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: Not Rated
: Anime Works
: Anime, Foreign, Cops, Yaoi
: 60 min.
: English, Japanese
: English
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Dee Laytner and Ryo McLane form an adventurous detective duo fresh from the streets of New York. While most of his time is spent chasing after criminals, Dee spends a decent amount of his life trying to apprehend Ryo -- off-duty. Complications ensue when the crime-fighters find themselves in the midst of England's underground crime-scene, where Japanese-Americans have been turning up dead. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
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| Yaoi-ish
by Battie
April 15, 2005 - 10:22 AM PDT
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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I'd have killed to actually see the entire manga as an anime...but I'll have to settle for this 55 minute piece. Obviously, there isn't a complete story here (or a complex one). Secondary characters pop up multiple times without me having a clue as to who they are. Still no idea how, or why, two kids are "friends" with the two cops. There wasn't an ending either, or any *good* Yaoi fun. :P Just some kissing, which suited it very well (no implied sex, lmao--Dee never got that far, poor man).
But, despite the faults that are, IMO, entirely the fault of trying to use little parts of an entire manga series to create one very short anime movie (I would say *episode* if this were in an actual series), I really liked Fake. The art wasn't the most beautiful (it *looked* a tad dated), but after a few minutes of getting used to it, I saw both Dee and Ryo as pretty cute guys. The romance between them was amusing, and I could completely understand Dee's frustration.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone but a yaoi fan. The mystery plot was kind of thrown in, and the story would've done fine without it. The main plot was *completely* about Dee and Ryo, and even without a ton of background (a bit was provided with flashbacks), I believed they could care for each other (partly because of semi-emotional flashbacks). I even liked the humor, which usually isn't my style. It was just so cute (romantic comedy cute, mind you).
Once I got used to the disappointment of *not* having a full story, I found I liked Fake quite a bit. Plus, an incomplete story isn't exactly uncommon in anime. This is really a 6.75, but it's close enough to 7 to suffice. And now I'm off to find the mangas...hopefully cheap enough to afford. ^_^ |
| Angsty gay 70's type detective show without much depth
by hneline1
October 29, 2002 - 9:42 AM PST
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6 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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| Pretend that Starsky and Hutch went on a vacation to England. Of course they'll find a dead body or something, and of course they'll solve the case despite grumbling about being on vacation, right? Now, pretend that Starsky and Hutch are gay and sorta-maybe like each other and are a lot taller and thinner, and include a mixture of slapstick humor and angst for good measure. That's what Fake reminds me of. I thought it was entertaining as a 70's-type detective show but doesn't have much depth beyond that. The plot is improbable and it's hard to see why Dee and Randy are attracted to each other, which is disappointing because it would be nice to see a quality anime with strong gay leads. One good thing is that, although it's yet another anime that assumes knowledge of the original manga, you can still follow the basic story here despite a number of supporting characters dropping in without introduction. |
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