

On 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 (Hayato Ichihara), a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru (Aya Ueto), 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.
(Source: Nippon Cinema)
Last updated
Jul 27, 2026, 01:22 PM
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Courcast score breakdown
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CourScore
32.7
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: Medium • Updated yesterday
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 55.1
- MAL community size - 2,729 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
- Favourite base strength - 2 cross-platform favourites
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,146 | Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Jun 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 825 | Jun 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,466 | Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 46 | Jun 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 117 | Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 324 | Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 9,465 | Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 64.21 | Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 4,808 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 213 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 56.5 | Jun 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 21 | Jul 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.98 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.28 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |