Boogiepop Phantom: Pt. 1
2000, NR, 90 min.
Directed by Tatsuo Sato, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kaori Shimizu, Yu Asakawa, Kazuo Konta, Jun Fukuyama, Mayumi Asano.

Boogiepop Phantom is a 12-part Japanese TV series that will be shown in its entirety at the Alamo over the next four weeks. The focus of the series is Japanese high school kids, who are visited by imaginary characters or see things that others do not. Praised for its psychological depths, the animated episodes also employ alterations of time and perspective, while creating some of the most challenging animé seen in recent years.

This article appears in November 28 • 2003.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.