#aa anime

[iamtheoneandonlyever]

ME AND GUMSHOE HAVE THE SAME FRICKIN REACTION OMLLL

the train episode IS BOMB, ACTUALLY

[inbarfink]

Ace Attorney Fandom Survey!

[beebisbeeble]

i have too much power for my sleep deprived mind

[lucifers-simp]

They stole his melanin

[musashi]

You said in one of your youtube videos I think that the aa anime had your favorite characterization and I was wondering if you'd like to elaborate on that a bit more? I haven't watched it yet kother than the bloopers video lol) and I'm just curious as to what it does differently than the games

it is true to the games in every regard, but it has extra time to add character flourish that the games cannot.

just some examples: maya moves around erratically in every space she's in, the foley work is amazing so you can hear her wooden sandals on the ground and the clink of her beads hitting themselves. she barrels through crime scenes, accidentally smacks phoenix all the time because she isn't paying attention to what she's doing, and just has room to be more 'maya-like' because she's in an animated space and not stuck in a VN with mostly-static screens.

phoenix's internal monologue is replaced by long, lingering shots of him silently studying evidence as he finds it. moments where he connects everything come as instant revelations and you are left on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what he will say, rather than having to piece it together yourself. his character is incredibly pronounced in the anime especially--the core tenet of him is 'faith' and this is shown wonderfully time and time again.

(see, the scene in episode 2 where maya says she doesn't want him defending her, so he bikes in the rain all day to the office of every single defense attorney in the county begging for their help. the flashback scene in episode 13 where larry is insisting that miles has abandoned them and is about to crush miles' keychain under his foot, and phoenix dives for it and lets larry smash his fingers instead.)

miles in game is described as being sad-looking and watery-eyed, always kind of holding pain in his body and expression. you get to see that in the anime, instead of just having it told to you, and it does an amazing job at softening his character and endearing him to you in an instant

the anime supplements tons to established relationships. i talked in that video about how i love what it does to the prosecutor family, it shows you miles as a teenage boy and surrounds him in imagery (flower language, the clothes he wears, wide shots of him stuck at a fork in the road) that tells you he does not know what to do or who to be. and it shows you how the von karmas take care of him, and how it is miles' choice to be a prosecutor.

in the anime, franziska never has her 'miles was like a little brother to me' line because the anime shows you instead of telling you.

the anime offers insight into manfred von karma's thoughts on miles, which are notably remorseful and kind. it offers flashbacks to a time when franziska was protective and loving toward miles, doing everything in her power to pull him out of his trauma-induced depression and help him process grief.

the AA anime loves using symbolic storytelling. flower language is a big one, light is another. light is constantly used to convey truth, enlightenment, joy. this shot where franziska is literally in miles shadow as her father begins the process of choosing him over her, but she smiles with her whole face because she finally got him to smile for the first time since they've met, is literally a fucking masterpiece to me. i could write my dissertation on this scene alone.

the anime shows us everything we do not get in the games, all the little things we wish we could be privy to. it shows us mia giving maya the best day she possibly can, before asking maya--with the full expectation that maya may say no--if she would be willing to head the fey clan.

the anime gives us the progression of miego's relationship, literally SHOWS them falling in love

the anime gives us the fucking hospital scene that everyone is insane about!

and, of course, the anime gives us the little tiny baby signal trio, all running around and playing pretend as their favourite toku heroes.

these keychains that larry wins the three of them are a thruline throughout the whole show. phoenix keeps his on his briefcase, exposed to the world just like his heart, its paint chipping from years of love.

miles keeps his hidden away, close to his chest, pristine after all those years. even as the demon prosecutor, he never gets rid of it. even when he chooses death, he takes the memory of his two best friends with him.

the ace attorney anime is a fucking masterpiece. it takes these pre-established characters and breathes new life into them without losing sight of their original intention. every choice it makes is beautiful, rich with depth and nuance and love. it is genuinely no wonder the fandom hates it so much, which how much it clashes with their often black-and-white views of these characters who were never intended to be that way.

obviously, as a new medium, it does have to make some changes to adapt properly. but i have decided i am no longer speaking any problems i have with those changes, because i am sick to bastard death of negativity on all sides of me and would rather just publicly profess my love to this anime forever.

watch the aa anime.

(hey, dipshits in my notes! read the above banner, and then read it again! read it a third time, for good measure! are you typing a tag that starts with 'the anime has it's problems, but--' or 'the anime did a lot of things wrong, but--'? consider: no one fucking asked! not everything in the world needs your opinion, person with severe main character syndrome who doesn't know how to shut the fuck up! stop using parroting other people's opinions as a personality replacement and log off this website. take up a hobby. don't reblog my post. ten thousand whip lashes.)

[midgardianqueenreturns]

I see some people claim that the anime retconned child Miles Edgeworth into always being serious even before DL-6…and um, are you sure?

[turnabout-cats]

ace attorney characters as cats day 88: throwing in a personal hc that edgeworth has classical music playing in his car when there's others around but when it's just him he has the entire steel samurai soundtrack ready to go

[zaddyazula]

the narumitsu in the anime is crazy i just had to pause it and stare at the invisible cameraman

[mutxnts]

don't call it a comeback, i been here for years

(flashing cw)

[arcsin27]

I’m sorry but this was unreasonably funny. Best part of the show.

[iamtheoneandonlyever]

now watching sound the turnabout melody from the aa anime and more thoughts:

AWWW THE ADVERTISEMENT MAYA AND NICK ARE DOING its so frickin adorable (i know the first person to like that video is miles, but shhhh)

THE SIGNAL SAMURAI THEME SONG YAYYY

onto the flashback now, and rainbow samurai hm?? 👀👀

franziska dressing pess up to make miles smile, MY HEART CANT TAKE THIS she was so adorable and nice to miles before the competitiveness took over T-T

manfred, at least greet your kids and the puppy :( , stop tryna be an edgelord

omg miles 🥺🥺🥺 that nightmare :((((

the fucking- not miles' dad already having told miles the truth he'd been seeking for a year after turnabout goodbyes, byee gonna go cry

von karma lying through his teeth "i don't care about my record" sure

so von karma is either lying again, or he did actually somewhat respect gregory. see this is why i like him as a character. i do not like him at all, but pulling apart his thoughts is so intriguing AAAA esp after @azalawa-scroggs character study fic

the sudden flashbacks when miles hears the signal samurai theme has my heart, its the golden light to show the nostalgia the good times AEUGH i love the animators who worked on this

OMGGG MILES' FIRST EVEN PROSECUTION!! even tho it wasnt in court but yeahhhhhhh (so von karma saw the potantial and held off the orphanage paperwork i see i see)

THE START OF THE CRAVAT

franziska smiling is the best thing i've seen today, my eyes have been blessed

im not crying, you're crying. so, had phoenix not requested the signal samurai theme song, miles wouldnt have caught on to that woman, and von karma wouldve given miles up to adoption and nothing of the main series wouldve happened and it wouldve been even worse for all parties involved. yes, miles was led into the wrong path of what being a prosecutor means, but hey, at least he got to live a better life than the orphanage would've provided so PHOENIX HAS BEEN SAVING MILES SINCE THE. VERY. FUCKING. START. IM NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING

MILES LIKED THE ADVERTISEMENT VIDEO THINGY AWWW I am going to cry. again

so yes, great episode, 10/10, i want to bite my fingers off, but i will instead consume biscuits

[inbarfink]

[zukoromantic]

Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney anime s2 ep1

He's literally my favorite guy you don't understand

[lucifers-simp]

I really need to know where the fuck they're keeping all the melanin they keep stealing from the anime characters

[dreamsy990]

thing i noticed that some people apparently missed, in the first aa season 1 op theres a drawing of trucy and mr hat on the sidewalk. im pretty sure the rest of the drawings here are references too, but i dont get them if so. throw them at me if you have any ideas tho

[midgardianqueenreturns]

Say what you will about the Ace Attorney anime but at least it deserves credit for being the first official AA media to outright go with Edgeworth being adopted by the von Karmas when the games were ambiguous about it (esp. in the og Japanese), moving that plot point from “fanon” to “secondary canon” (here’s to hoping future games just outright confirm it with no room for doubt or something).

But shhh I say it’s already canon