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Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Ace Attorney, known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu," Igiari! is the highly anticipated anime adaptation of the first two games in the Capcom game series of the same name. The series follows rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright as he investigates his way through a series of complex murder cases. The series is beloved for both its irreverent humor and clever localization and fans have been clamoring for this since the series started.

PV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-tfGuZShKQ

Staff
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Music: Kaoru Wada
Character Design: Keiko Ōta
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures

Dramatis Personae
If you want English names in your subs, right click the player on the site and select Alt Track!


Phoenix Wright/Ryuuichi Naruhodou (Yuki Kaji)
The protagonist of the series and a new lawyer fresh out of the bar.
Likes: Bluffing, pointing, showing people his badge
Dislikes: Tough situations


Mia Fey/Chihiro Ayasato (Chie Nakamura)
The owner of Fey & Co. Law Offices and Phoenix's mentor.
Likes: The truth, being helpful
Dislikes: When Phoenix messes up


Maya Fey/Mayoi Ayasato (Aoi Yuuki)
Mia's sister and a spirit medium. Becomes Phoenix's assistant through a series of events.
Likes: Burgers, Phoenix, her sister
Dislikes: People thinking her outfit is weird


Miles Edgeworth/Reiji Mitsurugi (Masashi Tamaki)
A talented prosecutor who entered the profession at a young age. Rumors of dirty work surround him.
Likes: Proving Phoenix wrong, cravats, being fancy
Dislikes: Incompetent subordinates


Dick Gumshoe/Keisuke Itonokogiri (Masami Iwasaki)
A detective in charge of homicides at Criminal Affairs.
Likes: Edgeworth, calling people "pal"
Dislikes: Pay cuts


Larry Butz/Masashi Yahari (Tooru Nara)
Phoenix's childhood friend and first client. Has had more girlfriends than common sense.
Likes: Cindy, Mandy, Rachel...
Dislikes: Breakups

Hey buddy.
Being a mystery series, the mystery is pretty drat important. For the sake of people who haven't played the games, please try not to talk about anything past what the anime has covered. Speculation is fine, but I'll know if you're disguising spoilers as it. If you wish to talk about later-on stuff, there's an Ace Attorney thread in Games.

How is it?
Well, it ain't the prettiest thing around but hey! It's not bad so far, if a bit by the numbers. The real test will be when we get to the full-fledged cases, but I'm gonna be optimistic. Give it the ol' three eps. I'll probably watch the whole thing anyway.

Ace Attorney streams on Crunchyroll Saturdays at 7AM.

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Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Clarste posted:

I wouldn't expect too much from the mysteries. They're designed to be solvable by the player on the fly, so with a week to think things through between episodes they should be trivial.

If the series is going to entertain it's going to be on the back of the presentation.

Probably, but I still wanted a bit of a spoiler policy in place for any anime-only watchers there might be.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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I don't think you can get alt tracks on the mobile apps, yeah.

I think the best you can do is give feedback to Crunchy about which you prefer and hope they make the English names the main track.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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This current airing is only going to be the first two games.

We're getting circus.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Maybe. Honestly, the anime hasn't gotten to the real meat of the games yet, so it's kinda hard to tell if it'll pull off everything. But it's okay, and the games' stories are generally pretty good, so the script should be solid.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Takumi said in a statement that the anime would be half a year, so it's 2 cour.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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My money's probably on no if it's a 2 cour.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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The King of Prosecutors trophy also appears in this episode, and if they were going to do 1-5, that wouldn't be here yet.

Unless this is last year's trophy and he won it two years in a row, but I'm gonna say nah.

Edit: Okay yeah, it's last year's award.

Edit 2: By the way, this episode's name says "1st Trial," that just means it's part 1. It's all investigation this episode.

Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Apr 9, 2016

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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It ends just before the court begins.

And they actually changed up enough about the investigation phase that I was on my toes a bit. Particularly, there's a piece of evidence in the anime that does not exist in the game.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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This episode was a pretty marked improvement over the first episode and I'm feeling a lot better about the series as a whole as a result.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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I wanna see what Kyle River is up to. He seems cool.

The localized subs even gave a name to a guy who only appears as a name on paper. That's commitment.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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I like that Edgeworth loving Tokyo Los Angeles Drifts into the courthouse like the rear end in a top hat he is.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Adventure game protagonist curiosity/kleptomania.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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I like that Edgeworth's proposal that the Thinker had its clockwork at the time of the murder doesn't just amount to "prove the police didn't tamper with this evidence for some reason."

E:



Haha, this is great

Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Apr 16, 2016

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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TheKingofSprings posted:

Apparently it got a 5.2 in the ratings on the first episode.

Does that mean anything for where it'll go from there?

It's a kid's show and not an otaku show, so it might affect if we get T&T, but gently caress if I know what the numbers in TV ratings mean.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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I mean, it is on the docket with Detective Conan.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Actually, they are. They've released character designs of characters from the second game.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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I'm of the mind that they're probably gonna skip over 1-5 in the TV, yeah.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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The prosecutor in the third game is beloved almost entirely for his theme song.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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https://twitter.com/Phoenix_at_Law/status/724674333453389824

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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The loving sweater.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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LostRook posted:

It's a fond memory from the time a woman expressed interest in him without her being falsely accused of murder.

Yeah, key word here being "falsely"

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Well, I mean, he was on the boxart. What was he gonna do, not appear?

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Ah, I forgot about the GBA boxart. I guess it's kinda hard for the western audience to be able to tell these things because we got the games when they were a completed trilogy.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Noted obscure underground seiyuu, Yuki Kaji.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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So the anime is getting a disc release and presumably a dub from the wonderful partnership of Crunchyroll and Funimation. I wonder if they're going to use the game VAs where they can or if they're going to completely use Funimation's Texas pool of VAs.

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Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


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Josuke Higashikata posted:

According to Ace Attorney 6, he's from Kansas so if that helps you place it or whatever, that's what he'd be like.

Aurain, I think that was just a Wizard of Oz reference.

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