Ace Attorney (anime)

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Gyakuten Saiban: Sono “Shinjitsu”, Igiari!^[1] (Turnabout Trial: I object to that truth!) is an anime adaptation^[2]^[3] of Capcom's Ace Attorney series of visual novel legal thriller adventure games. Produced by A-1 Pictures, the anime series was first announced at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show during Capcom's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice stage presentation and premiered in April 2016 in Japan.^[4] The anime streaming site Crunchyroll is providing a subtitled version for online viewing outside Asia. ^[5] A second season premiered on October 6th 2018.^[6]^[7]

Plot[]

The first season is based on the first two games in the original trilogy (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Justice For All) and the second season is based on the third game Trials and Tribulations.^[8]^[7]

The story takes place in an alternate world where the court system has been changed to the point where trials held in first instance courts must reach a verdict within three days.

Phoenix Wright is a rookie defense lawyer who works under his mentor, Mia Fey. When Mia is suddenly murdered, Phoenix befriends her younger sister Maya, a medium-in-training with the power to call on the spirits of the dead. Joined by Maya, Phoenix stands up to defend his clients on court, often butting heads with the prosecutor Miles Edgeworth who used to be one his childhood friend and is now a ruthless man determined to obtain a guilty veredict by all means necessary, no matter if the defendant is actually innocent or not.

Characters[]

Character	Voice Actor
Ryuichi Naruhodou/Phoenix Wright	Yuuki Kaji
Mayoi Ayasato/Maya Fey	Aoi Yuuki
Reiji Mitsurugi/Miles Edgeworth	Masashi Tamaki
Chihiro Ayasato/Mia Fey	Chie Nakamura
Masashi Yahari/Larry Butz	Tooru Nara
Keisuke Itonokogiri/Dick Gumshoe	Masami Iwasaki

Episodes[]

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Production staff[]

Chief Producer: Yuji Kikukawa
Producer: Kouji Nagai
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Character Design: Keiko Ota
Music: Kaoru Wada
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Series Production: Yomiuri TV/A-1 Pictures
Advisor: Shu Takumi

Development[]

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You can help Capcom Database by expanding it. On February 19th, 2016, Shu Takumi posted a message on Twitter, and announced that voice recording for the anime series has begun. It’s all a bit new for him, as he’s never been involved with the production of an anime series before.^[9]

The staff, cast and crew were also revealed in December 19, 2015, the day the official website opened. NNS then later confirmed and revealed the anime's release date.

Other media[]

A manga adaptation by Naoyuki Kageyama was serialized in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine. A Real Escape game based on the anime was announced, it take place in the summer 2016 in several major cities across Japan.^[10]

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