The Japanese broadcast schedule has been revealed for Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh (known in Japan as Boogiepop wa Warawanai), an upcoming TV anime based on the supernatural light novels written by Kouhei Kadano and illustrated by Kouji Ogata about a string of strange events and sudden disappearances that plague the teenage population of a modern Japanese city.

Boogie Doesn't Laugh will broadcast in Japan according to the following schedule:

AT-X: every Friday during the 21:00 time slot beginning on January 04, 2019.

Tokyo MX: every Friday during the 22:00 time slot beginning on January 04, 2019.

TV Aichi: every Friday during the 27:05 time slot beginning on January 11, 2019.

KBS Kyoto: every Friday during the 24:30 time slot beginning on January 04, 2019. (The initial broadcast will be at 24:00 to accomodate the 1 hour special premiere.)

Sun TV: every Friday during the 24:30 time slot beginning on January 04, 2019. (The initial broadcast will be at 24:00 to accomodate the 1 hour special premiere.)

BS11: every Friday during the 23:00 time slot beginning on January 04, 2019.

The initial broadcast of Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh will be a special, hour-long event that includes both the first and second episode of the series. The normal schedule of one episode per week will resume after that. Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh will also be digitally distributed in Japan on AbemaTV.

The original Boogiepop light novels are published in Japan by ASCII Media Works, an English language versions are also available from Seven Seas Entertainment, who describe the story as follows:

Who am I? My name is Boogiepop…

There is an urban legend that children tell about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they are suffering. This “Angel of Death” has a name–Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real.

When a rash of disappearances involving female students breaks out at Shinyo Academy, the police and faculty assume they just have a bunch of runaways on their hands. Yet Nagi Kirima knows better. Something mysterious and foul is afoot. Is it Boogiepop or something even more sinister…?

The Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh TV anime is directed by Shingo Natsume and features animation by MADHOUSE. The series has previously been adapted into the 2000 live-action film, Boogiepop and Others, which features direction by Ryu Kaneda, and also into the 2000 TV anime, Boogiepop Phantom, which features direction by Takashi Watanabe and animation production by MADHOUSE.

Source: Comic Natalie

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