Audience reviews
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Merlin17
Boogiepop and Others is a phenomenal anime that delves into the mind of humanity to create a compelling world that takes a deviation from the typical superhero stories we have come to expect. The world of Boogiepop and Others consists of humans turned into supernatural beings and the mythical figure of Boogiepop who keeps these beings in check in an effort to protect humanity. The subconscious plays a big role for the people as collectively they can create these beings just as they have created Boogiepop to stop them. Strong emotions and facets of human life are given incarnations and those who have enough attachment to them become possessed to carry out their will; Often these aspects are negative including death, fear, and grief. This gives the incarnations and Boogiepop a villain and he…
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We follow a series of "supernatural" events involving high school. Boogiepop only appears when the world is in danger, and so we follow her through a series of events that have no "reason" to exist? They just do. And we see Boogiepop correct them.
It's similar to Steins;Gate or Durarara. Strange things happen, eccentric characters appear, and in the end you don't fully understand it, but it's interesting to watch in case you clarify something at the end. It's one of those where you have to watch the explanations on TikTok.
"But it's not just you; any human being has the potential to become an enemy of humanity. Humans are like fuses, and they can explode with any provocation. They can alter the foundations of the world without even considering their consciences."
There are stories that…
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In my opinion Boogiepop and others is nothing too special. It does not live up to boogiepop Phantom. Largely due to its lack of incredible soundtrack/design and distinct aesthetic Style that are present in Phantom. Additionally, although Boogie pop and others has more episodes, it is telling four different stories that are only Loosely connected, none of which are as good the single story told Boogiepop Phantom.
The whole point of boogiepop is that it is told in an abstract way, it has a bunch of characters and a bunch of different stuff that happens to them, and you aren't necessarily supposed to put it all together instantly. The characters are also given very realistic designs which means there's nothing visually distinguishing for a lot of the characters. After I finished watching Bo…
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It's one of those painfully mediocre series with small dialogue lines, that just break you apart.
I don't know what to say about this one. The story is about this weird mystery system where good and evil are always fighting, always spawning out of nowhere because one of the other exists. The protagonists are the people seeking to solve these things, until the supernatural trusts itself to beat each other.
I have to say, the story was just really mediocre for me. Characters don't follow that much logic, only serving as a medium for the story to continue endlessly until the end. A mystery is established, with a person following a strange phenomenon in their hearts, or how they're affected by another one with said powers. They discover what's happening, try to fight it, and at the end, the…
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I never really feel compelled to write a review but I enjoyed Boogiepop Phantom (2000) that it wouldn't be right to let you know the 2019 series sucks so badly.
Seriously, don't watch it, especially if you were brought here by the 2000 series.
It's super mundane with no substance and which is a shame because of the occasional poignant statement that has you thinking there's a payoff to the dry dialogue otherwise.
The music during episode is actually very interesting, if the dialogue wasn't so desiccated I wouldn't have been able to have appreciated it as such.
Do yourself a favor and just watch Boogiepop Phantom (2000)
Read at the sourceZaugr
A Truly Hidden & Underrated Gem - A Compelling and Entirely Unique Look Into a World with Superpowers and 'Villains'
To give the reader a brief rundown of this show and what to expect from it, it involves a series of 'cases' that span several episodes each, where a new 'threat' to humanity makes itself known—in the form of a new 'power' or 'ability' evolving in a person and being used—that threatens to disrupt the status quo of society. From there we see how these powers and the world, as well as the leading character Boogiepop—a product of these new divergent "powers" itself—interact with one another, with the abilities often being complex and powerful, and with the people, and reality, often changing with them. Due to this, more often than not these powers need to be 'overcome' by huma…
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I'm fascinated by the fact that the anime is deeply philosophical, I like to get a headache from overthinking, even though it took a strong curve to the point where it annoys some because it hid important things, but I liked it.
The characters are great, especially boogiepop.
Madness is good at it.
The great scenes in my opinion were few, it would have been better if they were more, the music is somewhat good
How can the anime be better than this?. Is there anything that can be added or modified? What is the worst thing about anime? What is the thing that attracts you the most to anime?
Read at the sourceMatheusmiranda96
I particularly admire stories that have some narrative richness and/or literary depth. However, I detest the exaggerated, and often incoherent, cult of anything taken as complex.
With that in mind, I decided to write about
Boogiepop Series, with a greater focus on its 2019 adaptation, but making some comparison to its first adapted anime.
In general terms, the story refers to several strange events, sometimes given their mysterious nature, sometimes their supernatural nature, which occur in a certain city. The appearance of a strange and flashy beam of light in the sky of that city, the sudden disappearance of students, a new drug, a serial killer, in addition to an alleged supernatural apparition, according to popular rumors, of a shinigami: a reaper, a messenger of death, involved in e…
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I came to MAL with a bit of a confirmation bias for my "yo, the source material for this must've been so good" feeling I had while watching the show. And I had it from the very first episode. Already then I couldn't write off some incredibly stupid choices in dialogue writing as mistranslations (by different dubbers/subbers) - and simply by the virtue of some extraordinary authenticity that was radiating even through the idea's mediocre execution I was convinced that the author of the source material couldn't have been the root of the problem.
I can't rant about why the show doesn't hold a candle to the ranobe because I never read the ranobe, but some reviews on here do bring evidence into the light, so I wouldn't need to anyway. The thing is, that nonetheless, the show was a breath of fre…
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The only reason I feel compelled to write a review is because based on reading others, I truly don't know if I missed something or watched a different show. There's a difference between skilled nonlinear storytelling to build intrigue and just dropping information out of order for the sake of novelty. It's just a bad story but out of order. The show was so sloppy, had so many stories peter out into lame dead ends, and spent most of the dialogue spouting stiff self-serious nonsense. I love introspective and abstract media, this is just not it.
Something that I feel is never mentioned is the relationship to the trailer. WHY was the trailer so much cooler than the actual show?? Why did they animate separate footage that was completely unrelated to the story?? Who was the fire skating wizard…
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Hat Kid goes all "Society" on us.
I knew from the OP that I was going to continue this. The opening is so good and really sets the tone with music, mood, and animation. I love these anime that seek out a cinematic approach like Eden of the East or something of the sort so the budget is of quality (as it should be since this is a reboot). Characters even start realizing they hear the cool music that plays whenever Boogiepop appears. It has style! Now surely the name "Boogiepop" doesn't sound too engaging and neither does the official premise of "person who takes girls away before they get ugly". And trust me, there's a meaning for it, perhaps even a better spelling.
Now it IS weird, don't get me wrong. I mean this maneater eats people, kisses people to take possession of them (meaning a g…
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Yeah this is the kind of show where I really didn't know what was going on for at least half the runtime or honestly getting bored during the long conversations that draw things out between punctuated moments of violence or a revelation. It makes those changes all the more stronger, but I was struggling to keep up with it which is the main reason for why I fell off watching the show and didn't complete it until binging the last third in one sitting just to finally complete it. What Boogiepop and Others (I still don't quite get the title) has going against it is that its like Full Metal Jacket in that it tells different stories through the runtime even with similar characters, making it feel disjointed. But Boogiepop has even less continuity between the characters that appear or are dropped…
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Haiku review:
“Boogiepop” is the
sound made when a snot bubble
explodes in your face.
Slightly longer review because we still haven’t standardized on the haiku version:
Weirdly named a portmanteau of two genres of music, Boogiepop is the story of a shinigami – death spirit – that appears at times and for reasons that never become entirely clear. Well, that's part of it.
The original light novel was released in the late 1990s, a time of economic and social hardship in Japan. This may go a long way to explain the novel’s and anime’s darkness and despair, though both are always available in both media. The original series and others of that era (“Serial Experiments Lain,” and, a few years later, “Ergo Proxy,” for example) begin from a position of crushing hopelessness.
Japan is doing bet…
Read at the sourceKishinEgg3
I really enjoyed Boogiepop and Others (2019); it's a unique mystery anime with an interesting sci-fi twist that I really enjoyed. It's not a perfect anime, but it is an excellent mystery. ... I would recommend the light novels more because they have more references that didn't make it into the anime
The original anime series aired almost 20 years ago now (in the year 2000), and that anime was a masterpiece, albeit a complex one with alternate perspectives and a non-linear progression of the plot. This offering is also relatively complex. Drawing and animation are good, but not amazing.
I still prefer the older version because it's creepier
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Quick take: if you’re looking for an easy going, linear story with easy to remember details, look elsewhere. However, if you like a mystery that takes more than surface viewing, you’ll really enjoy and be rewarded by Boogiepop. It's been a while since I've seen an anime that intrigued me this much.
Boogiepop is the type of anime that you need to digest for several hours after you’ve finished it or may even need to view more than once, but I don’t think that's a bad thing . The storyline isn’t linear and often jumps between the beginning, middle and end of an event all while referencing those moments. It's a knot that you need to unwind yourself to get the whole picture. I, unfortunately, didn’t understand this going in and felt like a kid jumping in the deep end of a pool, unsure how to s…
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This is my second favorite anime of all time. Yes this anime isnt liked by alot of people. While sitting here overwhelmed with disappointment that my fav anime has performed poorly in front of the masses, the only excuse i can offer is that this anime like any other wasnt for everybody. I did enjoy this anime as my first psychological one. Before this certain anime I was strictly main stream, but after this anime has enlightened me and informed about the hidden gems of the anime world. About not to judge a book due to its appearance or its unjustified infamous reputation. I have this on a pedestal with my other top five. I call it the untouchables league. A league where only five anime can reach to stay fixated on their throne. And nothing ever will be able to touch these animes, heck even…
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'This anime is amazing for some, but terrible for others' would be my description of the anime if i were to review it in one phrase.
Boogiepop wa Warawanai (2019), also known as Boogiepop and Others, is a psychological supernatural mystery horror/thriller anime based on the original light novel series by Kouhei Kadono with the same name. Unlike Boogiepop Phantom (2000) which was an anime original, Boogiepop and Others (I will be calling it BaO for convenience sake) is a more faithful retelling of the light novel. Now that some context behind the anime has been given, let's get onto the review.
Story 8/10
BaO has four arcs and each tells a different story, albeit most of our recurring characters are present with each "Enemy of the World" given an arc. The anime follows a non-linear way…
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A good, thought-provoking series, but you may have to hang on for a while to get into it. There are a lot of episodes that retell the same events from a different character's POV, and the plot is not linear, but something you have to piece together. It's a supernatural / sci-fi / horror / mystery.
It centers around a shinigami called Boogiepop, who shares a body with a regular high school girl. Shinigami was alternately translated to “reaper” or “angel of death” in the English version I watched. She only shows up when the world is in danger.
The name “Boogiepop” is so goofy that I put off watching the show for a while. Some high school girl wearing a cape and a stovepipe hat and calling herself "Boogiepop" says she’s here to save the world? It was hard to take seriously at first. But I…
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Anime is weird, then there is boogiepop. I found this strange even by anime standards. It’s so criminally underrated. I don’t know how I missed the original series or this show. Specially since it was made by madhouse. I don’t write reviews a lot, nor is this an easy one to describe. I will do my best to give you best idea of what kind of weird and wonderful ride you will experience with Boogipop and others.
I guess you would say this is a psychological anime, yet to define it sort of horror isn’t really out of place. It feels a lot like Black mirror if your aware of that show. The story is the most confusing but best part of the show. It’s intentionally vague. You won’t get your hand held and filled with answers. This explores a lot of mental issues and aspects. I won’t cover them all b…
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It's a show that is not for everyone. Boogiepop Phantom 2019 pulls off a unique story telling by showing pieces of story and piecing all of them together at the climax consistently. It has multiple arcs that are lightly connected to each other. The downside of this show is, if you are not on the same page with the author with his idea about society, it is really hard to grasp what the villians of the arc abstractly symbolizes in everyday world thus making the show hard to watch. It's uniqueness, different storytelling is a fresh of breath air to those who watched many anime. TL DR: Unique 10/10, but abstract.
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