロスト・メビウス Bugīpoppu Baundeingu Rosuto Mebiusu?)
Lost in Moebius April 10, 2005; ISBN 4-8402-3018-8
- 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'.
- Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus (ブギーポップ・イントレランス オルフェの方舟 Bugīpoppu Intorerinsu Orufe no Hakobune?)
Ark of Orpheus April 10, 2006; ISBN 4-8402-3384-5
- A boy discovers his girlfriend is an MPLS, and both the Towa Organization and Boogiepop are after her.
- Boogiepop Question: The Pyramid in Silence (ブギーポップ・クエスチョン 沈黙ピラミッド Bugīpoppu Kuesuchon Chinmoku Piramiddo?)
The Silent Pyramid January 10, 2008; ISBN TBA
These serialized novels take place within the Boogiepop universe:
- Beat's Discipline Side 1 (ビートのディシプリン ＳＩＤＥ１ Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE1?)
Beat's discipline Side1 [Exile] March 10, 2002; ISBN 4-8402-2056-5 - Beat's Discipline Side 2 (ビートのディシプリン ＳＩＤＥ２ Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE1?)
Beat's discipline Side2 [Fracture] August 10, 2003; ISBN 4-8402-2430-7 - Beat's Discipline Side 3 (ビートのディシプリン ＳＩＤＥ３ Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE1?)
Beat's discipline Side3 [Providence] September 10, 2004; ISBN 4-8402-2778-0 - Beat's Discipline Side 4 (ビートのディシプリン ＳＩＤＥ４ Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE1?)
Beat's discipline Side4 [Indiscipline] April 10, 2005; ISBN 4-8402-3120-6
[edit] Short stories
- Metal Guru (メタル・グゥルー Metaru Guuruu?)
Metal Guru June 18, 1999 - London Calling (ロンドン・コーリング Rondon Kooringu?)
LONDON CALLING September 18, 1999 - My Death Waits (死神を待ちながら Shinigami wo Michinagara?)
My Death Waits December 18, 1999 - Boogiepop Poplife (ブギートーク・ポップライフ Bugīpoppu Poppuraifu?)
Boogietalk, Poplife (in Petssounds) February 25, 2000 - Chariot Choogle (チャリオット・チューグル Chariotto Chooguru?)
CHARIOT CHOOGLE March 18, 2000 - Angel Volume (天使篇 - 真贋について Tenshi-hen - Shingan ni Tsuite?)
September 25, 2003
[edit] Anime
A month ago, a pillar of light pierced the sky. Now, some people are beginning to show signs of highly-evolved powers, and others are seeing the apparitions of people who should be dead. Rumours circulate about Boogiepop being involved, but does this urban legend even exist, and does anybody really know what is going on?
| DVD | Title | Episode # | Original Release Date | |
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| Evolution 1 | Portraits from Memory | 1 | January 05, 2000 | |
| A month ago, a pillar of light pierced the sky. Masami Saotome disappeared around that time, and Moto Tonomura wondered what had happened to him. One day, she saw him appear, like a ghost. She now looks for Saotome, so that she can confess her love to him. | ||||
| Portraits in Darkness | 2 | January 12, 2000 | ||
| Ever since the pillar of light appeared a month ago, Jounouchi Hisashi was able to see visions of bugs attached to people's hearts. By removing these bugs, he was able to free them from their pain, but what is the cost of his interference? | ||||
| Life can be So Nice | 3 | January 19, 2000 | ||
| Misuzu Arito is known as Panuru to her friends, and has learned to accept everything in the world, because it is all beautiful. However, she is living a lie, one that even she cannot look to see the truth of. | ||||
| Evolution 2 | My Fair Lady | 4 | February 02, 2000 | |
| Yoji Suganuma is pushed by his father to follow a certain path, but he seeks to follow his skills with computers. Isolated from others, he spends his time with a girlfriend he created on his computer. With the assistance of a new drug, he seeks to change his life, but when the lines between fiction and reality blur, what will be the result? | ||||
| Interlude | 5 | January 26, 2000 | ||
| Whilst Officer Morita idly discusses rumours of a secret organization with Officer Yamamoto, Kazuko Suema seeks the truth of those events from five years ago from Nagi Kirima. | ||||
| Mother's Day | 6 | February 09, 2000 | ||
| Shizue Wakasa's relationship with her mother collapsed after the death of her father, and these issues were left unresolved after her death. As her mother reads Shizue's diaries five years later, she unravels the truth. | ||||
| Evolution 3 | Until Ure in My Arms Again | 7 | February 16, 2000 | |
| Mamoru Oikawa is cruel to his sister, Sayoko, but that is nothing compared to how he treats the rest of the world. As he seeks 'useless' things to destroy, the closeness of their relationship becomes clear. | ||||
| She's So Unusual | 8 | February 23, 2000 | ||
| From the shadows, Nagi Kirima tries to save the world from whatever may threaten it. It was not until Ichirou Kishida appears that her life is truly troubled, not least because he bares a striking resemblance to her first love, Shinpei Kuroda. | ||||
| You'll Never be Young Twice | 9 | March 01, 2000 | ||
| Saki Yoshizawa loves to play the piano more than life itself, but when her confidence is shattered by a private teacher, she wonders if it were all worth it. That is when she hears rumours of Paisly Park, and looks for her salvation. | ||||
| Evolution 4 | Poom Poom | 10 | March 08, 2000 | |
| Poom Poom flies between different magical worlds, carrying a balloon of happiness. When he sets up a haven for lost children at Paisly Park, Nagi Kirima investigates the truth behind Poom Poom's perfect world. | ||||
| Under the Gravity's Rainbow | 11 | March 15, 2000 | ||
| Manaka Kisaragi had spent her whole life locked away from the world, and died without ever seeing it. When Echoes inadvertently brought her back to life, she set off to learn about the world around her. | ||||
| A Requiem | 12 | March 22, 2000 | ||
| A year later, all seems peaceful. Kazuko Suema and Touka Miyashita prepare for entrance exams, but not all the loose ends have been tied off... | ||||
[edit] Music
| CD | Release Date | Track List |
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| Boogiepop Phantom Original Soundtrack | February 25, 2000 |
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 Up, Ming & 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. |
| April 30, 2002 |
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| Music Inspired by Boogiepop and Others | March 25, 2000 |
1) Daphne 2) Sad Bird 3) Nepenthe #1 4) Porcelain 5) Egotism 6) Forget-me-not 7) Nepenthe #2 8) Criss-Cross 9) Embrace 10) Boogiepop 11) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Boogiepop Version Classical Mix |
| April 30, 2002 |
[edit] Other Boogiepop works
[edit] Movie
- Boogiepop and Others (ブギーポップは笑わない Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai?)
Boogiepop and Others March 11, 2000 March 01, 2005
- 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?
[edit] Manga
- Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh (ブギーポップは笑わない Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai?)
Volume 1 February 01, 2001; ISBN 4-8402-1754-8 April 24, 2006; ISBN 1-933164-18-2
Volume 2 December 2002; ISBN 4-8402-2279-7 July 15, 2006; ISBN 1-933164-21-2
- Based on the Boogiepop and Others novel.
- Boogiepop Dual: Losers' Circus (ブギーポップ・デュアル 負け犬たちのサーカス Bugīpoppu Dyuaru Maikenu-tachi no Circus?)
Volume 1 April 01, 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1526-X September 15, 2006; ISBN 1-933164-22-0
Volume 2 December 15, 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1705-X December 15, 2006 ISBN 1-933164-31-X
[edit] Books
- Boogiepop wa Warawanai THE MOVIE Eiga Fanbook March 01, 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1521-9
- The Art of Kouji Ogata Boogiepop and Others April 20, 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1422-0
[edit] References
- (English) Seven Seas Entertainmen Boogiepop Page
- (English) The Right Stuf International Boogiepop and Others Page
- (English) Boogiepop and Others at Anime News Network
- (English) boogiesite v1.0
- (Japanese) Forbidden Booklists of Boogiepop
[edit] See also
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