Boogiepop

Boogiepop is a Japanese media franchise that began as a series of light novels written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata. The stories are told in connected vignettes, with recurring characters and a larger plot that readers piece together from snapshots. At the centre is the shinigami Boogiepop, who rises to the surface when enemies of the world appear, set against the shadowy Towa Organization and its artificially enhanced agents. The first novel, Boogiepop and Others, won the Fourth Dengeki Novel Prize in 1997 and was published in 1998, and it is credited with popularizing light novels. The franchise grew to include manga serials, a drama CD, the 2000 anime series Boogiepop Phantom, a live action film, and a 2019 anime adaptation. Sales are reported to exceed five million copies.