History Manga / Cipher

* ContinuityLockout: The OVA isn't a straight adaptation of the manga and seems to assume that viewers are already familiar with the source material (which had been running for five years by that point). As a result, hardly anything about the story is explained, instead showing disparate scenes set to music or in the style of a documentary.

There is a 1989 OVA based on the manga called ''Cipher the Video''. Rather than a straight attempt at an adaptation, it's a rather unorthodox piece of animation consisting of several disparate scenes set to popular American music of the time such as Music/PhilCollins and Music/KennyLoggins. For authenticity reasons, it's also dubbed entirely in English by (non-professional) native speakers instead of Japanese.

Set in New York City, the story concerns Anise Murphy, a high schooler who is fascinated with her classmate Siva (real name Jake Rang), a beautiful boy who works as an actor and model and has a reputation for being unapproachable. Anise takes a chance and declares to Siva that she wants to be friends with him, which he accepts, much to her joy. Shortly after, however, she discovers that he has a twin brother called Cipher (real name Roy Rang) and that the two lead a life of switching places for their convenience. The twins challenge Anise to figure out who is who within two weeks, and she moves in with them to better study them. If she can figure it out, they'll reveal to her why they constantly switch places.

* TwinSwitch: Siva has a twin brother Cipher, who regularly takes Siva's place in his daily life; the real Siva goes to school while Cipher-as-Siva is the one who goes out to do the actor/model work (due to the real Siva having a scar). The twin not playing "Siva" that day hides at home and doesn't even answer the phone or the door to keep up the masquerade.

''Cipher'' is a shoujo manga written and drawn by Minako Narita. It ran from 1984 to 1990.

Set in New York City, the story concerns Anise Murphy, a high schooler who is fascinated with her classmate Siva (real name Jake Rang), a beautiful boy who works as an actor and model and has a reputation for being unapproachable. Anise takes a chance and declares to Siva that she wants to be friends with him, which he accepts, much to her joy. Shortly after, however, she discovers that he has a twin brother called Cipher (real name Roy Rang) and that the two lead a life of switching places for their convenience. The twins challenge Anise to figure out who is who within two weeks, and she moves in with them to better study them.

There is a 1989 OVA based on the manga called ''Cipher The Video''. Rather than a straight attempt at an adaptation, it's a rather unorthodox piece of animation consisting of several disparate scenes set to popular American music of the time such as Music/PhilCollins and Music/KennyLoggins. For authenticity reasons, it's also dubbed entirely in English by (non-professional) native speakers instead of Japanese.

There is a 1989 OVA based on the manga. Rather than a straight attempt at an adaptation, it's a rather unorthodox piece of animation consisting of several disparate scenes set to popular American music of the time such as Music/PhilCollins and Music/KennyLoggins. For authenticity reasons, it's also dubbed entirely in English by (non-professional) native speakers instead of Japanese.

''Cipher'' is a shojo manga written and drawn by Minako Narita. It ran from 1984 to 1990.

There is a 1989 OVA based on the manga. Rather than a straight attempt at an adaptation, it's a rather unorthodox piece of animation consisting of several disparate scenes set to popular American of the time such as Music/PhilCollins and Music/KennyLoggins. For authenticity reasons, it's also dubbed entirely in English by (non-professional) native speakers instead of Japanese.