Fake

Having watched this on a whim with no knowledge of the manga it was based off, I found it really fun and intentionally or otherwise really comedic.
The english dub was a blast to watch through, with it being kind of shitty but at some points feeling like there was heart and effort into the voice acting. All of the characters have pretty good chemistry with eachother, I especially liked Dee and the kids banter. I think the white hair guy was kind of a weird add considering he didn't add much to the story but I don't know anything about the manga he could ... be a prominent character in that for all I know.
If you treat this as a kinda crappy b movie schlock kinda thing to watch together with friends it's a good watch. Definitely watch it with the english dub, I don't think I would've enjoyed it nearly as much if I watched it in Japanese. Other than that I don't think anyone else would have enough of a reason to watch this.

FAKE is kind of an anomaly in that it's hard to recommend it, but hard NOT to recommend it.

It's entertaining in that cutesy 90s slapstick, romcom, fast-paced-banter sort-of way, where all the main cast are all familiar with each other and have their own intertwining circles of harem. If the dynamics of Kimagure Orange Road (or Ranma 1/2) turned gay and given a crime-mystery feel to it, you'd have FAKE. (And maybe that's an oversimplification but the bill should fit somewhat.)

With how they rapidly introduce the main cast, it feels like you're being dropped in the middle of a series, with only enough detail ... to get a superficial grasp as to how they're all connected. To their credit, they did give a 5-minute background check on the main couple, Ryo and Dee, and how they became involved with each other. Everyone else, including the love interests of Ryo and Dee respectively? Not a chance. Still, it's pardonable given that they try to tell a cohesive, original story in 1 hour, and they do it alright.

The mystery was a sloppy Burger King special. After the scene is set, it's laughably easy to narrow down the suspects, and therein the motives. No taste, much less flare. But the anime laughs it off anyways; it's background music for showcasing the main duo's relationship, which seems one-sided but is surprisingly mutual. There's also not much development you can do with a story that's already crammed with mystery, slapstick, spurts of fanservice (?), and frequent character introductions, so their ending, while sweet, falls a little flat.

The music was greazy. Not much else to it.

It took a good while to get used to the animation. Not cause of its stereotypical 90s look, but their faces. My god, their faces. I'm used to seeing cutesy art like the original All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, Slayers, and the like, not...even Kizuna and Zetsuai weren't so bad compared to FAKE. But that's probably more subjective than not.

Overall, it was an entertaining hour that's purposefully open-ended in that "and their journey continues" kind of way, with new developments up to the last minute before credits, but at least leaves you not feeling weighed down. It's not an anime you should go searching for, but if you find yourself interested, you probably won't be too bored.

First off, I'm going to keep this review short as I don't want to waste too much time. Second off, don't get butt hurt just because I don't like it.

As a heterosexual male, obviously this isn't something I would be open to watching or enjoying. So, I went into watching this with a pessimistic approach. Overall, I rated it a 4 (Decent), which it wasn't. It was utter garbage, but rating it a 1 is too much imo.

Story:
2 Cops solving a case, but the case keeps on getting interrupted with sudden ass pumping. To be fair the story had its mystery and not a half ... bad plot line, but the 2 cops kind of ruin that. The cops case is a murder case, but without revealing too much, the case is unrealistic and doesn't really make any sense. So, if you don't like an unrealistic story, then this isn't for you.

When I look at the plot and genre, I guess I can't help but feel like the anime did in right. Obviously I'm not going to enjoy it because of.. reasons. But, if you like that stuff, go ahead and watch it.
Story: 5

Art: This OVA was released in the late 90's, so the art and animation wasn't spot on and to be honest I don't like older art styles, probably because I'm used to newer and cleaner animations. For the time, the animation and art was pretty good, not amazing. But good. It suited the presentation of the plot and the relationship of the characters, but again, compared with modern art and animation, it's not great. so..
Art: 6

Sound: The music in the anime varied from pumped up cop action music, to generic romance music, for obvious reasons. Non of the soundtracks really stood out as being bad or good, so I thought a 5 would be an overall good assessment.
Sound:5

Character: Well, the obvious problem with the characters is that they don't understand their profession. Their job is to capture criminals which could cause problems to society, but instead they see their relationship with each other to be more important than that. They work perfectly for the genre and romance, I guess, but I can't say I felt any sympathy or connection with the characters. The only one character that I didn't mind was Carol, was actually quite an interesting character, but unfortunately looked like she was drawn by a 5 year old. This kind of goes back to the art, but it's obvious that the art has been directed on the men of the show because the girls just look so.. stupid.
Character: 3

Enjoyment: I have pointed things out throughout the review and I think it's pretty obvious that I didn't enjoy it, it's just not something I can sit down and watch normally like everything else, instead my watching experience was cringing and hitting my head on the table wondering why these cops can't do their job properly.
Enjoyment: 1

Overall: 3