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Boogiepop (also known as Boogiepop Never Smiles or Boogiepop Never
Laughs) is the name, and central character, of a series of Japanese novels
written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata. Most Westerners are
familiar with it through the anime series Boogiepop Phantom.
The lines between age groups are somewhat blurred in Japan, but Boogiepop
might best be characterized as young adult fiction, with a paranormal horror
bent.
Almost nothing is known about any of the novels except for the first,
Boogiepop and Others. It describes the battle between a mysterious man
called Echoes and a bloodthirsty creature called the Manticore; the students
at Shinyo Academy who are caught in the crossfire; and the involvement of
Boogiepop, a crime-fighting super heroine of sorts, in these events.
There are currently ten known Boogiepop novels.
Boogiepop Novels
- Boogiepop and Others, 2/1/1998. ISBN 4-8402-0804-2
- Boogiepop Returns vs. Imaginator: Part 1 "SIGN", 8/1/1998. ISBN
4-07-309430-0
- Boogiepop Returns vs. Imaginator: Part 2 "PARADE", 8/1/1998. ISBN
4-07-309447-5
- Boogiepop in the Mirror: Pandora, 12/1/1998.
- Subtitle: "Does anybody really know what time is it?" ISBN 4-07-310350-4
- Boogiepop Overdrive: The False King, 2/1/1999.
- Subtitle: "Heartbreaker II" ISBN 4-07-310887-5
- Boogiepop at Dawn, 5/1/1999. ISBN 4-8402-1197-3
- Boogiepop Missing: Pepperment Wizard, 8/1/1999.
- Subtitle: "Rise and fall of poor innocent puppet" ISBN 4-8402-1250-3
- Boogiepop Countdown Embryo: Violation, 12/1/1999. ISBN 4-8402-1358-5
- Boogiepop Wicked Embryo: The Growing Flames, 2/1/2000. ISBN 4-8402-1414-X
- Boogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red, 2/1/2001. ISBN 4-8402-1736-X
These Kouhei Kadono books may take place in the Boogiepop universe or are
related somehow, but I'm not positive they are actually part of the series.
- Holly & Ghost: Boogiepop Unbalance, 9/2001. ISBN 4-8402-1896-X
- Welcome to Jinx Shop: Boogiepop Staccato, 3/2003 ISBN 4-8402-2293-2
- Beat's Dicipline Side 1, ???. ISBN 4-8402-2056-5
Other Boogiepop Works
- Boogiepop Never Smiles, manga, based on Boogiepop and Others.
- Two volumes. Volume 1 ISBN 4-8402-1754-8. Volume 2 ISBN 4-8402-2279-7.
- Boogiepop Dual, manga, not drawn by Kouji, but Masayuki Takano.
BLASPHEMY!
- Two volumes. Volume 1 ISBN 484021526X. Volume 2 ISBN 4-8402-1705-X.
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