History Anime / BoogiepopPhantom

''Boogiepop Never Laughs: Boogiepop Phantom'' is an anime spinoff of Kouhei Kadono's ''LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries'' of novels. The plot revolves around a mysterious pillar of light, a caped person called Boogiepop and the disappearance of a group of high school students.

This anime is not an adaptation of any of the arcs of the series, but an original {{Interquel}} story that takes place between the first and second volumes, making also references to the {{Prequel}} sixth volume ''Boogiepop at Dawn''. It was created with involvement of Kadono himself.

''Boogiepop Never Laughs: Boogiepop Phantom'' is an anime spinoff of the ''LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries'' of novels. The plot revolves around a mysterious pillar of light, a caped person called Boogiepop and the disappearance of a group of high school students.

This anime is not an adaptation of any of the arcs of the series, but an original {{Interquel}} story that takes place between the first and second volumes, making also references to the {{Prequel}} sixth volume ''Boogiepop at Dawn''.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Yoshiki in episode 9, "You'll Never Be Young Twice".
* MindScrew
* LivingMemory
* NothingIsScarier

* PillarOfLight:
** One sets the series in motion and is featured in several episodes.
** Another occurs when [[spoiler:Manaka dies]].

* StepfordSmiler: Misuzu. ''So very much''.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Kuroda]]

* ContinuityLockout: It is ''essential'' that you read the books mentioned in AllThereInTheManual (the show is roughly an epilogue to ''Dawn'' and a direct continuation of ''Others''), or else a key element of the over-arching plot ([[spoiler:the true identity of Boogiepop Phantom and its relation to/the origin of The Manticore]]) will seem to come out of nowhere, and the final episode will be utterly incomprehensible.

* AllThereInTheManual: In order to know what the Hell's going on, it helps to have read the series's prequel volume, ''Boogiepop at Dawn'', and the first volume, ''Boogiepop and Others'', in that order, or you must watch the ''Boogiepop and Others'' 2019 anime before starting this anime.

* AllThereInTheManual: In order to know what the Hell's going on, it helps to have read the series's prequel volume, ''Boogiepop at Dawn'', and the first volume, ''Boogiepop and Others'', in that order, or you must watch the ''Boogiepop And Others'' 2019 anime before starting this anime.

* AnimeThemeSong: A funky, live action, grainy, 70's throwback depicting a drive into the city for a night out.

* BatmanGambit: Nagi pulls a minor one on Kazuko when she asks her if she knows Touka, and if so how the friendship is going. This bewilders Kazuko (Touka's not even in their class) but also piques her curiosity (as Nagi knew it would; Kazuko's nothing if not curious). Sure enough, Kazuko later notices Touka and strikes up a conversation with her, and by the time they all graduate the two are best friends. (It's not stated, but Nagi presumably did this either to get Kazuko out of her hair, or because [[spoiler:she knows that if something bad happens Touka/Boogiepop would be Kazuko's best protection]]. Or maybe both.)

* HeroOfAnotherStory: The story is largely focused on Victims/Monsters of the Week, with the "main" plot occurring off screen until the final episode.

* AllThereInTheManual: In order to know what the Hell's going on, it helps to have read the series's prequel volume, ''Boogiepop at Dawn'', and the first volume, ''Boogiepop and Others'', in that order.

This anime is not an adaptation of any of the volumes of the series, but an original story that takes place vaguely after its first volume, ''Boogiepop and Others'', making also references to its {{Prequel}} ''Boogiepop at Dawn''.

* AllThereInTheManual: It helps to have read ''Boogiepop at Dawn'' and ''Boogiepop and Others'', in that order, to know what the Hell's going on.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Kuroda and The Manticore, in a sense; the former as a kind of living memory of his former self (similar to the "shadow" of Echoes that appears in ''Boogiepop At Dawn'', the novel Kuroda dies in), and the latter a shadow of its former self, having not actually died at the end of ''Boogiepop And Others'' as was previously believed.]]

* ContinuityLockout: It is ''essential'' that you read the books mentioned in AllThereInTheManual (the show is really more like an epilogue to ''Dawn'' and a direct continuation of ''Others''), or a key element of the over-arching plot ([[spoiler:the true identity of Boogiepop Phantom and its relation to/the origin of The Manticore]]) will seem to come out of nowhere, and the final episode will be utterly incomprehensible.

This anime is not an adaptation of any of the volumes of the series, but an original story that takes place vaguely after its first volume, ''Boogiepop and Others'', making also references to its {{Prequel}} ''Boogiepop and Others''.

''Boogiepop Phantom'' is probably mentioned more often by comparison with ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' than in any other context.

* AllThereInTheManual: It helps to have read [[LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries ''Boogiepop At Dawn'' and ''Boogiepop And Others'']], in that order, to know what the Hell's going on.

''Boogiepop Never Laughs: Boogiepop Phantom'' is one of the premiere examples of MindScrew. The anime, manga, and other media are based on the ''Boogiepop'' novels for young adults, which are popular in Japan. The plot revolves around a mysterious pillar of light, a caped person called Boogiepop and the disappearance of a group of high school students.

''Boogiepop Phantom'' is one of the premiere examples of MindScrew. The anime, manga, and other media are based on the ''Boogiepop'' novels for young adults, which are popular in Japan. The plot revolves around a mysterious pillar of light, a caped person called Boogiepop and the disappearance of a group of high school students.

* SecretIdentity: [[spoiler:Toka Miyashita]] is the new Boogiepop.

* TheHunter:
** Nagi Kirima.
** [[spoiler:The original Boogiepop.]]

''Boogiepop Phantom'' is one of the premiere examples of MindScrew. The anime, manga, and other media are based on the [[BoogiepopSeries Boogiepop novels]] for young adults, which are popular in Japan. The plot revolves around a mysterious pillar of light, a caped person called Boogiepop and the disappearance of a group of high school students.

* AnimeThemeSong: A funky, live action, grainy, 70's throwback depicting a drive into the city for a night out.

* CreepyChild:

* HiddenDepths: Shows up all the time, but most notably in a character who [[StableTimeLoop prevents herself from committing suicide]].

** Nagi Kirima.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Yoshiki in episode 9, "You'll Never Be Young Twice"

* OracularUrchin: Manaka is a perfect example of this trope
* PillarOfLight:

* WeaksauceWeakness: One straight out of Greek mythology--[[spoiler:Echoes is unable to speak other than to repeat people's words back at them.]]

''Boogiepop Phantom'' is probably mentioned more often by comparison with ''SerialExperimentsLain'' than in any other context.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/CrispinFreeman as Saotome/The Manticore.

* AllThereInTheManual (It helps to have read [[BoogiepopSeries ''Boogiepop At Dawn'' and ''Boogiepop And Others'']], in that order, to know what the Hell's going on)
* AnachronicOrder

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Kuroda and The Manticore, in a sense; the former as a kind of living memory of his former self (similar to the "shadow" of Echoes that appears in ''Boogiepop At Dawn'', the novel Kuroda dies in), and the latter a shadow of it's former self, having not actually died at the end of ''Boogiepop And Others'' as was previously believed.]]
* BadassNormal (Nagi Kirima, although the show's position on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism means she still fails more often than she succeeds; also, debatably, [[spoiler:the original Boogiepop it/herself]].)
* ContinuityLockout: It is ''essential'' that you read the books mentioned in AllThereInTheManual (the show is really more like an epilogue to ''Dawn'' and a direct continuation of ''Others''), or a key element of the over-arching plot ([[spoiler: the true identity of Boogiepop Phantom and its relation to/the origin of The Manticore]]) will seem to come out of nowhere, and the final episode will be utterly incomprehensible.
* CreepyChild (Poom Poom, the balloon children, the robed girl)

* EldritchAbomination - the Manticore.
* EvilCounterpart
* FalseCameraEffects (vignette effect throughout)
* FlashBack: The entire plot is connected mysteriously to an event 1 month ago (which occurred at the end of ''Boogiepop and Others''), with references to an event 5 years ago (explained in ''Boogiepop at Dawn'').
** Note that the entire series, with the [[MindScrew likely]] exception of the final episode, is made of flashbacks within flashbacks.
* HeroicWannabe: Jonouchi. [[spoiler: and Nagi Kirima, more or less.]]

* HugeSchoolgirl (Actually a past medical problem of one of the characters)
* TheHunter: Nagi Kirima. [[spoiler:And the original Boogiepop.]]
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes (Boogiepop's cape and gravity-defying ribbon thing stand out from the austere realism of the rest of the clothing.)

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead - Yoshiki in episode 9, "You'll Never Be Young Twice"

* PillarOfLight
* PostEpisodeTrailer
* SecretIdentity

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Kuroda]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: One straight out of Greek mythology--[[spoiler: Echoes is unable to speak other than to repeat people's words back at them.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: {{Crispin Freeman}} as Saotome/The Manticore.

* FlashBack: The entire plot is connected mysteriously to an event 1 month ago (which occurred at the end of ''BoogiepopAndOthers''), with references to an event 5 years ago (explained in ''BoogiepopAtDawn'').

* SuperlativeDubbing: Arguably; they did a lot of hard work and the translation for the dub even seems a bit smoother than that of the sub.