Boogiepop and Others (2000)

 

Director: Ryu Kaneda

Screenplay: Sadayuki Murai

Based on the light novel series by Kouhei Kadono

Cast: Sayaka Yoshino as Tôka Miyashita / Boogiepop; Maya Kurosu as Nagi Kirima; Daijirô Kawaoka as Keiji Takeda; Ayana Sakai as Minako Yurihara / Manticore; Asumi Miwa as Naoko Kamikishiro; Mami Shimizu as Kazuko Suema; Kai Hirohashi as Kei Shinkoku; Tetsu Sawaki as Akio Kimura; Hassei Takano as Saotome Masami; Hideyuki Kasahara as Shirô Tanaka

A Night of a Thousand Horror (Movies) / An 1000 Anime Adaptation.

 

As a fan of Boogiepop Phantom (2000), one of the most unconventional anime series from the 2000s let alone in the horror genre, I was always intrigued by the existence of this. Released the same year, a lot of anime get live action adaptations, and so did Boogiepop, only with the hindsight being that Boogiepop Phantom, in one of the reasons why it structurally unconventional, is adapting a sequel light novel whilst this adapts the first. In 2019, an anime series covering the story of this live action movie, and others from that first source book, but this was a fascinating piece in itself to see the film attempt to adapt very unconventional material in a very unconventional manner.

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