History Trivia / Cipher

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The manga was licensed in English by CMX, but it's been out of print since CMX's closure in 2010. Volumes of the English manga can still be found online, but they grow steadily more expensive.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The manga has been out of print in English for well over a decade.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them [[note]]they do, but not at the two young mens' age, to their own immediate relatives, and unless they’re LGBTQ, not to their own gender either[[/note]]. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[{{Twincest}} in love with each other]]. This is made worse to the credits rolling immediately after, set to Phil Collins' "Against All Odds".

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The series is ''very'' much a product of TheEighties with its fashion and hairstyles, and the OVA features several American songs that were popular at the time.
** The prominence of the Twin Towers marks ''Cipher'' as most definitely a pre-2001 product. Even more so in the OVA, where they're shown in the very first shot, and in the making-of featurette following the animation it's talked about how important it was to capture the Twin Towers from various angles as they are (were) the symbol of New York.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them [[note]]they do, but not at the two young mens' age, to their own immediate relatives, and unless they’re LGBTQ, not to their own gender either[[/note]]. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[{{Twincest}} in love with each other]]. This is made worse to the credits rolling immediately after, set to Phil Collins' ''Against All Odds''.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them [[note]]they do, but not at the two mens' age, to their own immediate relatives, and unless they’re LGBTQ, not to their own gender either[[/note]]. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[{{Twincest}} in love with each other]]. This is made worse to the credits rolling immediately after, set to Phil Collins' ''Against All Odds''.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them [[note]]they do, but not to their own immediate relatives, and unless they’re LGBTQ, not to their own gender either[[/note]]. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[{{Twincest}} in love with each other]]. This is made worse to the credits rolling immediately after, set to Phil Collins' ''Against All Odds''.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them [[note]]they do, but not to their own immediate relatives, and unless they’re LGBTQ, not to their own gender either[[/note]]. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[{{Twincest}} in love with each other]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them [[note]]they do, but not to their own immediate relatives, and unless they’re LGBTQ, not to their own gender either[[/note]]. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[IncestIsRelative in love with each other]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them [[note]]they do, but not to your own relative, and unless you’re LGBTQ, not to your own gender either[[/note]]. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[IncestIsRelative in love with each other]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: The OVA ends with the two brothers kissing and then walking out of the room because the author of the manga actually honestly thought westerners kissed when greeting someone close to them. This totally perplexed westerners who watched the OVA, and due to the lack of context prior, [[MistakenForGay made some think that the two brothers are gay]] and [[IncestIsRelative in love with each other]].

** The series is ''very'' much a product of TheEighties, with its fashion, hairstyles, and use of American songs popular at the time in the OVA.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The prominence of the Twin Towers marks ''Cipher'' as most definitely a pre-2001 product. Even more so in the OVA, where they're shown in the very first shot, and in the making-of featurette following the animation it's talked about how important it was to capture the Twin Towers from various angles as they are (were) the symbol of New York.