A robot steals forbidden software 'for fun' and accidentally breaks reality. Classic Tuesday.
Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestOn Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo, a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru, a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious "Cipher" OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he's getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no idea what's wrong or that Cipher is behind it. What exactly is Cipher? What sort of secrets does it hold? Apollo and Mikaru will unravel a mystery encompassing the past, present, and future to find out.
Direction
Kitamura's kinetic visual style crammed into 20 minutes
Production
Gorgeous mecha designs that deserve more than 3 episodes
Visual Effects
Cipher's reality-bending camouflage sequences
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ryuhei Kitamura made this between 'Godzilla Final Wars' and Hollywood—his only anime project.
The 3-episode format was created for mobile phones in 2009, making it Japan's first major mobile anime.
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