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Fake Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 60 minutes Studio: Media Blasters Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2000-12-19 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 34 Average rating: 4.0 "Great" OK... so here's a really simple review. Buying this movie is defintely worth it. Not only is it a fairly cute shounen-ai anime, but it actually has a respectible plot and story-line. There's really only a bit of guy on guy kissing and whatnot. So if that doesn't bug you, go for it! "It is the privilige for women to watch FAKE" Fake is an absolute entertainment DVD for women yonge or old. I strongly disagree with some viewers about yaoi. Please just remember that it is the privilege of women to view Japaneses yaoi mangas and DVDs. If you are a man and you never watches Will&Grace, please do not bother to pick up the DVD and to be picky about it. You should just dive into your ball games. Do not criticize the DVD just because you have no stomach for yaoi. To be honest, FAKE is the great DVD, very artistic. There is amazing computer graphic effort. The plot is more like a comedy than a romance or mistery. Even a little romance between two main characters is quite artistically done. Besides there is no explicit yaoi at all. I just wish there were a real TV series based on the manga. A short OAV DVD is just too short. If you are a husband, you may order FAKE as a gift for your hard-working wife. Just leave her alone after all kids are in bed. Do not watch with her if you are scared of any gay stuff unless your wife invites you. If you are woman with independent sprits like me, order it for yourself. Relax after a day's hard work. FAKE will not betray you. Well, just remember that yaoi is for women (besides there is no real yaoi. Am I a spoiler?) "I still don't know why it's called Fake..." Definitely worth watching -- it's cute and fun. This OAV is based mostly on part of the second serving of the manga, with a flashback to part of the first, but it's fun to see it animated, and to hear them. The animation style is a bit heavier on the face faults than some, and the voices once in a while make sudden changes in volume and emotion in a not-exactly-normal way, but it's funny (and meant to be). It was easy to ignore the very '80s nature of most of the outfits, but not so much JJ's shorts. Heh. I guess that's my personal WTF detail. The DVD includes Japanese soundtrack only, Japanese w/ english subtitles, English soundtrack only, and English w/ english subtitles(?!). I wished for Japanese subtitle options, on English or Japanese or both, but hey, can't have =everything=. I really wish there were more -- maybe a whole series based on the manga -- so hey, everyone buy it and maybe they'll be convinced to produce one. ;) "Recommended for all" Fake is one of the most interesting anime OAVs I've ever seen. Captivating until the very end, Fake will keep you on the edge of your seats. Fake is a story about a gay New York cop named Dee and his police partner Ryo. The pair has taken a trip to England for a little vacation time; yet what they do is anything but relaxing. A murder has been committed at their hotel, and it's up to Dee and Ryo, along with some wacky other characters, to slove the case. Fake is definitely recommended for any anime fan, novice or expert. Fake is thirteen and up for content, but there is nothing too bad. Fake is a good anime, even if you have never seen a shounen-ai (gay) anime before. "Fake" The manga are excellent and this DVD is a fun version of a episode in the second volume. Dee and Ryo are pretty and it's interesting watching Dee put the moves on his partner.