1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Narwhal (narwhal) http://rainbowdash.net/narwhal http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3993042 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/984" class="url"><span class="fn nickname mention">kirurakiru</span></a></span> From what I know about the series of light novels that spawned the anime adaptation, the title &quot;Boogiepop&quot; came from the author wanting to reconcile fringe strangeness (&quot;boogie&quot; as in &quot;boogieman/bogeyman&quot;) with accessibility (&quot;pop/popular&quot;), hence &quot;Boogiepop&quot;. The &quot;Phantom&quot; part just comes from a character in the show.