Fake (manga)
| Fake | |
Cover of Fake by Sanami Matoh. | |
| フェイク (Feiku) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Shōnen-ai, action, comedy, yaoi |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Sanami Matoh |
| Published by | Biblos (former) Mediation (current) |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Magazine Be × Boy |
| Original run | June 1993 – June 2000 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Fake 2 | |
| Written by | Sanami Matoh |
| Published by | Asuka Shisha |
| Magazine | Hug |
| Original run | 2007 – 2007 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Manga | |
| Fake 3 | |
| Written by | Sanami Matoh |
| Published by | Studio Thunder Comics |
| Original run | 2010 – 2011 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Iku Suzuki |
| Written by | Akinori Endo |
| Music by | Katsuo Ono |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 21, 1996 |
| Runtime | 55 minutes |
Fake (フェイク, Feiku) is a seven-volume BL manga by Sanami Matoh. The story focuses in a romance between Randy "Ryo" Maclean and Dee Laytner, two New York City detectives from the fictitious 27th precinct. An anime version of the fifth act (or chapter) from the second manga is also available, in the form of an OVA. Fake was serialized in the monthly yaoi manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy from June 1993 until June 2000, and later compiled into seven volumes by Biblos. After the company went bankrupt in 2006, Fake was republished by Mediation as five volumes, with one newly drawn extra story featured at the back of each. Fake's English translation was published by Tokyopop in the United States of America, and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. Fake was later released digitally by COMPASS, Inc. in 2021. All seven volumes are available in English. The one-off sequel "Like, like love" is only available in Japan as a part of an art book by Matoh.
On May 12, 2007, the manga Fake "Second Season", a sequel, premiered in a new Japanese magazine called Hug, also published by Mediation. COMPASS, Inc. published Fake "Second Season" digitally as Fake second in 2019.