This is a current listing of the media in Kouhei Kadono's Boogiepop series. This metaseries currently consists of 15 light novels, a four volume light novel spin-off series, a live-action movie, an anime TV series, two manga serials, two audio CDs, and other books.
An oddity of the Boogiepop titles is that they are almost always made of more than one title, and often there is a mix of English and Japanese titles. This list provides the English-release title, the Japanese title (and transliteration), with any further sub-titles below.
Boogiepop and Others (ブギーポップは笑わない, Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai)
Boogiepop and Others 10 February 1998; ISBN 4-8402-0804-2 14 February 2006; ISBN 1-933164-16-6An alien being chases an escaped clone of itself, a man-eater hiding in Shinyo Academy. As students disappear one-by-one, people begin to wonder if they are being taken by the legendary Boogiepop. As five different students try to understand different aspects of the puzzle, will anyone every truly know the truth of the events?
Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 1 (ブギーポップ·リターンズ VSイマジネーターPart1, Bugīpoppu Ritānzu VS Imajinētā Part 1)
"Sign" 10 August 1998; ISBN 4-07-309430-0 21 June 2006; ISBN 1-933164-20-4A year ago, Boogiepop defeated Imaginator, however, it appears to be trying to return: Asakura Jin, who can see people's hearts as plants, is being visited by the phantom of Imaginator's last host. Meanwhile, two agents from the Towa Organisation are trying to find Boogiepop. Whilst Camille tries to lure out Boogiepop indirectly, Spooky E finds himself face-to-face with Shinyo Academy's
shinigami.
Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2 (ブギーポップ·リターンズ VSイマジネーターPart2, Bugīpoppu Ritānzu VS Imajinētā Part 2)
"Parade" 10 August 1998; ISBN 4-07-309447-5 15 October 2006; ISBN 4-07-309447-5Boogiepop in the Mirror: "Pandora" (ブギーポップ·イン·ザ·ミラー 「パンドラ」, Bugīpoppu in za Mirā "Pandora")
Does anybody really know what time is it? 10 December 1998; ISBN 4-07-310350-4Six children with the ability to predict the future, each in different ways. One day, Boogiepop begins to enter their premonitions.
Boogiepop Overdrive: The Piper (ブギーポップ·オーバードライブ 歪曲王, Bugīpoppu Oobādoraibu Waikyokuō)
Heartbreaker II 10 February 1999; ISBN 4-07-310887-5Teratsuki Kyouichiro, a man with connections to the Towa Organisation, constructed The Moon Temple, but has now suddenly died. The building is to be demolished in a month's time, but an accident seals visitors to the building, allowing the King of Distortion to manifest.
Boogiepop at Dawn (夜明けのブギーポップ, Yoake no Bugīpoppu)
Boogiepop at Dawn 10 May 1999; ISBN 4-8402-1197-3 5 August 2008; ISBN 978-1-934876-06-0The prequel to the Boogiepop series. A serial killer is stalking the streets, meanwhile Kirima Nagi is hospitalised with an unknown disease, and Miyashita Touka begins to exhibit unusual behaviour.
Boogiepop Missing: Peppermint Wizard (ブギーポップ·ミッシング ペパーミントの魔術師, Bugīpoppu Misshingu Pepāminto no Majutsushi)
Peppermint wizard, or Rize and fall of poor innocent puppet 10 August 1999; ISBN 4-8402-1250-3After trying the Peppermint ice cream made by Kigawa Tosuke, Teratsuki Kyouichiro uses him to start a chain known as The Peppermint Wizard. The ice cream is able to take away people's pain, but does not go unnoticed by the Towa Organisation.
Boogiepop Countdown: Embryo Erosion (ブギーポップ·カウントダウン エンブリオ浸蝕, Bugīpoppu Kauntodaun Enburio Shinshoku)
"The Embryo" 1st half -erosion- 10 December 1999; ISBN 4-8402-1358-5A mysterious virus named Embryo begins infecting portable gaming systems. Anyone exposed to this virus soon begins to develop special abilities.
Boogiepop Wicked: Embryo Eruption (ブギーポップ·ウィキッド エンブリオ炎生, Bugīpoppu Uikiddo Enburio Enjyō)
"The Embryo" 2nd half -eruption- 10 February 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1414-XBoogiepop Paradox: Heartless Red (ブギーポップ·パラドックス ハートレス·レッド, Bugīpoppu Paradokkusu Hātoresu Reddo)
The Unusual Contact of Vermilion Hurt & Fire Witch 10 February 2001; ISBN 4-8402-1736-XA prequel to Boogiepop and Others and Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator. No sooner does Kirima Nagi return to middle school than a series of strange incidents occurs.
Boogiepop Unbalance: Holy & Ghost (ブギーポップ·アンバランス ホーリィ&ゴースト, Bugīpoppu Anbaransu Hoorī & Goosuto)
Holy and Ghost are steeped in plastic crimes 10 September 2001; ISBN 4-8402-1896-XA pair of delinquents seek to release an enemy of the world known as Rock Bottom.
Boogiepop Stacatto: Welcome to Jinx Shop (ブギーポップ·スタッカート ジンクス·ショップへようこそ, Bugīpoppu Sutakkāto Jinkusu Shoppu e Yōkoso)
Welcome to Jinx Shop 10 March 2003; ISBN 4-8402-2293-2Meet Oxygen, the head of the Towa Organisation, and learn about the Organisation's agenda: world domination.
Boogiepop Bounding: Lost Moebius (ブギーポップ·バウンディング ロスト·メビウス, Bugīpoppu Baundeingu Rosuto Mebiusu)
Lost in Moebius 10 April 2005; ISBN 4-8402-3018-8Crossing over with the Night Watch Trilogy, Orihata Aya and a boy seeking vengeance on Boogiepop become trapped in a world known as 'Kiba no Ato'.
Boogiepop Intolerance: The Ark of Orpheus (ブギーポップ·イントレランス オルフェの方舟, Bugīpoppu Intorerinsu Orufe no Hakobune)
Ark of Orpheus 10 April 2006; ISBN 4-8402-3384-5A boy discovers his girlfriend is an MPLS, and both the Towa Organization and Boogiepop are after her.
Boogiepop Question: The Pyramid in Silence (ブギーポップ·クエスチョン 沈黙ピラミッド, Bugīpoppu Kuesuchon Chinmoku Piramiddo)
The Silent Pyramid 10 January 2008; ISBN 4-8402-4141-4Boogiepop Darkly: The Scat Singing Cat (ブギーポップ·ダークリー 化け猫とめまいのスキャット, Bugīpoppu Dākurī Bakeneko to Memai no Sukkyatto)
The Scat Singing Cat 10 December 2009; ISBN 978-4-04-868197-1Boogiepop Question: Into The Lunar Rainbow (ブギーポップ·アンノウン 壊れかけのムーンライト, Bugīpoppu Announ Kowarekake no Mūnraito)
Into The Lunar Rainbow 10 January 2011; ISBN 978-4-04-870122-8Boogiepop Within: Paradigm Rust (ブギーポップ·ウィズイン さびまみれのバビロン, Bugīpoppu Wizuin Sabimamire no Babiron)
Paradigm Rust 10 September 2013; ISBN 978-4-04-891870-1Boogiepop Changeling: Stalking in Decadent Black (ブギーポップ·チェンジリング 溶暗のデカダント·ブラック, Bugīpoppu Chenjiringu Youan no Dekadanto Burakku)
Stalking in Decadent Black 10 November 2014; ISBN 978-4-04-869047-8Boogiepop Antithesis: Revolt of Alternative Ego (ブギーポップ·アンチテーゼ オルタナティヴ·エゴの乱逆, Bugīpoppu Anchitēze Orutanathibu Ego no Rangyaku)
Revolt of Alternative Ego 10 March 2016; ISBN 978-4-04-865831-7
These serialized novels take place within the Boogiepop universe:
Beat's Discipline Side 1 (ビートのディシプリン SIDE1, Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE1)
Beat's discipline Side1 [Exile] 10 March 2002; ISBN 4-8402-2056-5Beat's Discipline Side 2 (ビートのディシプリン SIDE2, Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE2)
Beat's discipline Side2 [Fracture] 10 August 2003; ISBN 4-8402-2430-7Beat's Discipline Side 3 (ビートのディシプリン SIDE3, Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE3)
Beat's discipline Side3 [Providence] 10 September 2004; ISBN 4-8402-2778-0Beat's Discipline Side 4 (ビートのディシプリン SIDE4, Bēto no Dishipurin SIDE4)
Beat's discipline Side4 [Indiscipline] 10 April 2005; ISBN 4-8402-3120-6Repent Walpurgis Fire 1 (ヴァルプルギスの後悔 Fire1, Varpurugisu no Kōkai Fire1)
Repent Walpurgis Fire 1[Warning Witch] 10 August 2008; ISBN 978-4-04-867171-2Repent Walpurgis Fire 2 (ヴァルプルギスの後悔 Fire2, Varpurugisu no Kōkai Fire2)
Repent Walpurgis Fire 2[Spitting Witch] 10 August 2009; ISBN 978-4-04-867938-1Repent Walpurgis Fire 3 (ヴァルプルギスの後悔 Fire3, Varpurugisu no Kōkai Fire3)
Repent Walpurgis Fire 3[Dozing Witch] 10 August 2010; ISBN 978-4-04-868767-6Repent Walpurgis Fire 4 (ヴァルプルギスの後悔 Fire4, Varpurugisu no Kōkai Fire4)
Repent Walpurgis Fire 4[Freezing Witch] 10 December 2011; ISBN 978-4-04-886187-8The Emperoider Spin 1 (螺旋のエンペロイダー Spin1., Rasen no Enperoidā Spin1.)
The Emperoider Spin 1[Wormy Empire] 10 April 2013; ISBN 978-4-04891414-7The Emperoider Spin 2 (螺旋のエンペロイダー Spin2., Rasen no Enperoidā Spin2.)
The Emperoider Spin 2[Gravelly Empire] 10 June 2014; ISBN 978-4-04-866638-1The Emperoider Spin 3 (螺旋のエンペロイダー Spin3., Rasen no Enperoidā Spin3.)
The Emperoider Spin 3[Haunted Empire] 10 December 2015; ISBN 978-4-04-865590-3Metal Guru (メタル·グゥルー, Metaru Guuruu)
Metal Guru 18 June 1999London Calling (ロンドン·コーリング, Rondon Kooringu)
LONDON CALLING 18 September 1999My Death Waits (死神を待ちながら, Shinigami wo Michinagara)
My Death Waits 18 December 1999Boogiepop Poplife (ブギートーク·ポップライフ, Bugīpoppu Poppuraifu)
Boogietalk, Poplife (in Petssounds) 25 February 2000Chariot Choogle (チャリオット·チューグル, Chariotto Chooguru)
CHARIOT CHOOGLE 18 March 2000Angel Volume (天使篇 - 真贋について, Tenshi-hen - Shingan ni Tsuite)
25 September 2003A month ago, a pillar of light pierced the sky. Now, some people are beginning to show signs of highly evolved powers, and others are seeing the apparitions of people who should be dead. Rumours circulate about Boogiepop being involved, but does this urban legend even exist, and does anybody really know what is going on?
Boogiepop and Others (ブギーポップは笑わない, Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai)
Boogiepop and Others 11 March 2000 1 March 2005Based on the novel of the same name. An alien and a man-eater are playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse at Shinyo Academy, and the students are the ones who suffer as a result of this. Is the legendary shinigami, Boogiepop, somehow involved in this incident?
Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh (ブギーポップは笑わない, Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai)
Volume 1 1 February 2001; ISBN 4-8402-1754-8 24 April 2006; ISBN 1-933164-18-2
Volume 2 December 2002; ISBN 4-8402-2279-7 15 July 2006; ISBN 1-933164-21-2Based on the Boogiepop and Others novel.
Boogiepop Dual: Losers' Circus (ブギーポップ·デュアル 負け犬たちのサーカス, Bugīpoppu Dyuaru Maikenu-tachi no Circus)
Volume 1 1 April 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1526-X 15 September 2006; ISBN 1-933164-22-0
Volume 2 15 December 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1705-X 15 December 2006 ISBN 1-933164-31-XBoogiepop wa Warawanai THE MOVIE Eiga Fanbook 1 March 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1521-9The Art of Kouji Ogata Boogiepop and Others 20 April 2000; ISBN 4-8402-1422-0