By Andrew Osmond. Boogiepop Phantom is a teenage Twilight Zone. Contrary to popular anime depictions, being an adolescent in Japan isn’t all comedic love triangles, eccentric school clubs and wild beach vacations. It can be numbing, depressing, achingly lonely and aridly meaningless. In the deepest funk of teenage night, where everything seems weird and alien, […]
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