Cipher The Video
- Studio
- Victor Entertainment
Characters
Cipher, Shiva
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tsuneo Tominaga
Writing
- Writer
- Machiko Konsdo, Yuko Sakurai
Animation
- Animator
- Kenichi Maejima, Takeshi Koizumi, Minoru Yamazawa
Music
- Music
- Wags, Thompson Twins
Crew
- Design
- Yukari Kobayashi
Production notes
Adapted from Minaki Narita's 1985 manga in "Lala."
A fake "making of" documentary features "interviews" of Shiva and his co-stars before the trailer for the film and a movie-based image video.
Although the video was never released outside Japan, it has English-language dialogue with Japanese subtitles.
Contemporary songs from American movies are on the soundtrack, including Phil Collins' title song from "Against All Odds" (1984), as well as "Let's Hear It for the Boy" from "Footloose" (1984) and the title tune. All are performed by the group Wags. The Thompson Twins' "Kamikaze" is also on the soundtrack.
In addition, "Making of 'Cipher the Video'" reuses some footage. It features interviews with the crew and live-action shots from the New York location hunt which inspired some images of the city. Also on the video is Cipher's other animated appearance in a 1986 Japanese commercial for Sumitomo Insurance.
A fake "making of" documentary features "interviews" of Shiva and his co-stars before the trailer for the film and a movie-based image video.
Although the video was never released outside Japan, it has English-language dialogue with Japanese subtitles.
Contemporary songs from American movies are on the soundtrack, including Phil Collins' title song from "Against All Odds" (1984), as well as "Let's Hear It for the Boy" from "Footloose" (1984) and the title tune. All are performed by the group Wags. The Thompson Twins' "Kamikaze" is also on the soundtrack.
In addition, "Making of 'Cipher the Video'" reuses some footage. It features interviews with the crew and live-action shots from the New York location hunt which inspired some images of the city. Also on the video is Cipher's other animated appearance in a 1986 Japanese commercial for Sumitomo Insurance.