So, we finally get a new look at the elusive Boogiepop…

Earlier today, the official Boogiepop wa Warawanai (Boogiepop Does Not Laugh) anime website updated with a new trailer, as well seven new cast members. We break the details down below.

Trailer

The two-and-a-half minute promo opens with two characters discussing the Boogiepop legend, as the camera cuts between various shots of everyday life. At the 40-second mark, the scene changes to Keiji, who is confronting Boogiepop on the roof of the school. Theme song shadowgraph by MYTH&ROID kicks in a the 43-second mark, which is accompanied by camera cuts between a darker side of the world that had been shown previously.

Cast

The series will add the following:

Kenji Takeda: Chiaki Kobayashi
Kei Niitoki: Shino Shimoji
Naoko Kamikishiro: Ayaka Suwa
Masami Saotome: Junya Enoko
Shiro Tanaka: Aoi Ichikawa
Minako Yurihara: Ayana Taketatsu
Echoes: Kouki Miyama

Visuals for the new characters, as well as the previously confirmed players were also revealed. You can check these out below.

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Boogiepop - Touka Miyashita — Boogiepop / Touka Miyashita

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Echoes — Echoes

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Kazuko Suema — Kazuko Suema

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Kei Niitoki — Kei Niitoki

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Keiji Takeda — Keiji Takeda

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Masami Saotome — Masami Saotome

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Minako Yurihara — Minako Yurihara

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Nagi Kirima — Nagi Kirima

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Naoko Kamikishiro — Naoko Kamikishiro

Boogiepop wa Warawanai Character Visual - Shiro Tanaka — Shiro Tanaka

Boogiepop wa Warawanai hits Japanese TV on January 4, 2019. AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11 will all carry the show.

The project is being produced as part of Dengeki Bunko’s 25th anniversary celebration.

Shingo Natsume (Space Dandy, One Punch Man) will direct the Boogiepop Phantom anime at Madhouse, with Hidehiko Sawada providing character designs. Tomohiro Suzuki (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.) is in charge of series composition and scripts for the project.

Other confirmed crew members include:

Original Creator: Kouhei Kadono
Original Character Design: Koji Ogata
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Production: Boogiepop and Others Partners

The confirmed voice cast includes:

Boogiepop: Aoi Yuki
Touka Miyashita: Aoi Yuki
Nagi Kirima: Saori Onishi
Kazuko Suema: Reina Kondo

Boogiepop wa Warawanai is based on Kouhei Kadono’s Boogiepop light novel series. The franchise spans twenty mainline novels, eleven spinoff books, numerous short story collections, and two manga serials.

The project received an anime TV series in the Winter 2000 broadcast season, Boogiepop Phantom. Takashi Watanabe (The Slayers, Shakugan no Shana) directed the project at Madhouse, with Shigeyuki Suga (Kino’s Journey, Monochrome Factor) providing character designs. Sadayuki Murai (Jūni Taisen: Zodiac War, Knights of Sidonia) was in charge of series composition.

Right Stuf currently holds the domestic rights to the Boogiepop Phantom anime, which they describe as:

Five years ago, a string of grisly murders shook the city to its core. Now terror has returned, and this time it has a name: Boogiepop. Everyone knows about Boogiepop: death incarnate, she stalks the night in search of fresh victims. Meet her, and you simply… vanish. In the darkness, glass shatters and time stands still… There’s something out there, and it’s coming closer. Are you safe?

Sources: Ota-suke

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