Ranked #1320

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode: The Cipher

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode - The Cipher is the intermission between the first and second seasons. This was released after the 2nd season aired.

This 25 min OVA introduces us to some of the players central to the story of the 2nd season, gives us more of the characters we love, and rehashes an old short joke from the 1st season. I can't really go into details without spoiling anything, but it has a little bit of action, some sweet moments, and the occasional bit of comedy.

The entire series just has this special charm about it, and this OVA is no exception. So if you enjoy the series at all this is a must see.


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I watched this OVA before I saw season 2 of Birdy: Decode so I was helped out as I entered into the second season. At the time I watched it though I didn't know how helpful it was actually going to be when making the transition.

The story seemed to lack any real punch, like it knew it was just supposed to bridge the first and second season and didn't have much real substance, which is fine for an OVA. A few season 2 plot points got set into motion which was nice and it did somewhat answer my question of how relevant Nakasugi would be in the second season, which is seemingly not very relevant at all. A couple of new characters got introduced but nothing along the lines of antagonists. I will say however that it was nice that this was an actual story-related OVA, those seem to be few and far between these days.

The animation was good as usual. Also I will say that the new opening was pretty cool and I really enjoyed the ending song sung by "Shion Arita."

Overall it was a pretty good OVA and was actually story-related yet entertaining. read more