List of Boogiepop Characters - Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop Phantom (ブギーポップ・ファントム, Bugīpoppu Fantomu?)

• Voiced by: Mayumi Asano (Japanese), Simone Grant (English)

When Manticore was defeated by Echoes, its remnants survived in the electromagnetic field surrounding the city. One half of Manticore continued to use the basic appearance of Yurihara Minako, but also imitated the cloak and hat of Boogiepop: it calls itself Boogiepop Phantom. Boogiepop Phantom protects the "special children" by preserving them beneath the city, until such time as the world is ready for them.

Manticore Phantom (マンティコア・ファントム, Manteikoa Fantomu?)

• Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English)

When Manticore was defeated by Echoes, its remnants survived in the electromagnetic field surrounging the city. One half of Manticore took the form of Saotome Masami, and continues to devour people in the city.

Poom Poom (プームプーム, Pūmu Pūmu?)

• Voiced by: Rakuto Tochihara (Japanese), Jessica Calvello (English)

Poom Poom was created by Manaka Kisaragi. Originally he was born from the memories of Mamoru Oikawa, but later evolved into the Poom Poom of Akane Kojima's creation. By handing out balloons to people holding regret about the direction their lives have taken, he separates their childhood hopes and dreams from them, which play with him in Paisley Park, leaving only an empty shell behind.

Trivia: "Poom Poom" is a song from the album Crystal Ball, released by Prince in 1998.

Misuzu Arito (有藤美鈴, Arifuji Misuzu?)

• Voiced by: Megumi Nasu (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (English)

Called Panaru at school, Misuzu teaches people about accepting the world for what it is, and loving it none the less. However, Misuzu has repressed her memories of the truth: she had found the corpse of her best friend, Megumi Toyama, five years ago. Unable to accept this, she tried to repress the memories by living Megumi's life and soon becomes allies with Manticore Phantom under the pretense of her spreading of Panuru's worldview, a ruse for Manticore killing humans.

Hisashi Jonouchi (城之内久志, Jonōchi Hisashi?)

• Voiced by: Shizuma Hodoshima (Japanese), Corey Marshall (English)

Jonouchi wanted to be a hero, but when he spent a year in hospital due to a bone tumour, he had all but given up. Dr Kisugi offered him a drug to help realise his dream, but it did not seem to have an effect. On the night the pillar of light pierced the sky, something happened to Jonouchi. When he sees his father the next morning, there appears to be a "bug" over his chest; looking at other people as he goes to school, many people seem to have these "bugs". As an experiment, Jonouchi removes and eats a bug from a fellow student, and seems to lift all regret from them.

Manaka Kisaragi (如月真名花, Kisaragi Manaka?)

• Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Rachael Lillis (English)

A highly-evolved human, Manaka grew at an unnatural rate, and had the ability to draw memories from her surroundings in the form of butterflies of light. As her grandmother grows old and weak, she kills Manaka before she herself died – not wishing for "the devil's child" to be left free. When the pillar of light pierced the sky that same night, Echoes inadvertently revived Manaka. Soon after, her grandmother died, and Manaka was free to go out into the world. By drawing memories from everywhere, she learns everything there is to know in the world; she even learns about Echoes, and begins repeating back the words she hears others speak, similar to how he had.

Mayumi Kisaragi (如月真弓, Kisaragi Mayumi?)

• Voiced by: Fumiko Osaka (Japanese), Traci Shannon (English)

When Mayumi was pregnant, she would do anything for her unborn child. When Dr Kisugi offered a drug to ensure she gave birth to a strong child, she took it. When she finally gave birth to Manaka, something happened to Mayumi's mind: while she could still remember everything from before she gave birth, she was unable to make new memories after this point.

Akane Kojima (小島茜, Kojima Akane?)

• Voiced by: Miwa Yasuda (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (English)

More than anything else, Akane wants to write children's books for a living. When an advisor at the school tells her to give up her dream and pursue a science-based stream, she gives up her dreams. She destroys her works, including the story of Poom Poom.

Officer Morita (森田巡査, Morita Junsa?) / Snake Eye (スネークアイ, Sunēku Ai?)

• Voiced by: Hisao Egawa (Japanese), David Brimmer (English)

Morita was a police officer, but he was at some point killed by the synthetic human named Snake Eye, who assumed Morita's identity. Snake Eye has the ability to move any part of his body in the manner of a snake, and control the minds of humans who meet his gaze. He monitors the city for evolved humans, and kills those he finds.

Trivia: "Snake Eye" is a single released by AC/DC in 1998.

Mamoru Oikawa (及川鎮, Oikawa Mamoru?)

• Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese), Steve Bednarz (English)

Though a kind child, and highly protective of his sister, Sayoko, Mamoru begins to change after his father fails to fulfill a promise with him. As his father's business goes bankrupt, he begins to obsess about "useless things". After a pillar of light pierces the sky, Mamoru believes he has gained the ability to destroy these useless things, but the truth is that he can only chose what is to be destroyed.

Sayoko Oikawa (及川小夜子, Oikawa Sayoko?)

• Voiced by: Kei Kobayashi (Japanese), Debora Rabbai (English)

Mamoru's younger sister, Sayoko has cared deeply about her brother ever since he saved her when they were young children. Even as he turns obsessive about "useless things", and abusive towards her, she never gives up on her brother. After the pillar of light pierces the sky, Sayako unknowingly gained the ability to destroy whatever her brother desires.

Yoko Sasaoka (笹岡陽子, Sasaoka Yoko?)

• Voiced by: Sakeo Chiba (Japanese), Kelli Shayne Butler (English)

A student in Nagi's class who cheated on a math test to get a high score. She is the first person on whose guilt Jonouchi tested his power. However, she lapses back to cheating and later meets with Misuzu Arito, whom she admires for her seeming tranquility.

Yoji Suganuma (菅沼洋次, Suganuma Yōji?)

• Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (Japanese), Liam O'Brien (English)

Yoji's father has high expectations for him, but he only wishes to study computer graphics and make games. He becomes obsessive about a virtual girlfriend he created, but after meeting Rie Sato, he begins to blur the line between reality and fiction, and believes she is his virtual girlfriend. Through abuse of the drug, Type-S, Yoji becomes more confused as his mind degenerates.

Yasuko Suzuki (鈴木康子, Suzuki Yasuko?)

• Voiced by: Yuki Watanabe (Japanese), Lea Lane (English)

A close friend of Moto Tonomura, Yasuko had gone out with Saotome Masami back in middle school, but dumped him when she became more outgoing.

Yoshiki Tabata (田畑良樹, Tabata Yoshiki?)

• Voiced by: Yoshifumi Ichiishi (Japanese), Buddy Woodward (English)

Yoshiki was oblivious to the true feelings of those around him until after the pillar of light pierced the sky. He gained the ability to hear people's thoughts, and learns what they really think of him.

Moto Tonomura (殿村望都, Tonomura Moto?)

• Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Jessica Calvello (English)

An shy girl with obesssive compulsive habits, Moto rejects men, but harbours an old crush towards Saotome Masami. She never told Saotome her feelings because he had gone out with her friend, Yasuko Suzuki.

Megumi Toyama (遠山恵, Toyama Megumi?)

• Voiced by: Tsugumi Higasayama (Japanese), Kristen Nelson (English)

Called Panaru by her friend, Misuzu Arito, Megumi was one of the victims of the serial killer, Fear Ghoul.

Sachiko Wakasa (若狭幸子, Wakasa Sachiko?)

• Voiced by: Tomoko Miyadera (Japanese), Meg Francis (English)

Mother of Shizue, her relationship with her daughter became distant after her husband died. When Shizue caught her with another man, she misinterpreted the situation, and ended their relationship.

Shizue Wakasa (若狭静枝, Wakasa Shizue?)

• Voiced by: Nobuko Kotani (Japanese), Lea Lane (English)

Daughter of Sachiko, she draws distant from her mother after her father died. Seeing her mother with another man, she comes to believe that Sachiko had not truly loved her father, and becomes disgusted with her own mother. She also becomes disgusted at the thought of sexual relations, to the point of physical illness. She seeks the assistance of Dr Kisugi to overcome her troubles.

Officer Yamamoto (山本巡査, Yamamoto Junsa?)

• Voiced by: Soutarou Kobayashi (Japanese), Bill Rogers (English)

A police officer, and friend of Officer Morita. Every time Officer Yamamoto learns anything about what is happening in the city, Snake Eye erases that portion of his memories.

Saki Yoshizawa (吉沢早紀, Yoshizawa Saki?)

• Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese) Lisa Ortiz (English)

A bright and popular girl, Saki has loved to play the piano since she was a child, and her parents sacrificed everything to fulfill her dream.