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“Two brothers—movie star and musician—swap lives, facing destiny as one's fame and school duties intertwine.”
Cipher
CIPHER THE VIDEO
4.55
14,594 rank · 13,513 viewers · 75 favorites
Avant Garde
Drama
Music
Showbiz
Shoujo
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Synopsis
Two brothers—movie star and musician—swap lives, facing destiny as one's fame and school duties intertwine.
Two brothers are in the spotlight: one a movie star making a football movie, the other a musician who occasionally goes to school (to cover for his sibling). What will destiny bring them?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 28 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 28 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 10
σ 3.28
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.28 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.6 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 2.2
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Score over time
↓ 4.54
Running avg · Apr 2012 → Oct 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Cipher is an anomaly. I have no fucking what this is supposed to be or why this was made, but regardless I can’t help but say I liked it. It’s a film that feels like it either came from a brilliant...”
- 10 “i am literally begging you to go watch this right now. this anime is borderline surreal. why is the whole thing in english with japanese subtitles? why is there a fake advertisement in the middle...”
- 10 “a transcendental experience. i love this with every fibre of my being. effective art makes you ask questions, so: why was the Hindu god Shiva shown in this 80s MV set in New York? the Japanese...”
Verbosity
Short · 46%
Medium · 32%
Long · 21%
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- Format 1 × 26′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 26m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1989 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6625 catalog
Produced by
- Victor Entertainment Producer