The winter 2019 anime adaptation Boogiepop and Others has wrapped up and Kadokawa is handling the home video release for it. The eighteen episode series is getting a five-volume release that began on March 27th, 2019 and they’re now getting our first look at the packaging for the fifth and final volume due out on July 24th, 2019! The first three DVDs and Blu-rays will be priced at 7,000 and 8,000 yen respectively while the remaining two volumes will be priced at 8,000 yen and 9,000 yen respectively with increased episode counts and serving as arc collections.
Shingo Natsume is directing it based on the series composition by Tomohiro Suzuki. Hidehiko Sawada is handling the character designs for it with Madhouse handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Aoi Yuki as Toka Miyashita/Boogiepop and Saori Onishi as Nagi Kirima. The new additions include Chiaki Kobayashi as Keiji Takeda, Shino Shimoji as Kei Niitoki, Ayaka Suwa as Naoko Kamikishiro, Junya Enoki as Masami Saotome, Aoi Ichikawa as Shiro Tanaka, Ayana Taketatsu as Minako Yurihara, Kouki Miyata as Echoes, Taku Yashiro as Masaki Taniguchi, Kana Ichinose as Aya Orihata, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Jin Asukai, Yoshiaki Hasegawa as Shinjirō Anō, Kana Asumi as Kotoe Kinugawa, Yōji Ueda as Spooky E, and Kana Hanazawa as Suiko Minahoshi.
The opening theme song is “shadowgraph” by MYTH & ROID while Azuna Riko is performing the closing theme song “Whiteout.”
Seven Seas Entertainment has released the novel in English in print and digital.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: There is an urban legend that children tell one another about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they may be 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. But Nagi Kirima knows better. Something mysterious and foul is afoot. Is it Boogiepop, or something more sinister…?
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03/27/19 | Booklet, Clean Opening, Clean Closing |
| 2 | 04/24/19 | Booklet, Promos, Commercials |
| 3 | 05/24/19 | Booklet |
| 4 | 06/26/19 | Booklet |
| 5 | 07/24/19 | Booklet |
[Source: Boogiepop and Others]
