FAKE - DVD

Dee Laytner and Randy "Ryo" Maclean are NYPD detectives and partners. Dee is brash, relentless, and openly in love with Ryo. Ryo is composed, flustered, and in sustained denial about his own feelings. The OVA sends them on vacation to a charming lakeside hotel in England — Ryo hoping for rest, Dee hoping for considerably more. What they get instead is a murder mystery, a missing person case, the unwelcome arrival of their superior officer Berkley Rose (who has his own interest in Ryo), and the persistent presence of Bikky and Carol, the street kids they've taken under their wing who have somehow followed them to England. The mystery unfolds at a leisurely pace; the romantic tension between Dee and Ryo unfolds at an even more leisurely one.

FAKE is a one-hour OVA produced by Studio Deen and directed by Iku Suzuki, adapting the fifth act from the second volume of Sanami Matoh's seven-volume BL manga — one of the earliest boys' love manga to receive major North American distribution, published in English by Tokyopop. The Japanese cast features Tomokazu Seki as Dee, Nobuo Tobita as Ryo, and Rica Matsumoto as Bikky, who also performs the closing theme "Starlight Heaven."

The OVA later aired in the U.S. on Logo TV as part of the LGBT animation anthology series Alien Boot Camp, premiering in two parts on November 9 and November 16, 2007. 

Notable Staff & Voice Talent

Director: Iku Suzuki (Maze: The Mega-Burst Space OVA)
Original Manga: Sanami Matoh (FAKE, serialized in Biblos; English license: Tokyopop, 7 volumes)
Studio: Studio Deen (Fushigi Yugi, Haunted Junction, Fruits Basket 2001, Familiar of Zero, Junjou Romantica, Chrono Crusade)
Closing Theme: "Starlight Heaven" by Rica Matsumoto (Pokémon — voice of Ash/Satoshi, Sol Bianca: The Legacy)

Japanese Cast:
- Tomokazu Seki as Dee Laytner (Chobits, Arjuna, Vandread, Gate Keepers, Sorcerer Hunters, Fushigi Yugi, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Gundam SEED Destiny — Shinn, Key the Metal Idol)
- Nobuo Tobita as Randy "Ryo" Maclean
- Rica Matsumoto as Bikky (Pokémon — Ash/Satoshi, Sol Bianca: The Legacy)
- Kikuko Inoue as Carol (Tenchi Universe, El-Hazard, Gate Keepers, Oh My Goddess!, Noir, Saint Tail, Fruits Basket)
- Yōsuke Akimoto as Berkley Rose

English Dub Cast (Central Park Media — New York):
- Sandy Lang as Dee Laytner
- Terrence Stone as Randy "Ryo" Maclean
- Mona Marshall as Bikky (Steel Angel Kurumi, Mahoromatic, Ninja Cadets, Kurogane Communication, Tenchi in Tokyo)
- Steve Kramer as Berkley Rose (Shinesman, Akira — both dubs, Demon Fighter Kocho, Ghost Talker's Daydream)
- William Knight as Mr. Leonard Henry
- Stevie Bloch as Cara

DVD Features (Central Park Media)

- Central Park Media / US Manga Corps Previews
- Note: OVA later aired on Logo TV's Alien Boot Camp LGBT animation anthology (November 9–16, 2007)

Spoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles

Edition Details

Japanese Title: FAKE (Feiku)
Runtime: ~60 Minutes (Single OVA Episode)
Director: Iku Suzuki
DVD Release Year: Late 1990s (U.S. Release — Central Park Media)
Original Release Date (Japan): 1996
Publisher: Central Park Media (US Manga Corps)
Rating: 13+
Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada)
Genre: Boys' Love, Mystery, Comedy, Romance
Themes: NYPD Detectives on Vacation, Hotel Murder Mystery, Slow-Burn BL Romance, Early BL OVA 

Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.