Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
mgeekingout
Incomprehensible mess that requeries you to actually know the source material to understand what's happening. Not only the audience doesn't see Phoenix discover most of the evidence he presents, the skipped scenes and rushed narrative gives little to no room to actually feel any feelings while watching. Tension is nonexistent. The characters appear and disappear so quickly, you can't develop any opinions on them.
If I were to say what's in this series for fans of the AA franchise, it would be that you can binge it quickly, if you wanna remind yourself of the plot + the filler episodes/scenes are quite cute. I do appreciate that we got some new content, although I wish it wasn't due to the sacrifice of the original story.
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Gyakuten Saiban is a fine anime, but really is intended for those that have played the games. I would not recommend it to those that have not.
My only real problem with the show is the editing. There are some short scenes throughout the series that make no sense in the context of the show and seem to only be there because they were in the game. For example, there was an episode where they showed a person as if they were examined but were never talked to in the show. There's one scene where it looks like a person fell in paint or something but with no context. In another, they show a quick scene from one of the mini games in the series, which they had never done before. Honestly, if you had not played these games, these scenes would make no sense.
Aside from that, I have enjoyed the serie…
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Personally, I found Ace Attorney very enjoyable to watch; it’s a good example of what an anime adaptation of a game should be like. We follow our protagonists in a fairly faithful (albeit, heavily condensed) retelling of what takes place in the games. The tone is more comic than that of the games, with the show being heavily embedded with puns as well as general sarcasm and wit from several characters (particularly Phoenix Wright himself, in response to the simple-mindedness of those around him), however this is not uncommon with other media related to the franchise, such as the film or stage plays. The comedy that encompasses this show, combined by the nostalgia evoked by it and the fast pace which retains viewer attention, make for an amusing legal drama that is certainly worth the watch…
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tl;dr stick to the games if you like Ace Attorney, but the basic story lines just aren't believable or compelling.
My thoughts on Pheonix Wright,
Fictional lawyers that act like justice driven detectives when in reality lawyers are blood sucking parasites that care about their salaries over justice and principles. The most believable parts of the show are when the lawyers are defending scumbags and asking irrelevant questions. If I close my eyes and pretend that Mr. Ace attorney is not an attorney and more like a detective solving a case, I still find myself unimpressed with the show. I can't take anything seriously, so when 'serious' moments occur or characters preach about justice I just think " You interviewed a damn parrot, the dead ghost of a 34-year-old woman possessed the 6-year-o…
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If you are a meticulous literature story/lore person and take everything seriously, this is not for you. Stay away from it. but if you want to find light and warm entertainment and not a very serious person, I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU THIS SERIES!
For starters, I never play the game before, I don't know any single thing about whats Ace Attorney. The only thing I remember was around 8-10 years ago I occasionally saw thumbnails of the main character at youtube and several meme site.
Anyway, last week I came across the dvd dual audio and decided to watch the series, in English by the way. I learnt Japanese first then English, but I decided to give the English dub a try for this one.
At first, this show looks realistic, its a story about lawyers fighting each other in court. I'm an engineering gr…
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Really good anime that does the games justice. (Did I really just make that joke?) The music was great, the characters were very entertaining, and the story was extremely engaging. Episode 13 in particular was really heartfelt and shed some light on the Phoenix/Ryuichi's backstory. Highly recommend to fans to the series, as well as newcomers who want to get into Ace Attorney.
It starts out like the first game, where we see a young woman get killed in her own apartment, and the murderer stating he'll pin it on Larry Butz, Phoenix/Ryuichi's best friend. As you may guess, Phoenix must prove Larry's innocence to avoid him from being sentenced to prison.
The anime is charming and comical, much like the games, and it really makes being a lawyer look cool as heck (keeping it kid-friendly, I li…
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Ace Attorney, alongside Pokemon and JJBA, is one of my absolute favourite media franchises. I have spent countless hours playing the games over and over, producing fanworks, and discussing them at essay-length. So, as much as I appreciate the need to be objective and focused in my review, I feel that it needs to be said:
I hate this anime. I hate it so fucking much.
Sono "Shinjitsu" Igi Ari is an adaptation of the first two games in the series, and right off the bat we've hit a huge stumbling block. Each of these two games would be more fit to a full 24 episode anime in their own right than being crammed into one cour each. Unsurprisingly, a lot of content was trimmed in the process of fitting both games, and what content survived the cull is rushed through at breakneck pace.
The dialog…
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Ah, Ace Attorney. The wonderfully wacky yet also emotionally gripping visual novel/puzzle game series from Capcom. Full of great character designs, iconic music, over the top situations and dramatic stakes, it should make for a great anime adaptation, right?
Well, no, not "great", at least not when the god-kings of shovelware anime, A-1 Studios, is the guys behind production.
I won't beat around the bush: this anime is not -terrible-, but its got some serious flaws both in adaptation and as a stand alone product.
Let's get to the biggest blemish to see: the art and animation. It is f u c k i n g terrible most of the time. Characters are routinely off model, animation is very limited and choppy as all hell, props are messy and also off model, backgrounds are garrishly obvious digital com…
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"It's only natural for living creatures to fight to protect their own lives. But what makes us human is that we fight for others.But who do you fight for? How hard must you fight...? That's the true measure of what human life is worth."- Phoenix Wright 2004
I am a big fan of Capcom's Ace Attorney series. With 6 mainline games, multiple spinoffs ,one crossover, an appearance in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Project X Zone, it is safe to say this series is popular. The Ace Attorney franchise also has various manga, 2 Capcom licensed doujin collections, and now an anime. But then the anime got trashed on and condemned as a bad adaptation. Now I Corey Censoredlastname will defend this animated adaptation of one of my favorite games.
STORY:
The story of the Ace Attorney franchise is really…
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To quote Franziska Von Karma, this anime is "A foolishly foolish idea born from the foolish mind of a foolhardy foolish fool". Being a large fan of the games, I was highly enthused to hear of an anime adaptation coming, however upon its release I was only met with a painful and bland imitation of the original games, and even separately so, this anime is still rather one-note and drab.
To the Anime's credit, I was rather pleased to see a good chunk of the anime's script was directly adapted from the games, this atleast lead to a coherent and unique narrative; and the sound design was even better, being quite possibly being the best thing in the series, and feels like a very pleasing overhaul of the original game soundtrack.
However this is where my compliments to the series end. Moving…
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Game design and animated series are two very completely different things. It may seem like a really absurd statement, but since Ace Attorney is an adaptation of a game, you need a good understanding of its game design, as to understand what would work on screen, since video games are executed in ways fitting to their gameplay. Sometimes, to make a game more engaging, you have to remove some realistic elements. Knowing this, I have decided to play the game myself, to understand why Ace Attorney is presented the way it is, some time during the time I was watching the anime. So I'd like to explain how the hook, the trials, work in the game, and why on screen the trials are really ridiculous.
You see, in the game, you are handling the trials. What you say, what arguments you refute and how yo…
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I would've given this a 4, but a 3 because I am an avid Ace Attorney fan for six to seven years, especially with the fact that this anime did not really do the main games any justice. Even, the walkthroughs on YouTube are better to watch. The anime is only decent if you really want to kill time, but it does not cut it for me.
The games do have several puns and memes, so this anime was a letdown for me because the execution was poor. If anything, I only like the opening because of my Feenie x Edgeypoo fangirl heart.
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I could wrap up this review in one sentence: 'what did you do to poor Phoenix?!' Okay one more: 'this anime was terribad'!
I guess it's not easy to do decent anime based on two games. Games that takes about 65 hours to beat them. But on the other side I loved Persona 4 anime, and to beat game you need over 100 hours.
I will start with acceptable things (don't confuse them with good!). Animation was goo... decent. Sometimes I wanted to pluck my eyes off but well Maya looked nice. If we would change Franziska's lips I believe it would fix her weird looks too. And hmmm characters looked kinda like the ones in game. But all the time I had feeling that they are weird and creepy! Bodies looked awkward. Dunno maybe it is me.
So let's look at Voice Actors. They did decent job but I just didn't…
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(Updated 24/9/16 with all episodes seen)
This is a spoiler-free review of Gyakuten Saiban, where the first two games (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All), also known as Gyakuten Saiban 1 and 2 in Japan) has been adapted.
The Ace Attorney series is a big series of games, with the first game released during 2001, and went on to boast a catalog of six main games and four side games. The games, as many fans claimed to be, are a parody of the justice system.
As such, many elements regarding the law in this show could be depicted as inaccurate as compared to its real-life counterpart. This show also bears strong supernatural elements, where the spirit channeling technique pretty much becomes the central theme of the story. Keep this in mind that yo…
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I didn't expect much out of this anime to begin with. Everyone wanted it, but from the very begginig I knew, that adapting the Pheonix Wright games was not the smartest idea. For the most part the story was pretty predictable, but I had hoped, that at least it would be a decent adaptation. I was wrong.
NOTE: I boosted scores by about a half or so, because of the second to last arc, that actually was really good in every aspect. Most of the stuff I'll write below does not apply to that arc.
You might like this anime if:
-You are a fan of the Pheonix Wright games
You might dislike this anime if:
-You never heard about Pheonix Wright. This anime does not have much to offer to you.
Story: 5
This is a mystery anime right? So why, for more than half of the cases, culprits are revealed at the…
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OBJECTION! I received new evidence regarding this anime. The prosecution has been approached with the following review.
Story:
These court cases are taken from the Ace Attorney games, but as I never played them, I have no idea how much they left out or added. Whatever, the laws of the court in this anime are pretty weird. Apparently every suspect is guilty untill proven innocent, and even when proven innocent, as long as you can't present the actual culprit, the verdict is still guilty. This is of course absolutely ridiculous and makes it nearly impossible to take this anime seriously. The rest is standard "main character showed me the true meaning of (subject of anime)" stuff.
3/10
Art:
Phoenix Wrigth doesn't look good. The characters often look very disfigured and there isn't much love…
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The courtroom is a wonderful place full of controversy and despair. Both the prosecution and defense have their own reasonings for choosing their sides, and the verdict in the end is never the most desired outcome. But we're not here to talk about everyone's right to a fair trial, we're here to talk about everyone's right to a fun trial with A-1's adaptation of the first two games of Ace Attorney. Put on your attorney's badge and get on your tiny bike. It's time for objections and nonsensical court cases!
Story: Naruhodo Ryuuichi is a new defense attorney who just got his license. Upon entering the courtroom to deal with his first case, he finds himself defending his friend, Yahari in a court case against him on the accusation of MURDER!!! Against prosecutor Mitsurugi Eiji, the two fight…
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STORY (7): This anime has good storylines. It takes 3-4 episodes to cover each case. In some cases, it feels like it can drag on but they touch on the details. It can also be pretty intense in court (between the Prosecutor and Defense) -- especially when both sides have to yell object and prove their case. During the examination of each witness, each of them brings something different. In some cases, they would leave us second guessing ourselves, but it can also be predictable.
CHARACTERS (7): They are numerous characters that are introduced in this series & they have so much personalities.
- Phoenix Wright (Ryuichi): New Defense Attorney who works for Chihiro. He is very kind, helpful and understanding. P.W. is passionate for what he does & has great deductive skills.
- Mia Fey (Chihiro…
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Let's tackle this tightrope walk, called "Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igi Ari!"
I don't want to make any excuses for a bad adaptation because, for me, it didn't feel like one. Was it on the top of anime adaptations from other source material that I've seen so far? - No
Was it horrible enough to bring me to the edge of dropping the series? - Hell no
You see, the games themselves are complex in a way you wouldn't expect them to be when you look at a summary of what you basically do. To transfer this from a platform that allows you to do investigation yourself, finding clues, and uncovering the truth, onto the screen were you're a passive watcher... that's no easy task.
To fairly judge the Ace Attorney anime you need to understand that it's not about copy and pasting the events on T…
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I cannot believe that now this is over. Before I start this review I will say that I have personally not played the Ace Attorney series but I have seen playthroughs of the games.
Story: If you have played the Ace Attorney games than this an adaptation of the first two games. I feel that this was a good adaptation of the game but their was some stuff that I totally feel I agree with the community with. The Changes that were made to Ace Attorney that came throughout the series made this interesting because it changed the anime up a lot. The changes were small but it made me like this a lot. The story I give a 9.
Art: The animation of Ace Attorney was really great since you have the Objections that Wrights said and it was handled perfectly. The Art I give an 8.
Sound: I could picture a…
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