The film's code designer, Simon Whiteley, reportedly created the effect by scanning characters from his wife's Japanese cookbooks.
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Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, has said he used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design. In early 2026, social media users circulated a claim that the iconic ...