04-11-2016, 05:53 AM
Ace Attorney is currently on Episode 2. Which is the first part of Case 2 in the game. The anime is a good adaption for fans of the games, and while the animation and the general quality (for now) seems quite low (mostly because the cases are still early on, no point wasting all the budget on the first case or so) it's still amazing to watch.
If you're not a fan of the games, then I don't see why you'd watch this but if you are going to watch it, and have absolutely no intention of playing the games, then it's good enough to give you the general gist of the story so far. But please PLEASE, just like how you should read Jojo, please play the games.
Currently, the first two episodes can be found subbed in "unlocalized English" so Phoenix Wright is Naruhodo Ryuichi and so on.
As a massive fan of the games (with the first being my favourite of the series and being my fourth favourite game of all time) I absolutely love it. The small changes they do make to the cases do bug me a bit because they were executed better in the games such as Spoiler: When Phoenix tells Maya that Grossberg won't take the case, he imagines himself walking away, reading in the paper that Maya has been committed for the murder of Mia and the court appointed attorney couldn't help her. He then stops thinking and immediately shouts that he will defend her instead, and even though he's a rookie, he is the only one that can help her at this time (also a nod to the fact Redd White is blackmailing other attorneys to not take this case, but doesn't see Phoenix as any sort of threat). In the anime, he runs around trying to find attorneys to defend her, and eventually shows her the book of attorneys with all but two crossed out who will take her case. In the end as Phoenix composes himself, they look at each other and then both shout "PLEASE DEFEND ME/LET ME DEFEND YOU PLEASE" and bang their head on the glass as they bow down to thank each other. While funny, I preferred the original rendition of it. Both show Maya being helpless and in need of Phoenix, but the game seemed to portray it in a manner more fitting for the time.
The music is really cool and if you listen closely you can hear themes such as the Cross Examination theme and the Steel Samurai theme played during the episode. The animation for the characters are similar to their game counterpart as well. Ranging from how Larry acts in the first game to Phoenix with his hand behind his head and laughing while in court.
What's quite interesting is that, they have also added more backstory to Phoenix. A-1 (The guys behind the anime) seem like they're going to add their own backstory for characters which is really cool. Spoiler: In the second episode, Phoenix actually meets Dahlia, as a young girl who offers him an umbrella in the rain
Overall, I love it. Even if it was terrible, I'd still love it. To a non-AA fan. I'd say if you watched it you'd find it average, nothing to get too hyped about but nothing about it is truly terrible. Although, please watch it if you do have no intentions of playing the games, or just don't have the time.
If you're not a fan of the games, then I don't see why you'd watch this but if you are going to watch it, and have absolutely no intention of playing the games, then it's good enough to give you the general gist of the story so far. But please PLEASE, just like how you should read Jojo, please play the games.
Currently, the first two episodes can be found subbed in "unlocalized English" so Phoenix Wright is Naruhodo Ryuichi and so on.
As a massive fan of the games (with the first being my favourite of the series and being my fourth favourite game of all time) I absolutely love it. The small changes they do make to the cases do bug me a bit because they were executed better in the games such as Spoiler: When Phoenix tells Maya that Grossberg won't take the case, he imagines himself walking away, reading in the paper that Maya has been committed for the murder of Mia and the court appointed attorney couldn't help her. He then stops thinking and immediately shouts that he will defend her instead, and even though he's a rookie, he is the only one that can help her at this time (also a nod to the fact Redd White is blackmailing other attorneys to not take this case, but doesn't see Phoenix as any sort of threat). In the anime, he runs around trying to find attorneys to defend her, and eventually shows her the book of attorneys with all but two crossed out who will take her case. In the end as Phoenix composes himself, they look at each other and then both shout "PLEASE DEFEND ME/LET ME DEFEND YOU PLEASE" and bang their head on the glass as they bow down to thank each other. While funny, I preferred the original rendition of it. Both show Maya being helpless and in need of Phoenix, but the game seemed to portray it in a manner more fitting for the time.
The music is really cool and if you listen closely you can hear themes such as the Cross Examination theme and the Steel Samurai theme played during the episode. The animation for the characters are similar to their game counterpart as well. Ranging from how Larry acts in the first game to Phoenix with his hand behind his head and laughing while in court.
What's quite interesting is that, they have also added more backstory to Phoenix. A-1 (The guys behind the anime) seem like they're going to add their own backstory for characters which is really cool. Spoiler: In the second episode, Phoenix actually meets Dahlia, as a young girl who offers him an umbrella in the rain
Overall, I love it. Even if it was terrible, I'd still love it. To a non-AA fan. I'd say if you watched it you'd find it average, nothing to get too hyped about but nothing about it is truly terrible. Although, please watch it if you do have no intentions of playing the games, or just don't have the time.