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: 85 min.
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: English
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10: Poom Poom
"Poom Poom came down from Heaven. He holds a balloon and travels floating around ... to the flower country ... and the doll country ... and the dinosaur country."
And, in the world of Poom Poom where everything is perfect, in the amusement park where there are no grown ups ... there are powerful children who live without pain ...
11: under the gravity's rainbow
Manaka knew nothing of the world. Trapped in the house by her grandmother, life became more and more impossible ... and one day, it ended. She knew that Death wasn't something to be feared ... that there were things beyond.
And, although she couldn't possible know what it meant, she also came to know what Echoes was. And, what Echoes is.
12: a requiem
A year after the Rainbow disappeared, life returned to normal. Time unwinds itself and the darkness retreats. It does not, however, vanish. Some understand that strange events happened. Quest continue, but the veil has been lifted and sunlight has returned.
Maybe.
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| Moving jigsaw puzzle that slices up time
by hneline1
January 22, 2003 - 8:44 PM PST
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6 out of 7 members found this review helpful
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Boogiepop Phantom is intriguing. It's like a moving jigsaw puzzle that slices up time and our task is to fit the sequence of events into a picture that may or may not make sense in the end. It has the feel of an art film in that there is a lot of experimentation going on -- grainy or monochrome animation, a haunting soundtrack, plays on timeline and memory, pushing the envelope on acceptable depictions of dementia, creating new icons to disturb our memories. I admire this series for drawing me in and keeping me on edge despite the overwhelming complexity in the number of characters and plots and themes.
This series is not for everyone. It's not an epic tale. It's not flashy. There is no grand finale with good guys fighting bad guys. Rather, it's an intense psychological buildup that pushes into horror scifi without gratuitious gore (but there is gore and violence, yes there is). The closest comparison that I can come up with is ... Serial Experiments Lain. There's nothing else I've seen that comes close to the well-honed psychological seriousness and use of animation as art, except perhaps the last two episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The might-have-beens include Soultaker, which tries to bring an artiness to its animation but just doesn't have the content to back it up.
These last few episodes offer explanations with a smirk. Do I believe what the Boogiepop says about the Pied Piper boy and the butterfly girl? Sure... but do I understand their implication and importance? No... but I've been caught up in this tale enough to I believe that they are suppose to be important and I will ponder the "why" for a while after finishing this series.
Also in the Extras section are character profiles that give blurbs about the gazillion characters, including some that only have cameo appearances in the anime series but have more significant roles in the original novels by Kouhei Ueno. This was very helpful to me, because I still haven't figured out who the heck Toka and Suema are. Must watch again... |
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