A TV anime adaptation of the Boogiepop light novel series was announced on Saturday at the Dengeki Bunko 25th Anniversary stage event during Dengeki Game Festival. The anime adaptation, titled Boogiepop wa Warawanai, is scheduled to air in 2018.
The Boogiepop series, which has 21 volumes in print, is written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata. The 22nd volume of the series will go on sale on April 10. The series was previously adapted into a 12-episode TV anime produced in 2000 by studio Madhouse. That series was licensed in North America by Nozomi Entertainment as a DVD set in 2012.
A two-volume manga adaptation of the novel's first volume was serialized between 1999 and 2002. To commemorate the new anime adaptation, two new manga serializations based on the light novels will begin in Dengeki Daioh and Dengeki G's Comic magazines later this year.
North American publisher Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed both the original light novel and the first manga series in English.
Synopsis
There is an urban legend that tells of a shinigami that can release people from the pain they are suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name–Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real. When a rash of disappearances involving female students breaks out at Shinyo Academy, the police and faculty assume they just have a bunch of runaways on their hands. Yet some students know better. Something mysterious and foul is afoot. Is it Boogiepop or something even more sinister...? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Staff
Director: Shingo Natsume (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka)
Series Composition, Script: Tomohiro Suzuki (One Punch Man)
Character Design: Hidehiko Sawada (Redline key animation)
Music: Kensuke Ushio (Devilman: Crybaby)
Studio: Madhouse
Cast
Touka Miyashita, Boogiepop: Aoi Yuuki (Boku dake ga Inai Machi)
Nagi Kirima: Saori Oonishi (Isekai Shokudou)
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Official site: http://boogiepop-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @boogiepop_anime
Source: Dengeki Online
Boogiepop wa Warawanai on MAL
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