Contains spoilers: Having not read the manga: the OVA suggests a possiblycomplex storyline however barely any of it was apparent. The voice acting was bad but it was hard to get good English voice actors at the time. I loved the art and character design. The concept was interesting but the cuts made it very hard to follow and majority of the OVA was scenery with music or shots of the MCs life with minimal context. Many scenes repasted this may just be common in older anime. I couldnt tell the twins apart at all typically for film purposes there would be some sort of distinction: i.e. different voice actors heights Fred and George in Harry Potter who are naturally slightly different with different voices and also constantly address one another by their names. I really hope someone remakes this Cipher seems like it would be a great anime. Breaking it down: Voice acting: The voice acting was my second least favourite aspect of the OVA. Terrible voice acting is bearable if the anime itself is good however this was not the case. The intonation was not the worst but definitely not professional by any means. The pauses in speech were always either too long or too short i.e. the memed scene where one of them wakes up for breakfast and they take maybe around three shots in silence staring at one another. There was no proper emotion displayed in any of their voices Id even say that the scene where theyre being slightly overdramatic in terms of voice acting to represent the character themselves acting was better than the rest but still not very good. Their tone was off as well Im not sure how youd fix a tone of voice as Im not a voice actor or singer but the tone had a childish tinge to it which made it harder to become immersed. I also believe that the voice actors for the twins should have been different in order to differentiate the two it would have added character and been more immersive and easier to comprehend. Art and character design: I loved the art. For its time its good art and for today its nostalgic art. I would again prefer if the twins were made to look slightly different though. One thing that could have been done is maybe have adultlooking twin always wear glasses while the younger one doesnt. I think the older one has a ponytail though? I cant tell anything at all from the OVA so I cant say. The character design is really good each character was really cool looking. There should definitively be less scenery shots but I think thats less of art/character design and more of the concepts issue. Other idk what to label: An MTV style OVA sounds like a really cool and interesting concept but it was not done well at all. There were way too many cuts to follow anything that was happening: I couldnt tell what was the intro ending or storyline. There was not enough showing where the plot is explained visually as well as not enough telling either where the plot is explained through words. For example there were a bunch of shots of the twins in their everyday lives bear in mind these shots didnt tell us much about what they did in their everyday lives and instead focused on showing the twins off from different angles that were placed in between two shots that referenced past trauma. Another example is the array of football clips that even now I dont know if the main character is a football player an actor or this was a diary of his? We also got that the setting is New York or Los Angeles I cant tell anymore since they intermingled the story with cuts without the 50 different shots of the twin towers and Washington Square. Maybe around approximately 27 minutes of the OVA was actual storyline debatably considering I understood none of it and the last approximate 13 minutes were credits/behindthescenes. Majority of the 27 minutes of storyline was music and scenery. Maybe around 5 of the OVA actually showed anything understandable. I have zero clue on how much effort was put into this and how much effort it takes I apologise if Ive said anything wrong.