This anime is, to put it simply, a cop drama about officers in the traffic division. With many similarities to Patlabor, being about the daily lives of police officers in a somewhat quirky division has surprisingly a good amount of action and humour. Due to it only being a four episode OVA series, the animation and sound quality are superb, just like the Patlabor OVA series. Everything has so much detail ranging from the artistic backdrops to the speedometers on motor bikes. The mechanical detail is simply amazing, showing how much love of vehicles there are in the anime relating well to how much the main characters love them as well.
Unfortunately, because the anime is so short, the action chase scenes and the humour fades fairly quickly. Relationships are not really built other than short introductions, development is non-existent, and dialogue is rather simplistic. Most of which, it cannot be totally faulted for, but more of an issue with the length of the show. This is a shame considering You’re Under Arrest is so strong and had the potential to be something bigger than what it was.
Excellent art, animation, mechanical detail, and the lovely traffic cop duo do make it a nice afternoon watch none the less. Luckily, in the end, this show got picked up and went on to cross the eventual 100 plus episode mark. If anything, this OVA is a gateway to something special.
