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“Urban legend Boogiepop resurfaces as mysterious deaths haunt two high schools, blurring myth and reality.”
Boogiepop Phantom
ブギーポップは笑わない Boogiepop Phantom
7.21
3,973 rank · 155,062 viewers · 1,304 favorites
Avant Garde
Drama
Horror
Mystery
Supernatural
Suspense
Psychological
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Synopsis
Urban legend Boogiepop resurfaces as mysterious deaths haunt two high schools, blurring myth and reality.
Boogiepop, a rumored shinigami, is said to lurk where they cannot be seen. Five years ago, a string of gruesome murders shocked the populace, and students attributed some of those killings to the aforementioned death god. When mysterious happenings once again affect the lives of those attending Hijiridani High School and Shinyo Academy, whispers of the enigmatic Boogiepop are resurrected. The stories being told may contain partial truths, or perhaps the world as humans know it is more dangerous than previously believed.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 38 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 38 viewers settled on.
90%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.55
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.55 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.1 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Dec 2007 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This anime taught me profound lessons about letting go of bad memories and making room for new ones, showing how individual choices and events mold and shape our futures. The realistic portrayal of...”
- 7 “Boogiepop Phantom offers a flicker of noir atmosphere and a mildly interesting societal angle about electricity’s vulnerability, but the story never really arrives anywhere worthwhile and leans on...”
- 8 “It's hard for me to review Boogiepop because by my own admission it's a hard show to follow. The story is told in non-linear fashion as the backgrounds and viewpoints of half-a-dozen characters...”
Verbosity
Short · 13%
Medium · 34%
Long · 53%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2000 – Mar 2000 Winter 2000
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0346 catalog
Licensed by
- Nozomi Entertainment Licensor