Cipher: The Video

Title:Cipher: The Video
Cipher
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This is a book about two twins named Siva and Cipher, who since entering high school have taken turns going to school and work as a model/actor under the name "Siva." When a girl at school finds this out she is not given a reason, but instead a two week basis in which she lives with them to try and be able to tell them apart without asking. At the end of the two weeks if able to tell the brothers apart, they have agreed to tell her the reason why they switch off.
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27-minute OVA released on March 3, 1989.
Animated by Magic Bus.
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Watch 7 6 7 8 5 Ggultra2764 [series:4486#1552]
Basically serving as an animated advertisement for its manga source material, it looks like the anime's creators decided to make this into an extended music video depicting key scenes of its source material involving the main pair of siblings. Some popular American musical acts of the era like Phil Collins, Denise Williams, and Kenny Loggins have their songs played to accompany animated sequences featuring Siva and Cipher, and the way shots are edited and animated are largely as you would come across seeing a music video during that era. Think this title has limited rewatchability considering it only dabbles into pieces of its manga source material. But if you lived life in the 80s and want some piece of nostalgia, I'd at least say this is worth a watch.

Last updated Sunday, June 05 2022. Created Sunday, June 05 2022.

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