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Interesting note on rice balls with Pokemon, fact is WWII era, rice ball was a derogatory term for Japanese people. Given that 4Kids is usually much more careful about what flies by their radar, it may be that they simply didn't want to risk stirring anything if that sort. The solution, it's a donut.
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God this anime is so bad
It's actually not super-terrible for being an adaptation of Ace Attorney for Ace Attorney fans, but it isn't that good either. And for non-Ace Attorney fans looking to jump in with the anime, I'm afraid all this is going to do is turn them off from the series completely. From the perspective of someone who hasn't played the games, the pacing, humor, and plot are all... shit. And the 6.45 rating from roughly 8,600 MAL users solidifies that. And it really pains me to say that. |
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Personally I rather enjoyed the latest episode. I thought the pacing was fine, even if they're doing the DR thing by breezing through investigations to get to the trial. And the humor actually worked IMO.
Spoiler: show As for the plot, I was actually kinda on the edge of my seat by the cliffhanger ending. Since I hardly remember anything about the early cases, I'm sorta surprised by the twists and turns in this one. Honestly I have no idea who the culprit is at this point, so no spoilers!
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Two-thirds through Episode 05 and we just got to hear the original nickname that became "Edgey" in the West:
Spoiler: show Also: interesting how they don't call the Steel Samurai the full word samurai originally. Disappointed by how utterly condensed Case 3 Day 1 became. Inevitable given the format, but disappointing. Probably takes between 1 and 2 hours just to explore the studio grounds on Day 1, before even setting foot in court. Then the first round of court is probably another 1 to 2 hours. Let's round down and say it adds up to 2 total hours for all of Day 1. We still didn't get that. One twenty-minute treatment for six twenty-minute chunks' worth of game time. Go play the games, folks. Show is amusing for me as an existing fan but is the Deen UBW movie all over again as far as following the plot goes.
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I remember who the culprit is, but I didn't remember when I played the game for the second time a long time ago. So I share that experience of excitement and rediscovery with you too, though we're separated in time and medium.
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Episode 06 continues the trend of being entertaining but inferior to the source material. To the writing team's credit, it's a tough task to condense a multi-hour plot into only 75 minutes, and several of the changes the team made to the story deserve polite nods for effectively achieving this goal. There are also a few cute made-for-TV mini-changes that I rather liked! But some of the other changes I'm less thrilled about, and by episode's end I am left scratching my head wondering -- why does an anime that likely has more than seven episodes after Case 2 is finished insist on telling Case 3 in only three?
Spoiler: show So let's talk about the episode. Spoiler: show
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I didn't like either of those two changes. ^^; Spoiler: show I thought the episode was fine. I think the game of cat and mouse is much more exciting in the game than it was as televised, but what can you do?
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So, it looks like the anime is in fact not ending with Turnabout Goodbyes. We're getting an episode 14 after all, and with it, an adaptation for Justice for All.
I'm actually really surprised. I would imagine this means they will end the season at episode 26 though... unless they pull a double whammy and just plan to animate the third game as well, possibly even more....!? |
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Unrushed 26'er for 1 > rushed 26'er for 1 and 2
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THE OTHER BEST GIRL HAS APPEARED I can't handle all these cute kiddies help
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Just finished Episode 13, the made-for-TV flashback episode that serves as sort of a bridge between Games 1 and 2. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, which is nice.
Spoiler: show Not too thrilled with the anime's character design of Pearl, but Pearl Fey is best Fey so I hafta check out the next episode. Not to mention that the next case is one of my all-time favorites.
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I'm still watching this, and I still look forward to each episode release. I just haven't had much to say. I don't know if I'll be on standby with the rest of the show or not. The sub group I have been watching this show under hasn't been active this past week. They seem to be the only guys I know of who don't localize the show, so I hope they're on vacation or something.
I found the first game trilogy on sale in the 3ds store for around $16, so I purchased them. Not sure if it'll ruin my experience of the anime, but eh. Also, are there any cases that don't involve murder? You would think there's something a little more lighthearted. Like maybe Naruhodo has to defend this guy accused of train groping, and it turns out the girl was groped by her jealous friend trying to get the accused guy's attention. |
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So far it's always been murder. Sometimes other crimes are the killer's main thing and the murder was just a bullet point in the other crime's list. But yeah, always murder.
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Beat the first game! The anime killed the sense of discovery for 4 of the cases. I mean, I still had to figure out when to present stuff, but I already knew the major answers, so that's a bit of a letdown. I'm torn on the fact that they didn't include case 5. Hooo boy it was a doozy. It would be nice to see it animated, but if it was included, I would have been spoiled.
You don't get the sense of excitement and tension from the anime that you get from the game. The anime tells the story fairly well. Case 3 had more feels in the anime than the game. Though some of the "special effects" in the anime are annoying. Finger pointing and finger snapping blow people away apparently, which is just silly. One thing I find strange in the game is how Mayoi, Chihiro, and Yahari have worse art quality than everyone else. I guess they were designed earlier than the other characters, and the designers didn't want to give them updated art? The art does leave an impact on you that I don't recall feeling from the anime. In the game, when I first saw the actor for Steel Samurai, I thought "Holy fuck this guy looks gnarly as hell!". It might just be my imagination though. Mayoi's cuter in the anime, and I guess that's all that matters to alot of people! |
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On the one hand, it sucks that the anime "ruined" the first two games for you. They're some of my favorite games of all time, I've replayed them 3+ times at this point (which for me is a lot; I've played no other visual novels as much!) ... On the other hand, you make it pretty clear that they didn't "ruin" the games for you. They ruined the plot twists' opportunity to surprise you, obviously, but that's it. It's no different from the three of us watching FSN back in '06, '07 and then later playing the VN. We don't feel like our VN experience was "ruined," and why should we? Maybe not "supremely ideal" or whatever, but still very solid. If you are a little disappointed by how only AA1 Case 5 has gotten to excite you so far (because all the others, you already know what to say and do at every turn), I suppose I would say I have good news for you. While some of my all-time favorite cases are in AA1 and AA2, some of my all-time favorite cases are in each of the games. I actually just completed AA5 tonight myself, and the "bonus case" (it's a long story) joins the ranks of all-time favorite cases in the series, though I'm not sure it's my favorite of AA5 itself (I've still gotta think about it some more). Even better, it seems like 80% of the fandom is of the opinion that AA3 is the best game in the franchise. And the anime isn't going to touch that with a ten-foot pole from what I understand. So you'll have that one completely to yourself. I don't know the breakdown for the remaining 20%, but I do know that I consider the black sheep of the family, AA4, to be right on up there as one of the best entries into the franchise. It's ... controversial, for reasons you'll discover once you get there. But I like it a lot. AA6 comes out in North America next month! It already came out in Japan. I'm pretty stoked.
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I'm actually not sure what to think on what the anime did to me on the first game. It took out the surprises and the sense of accomplishment from figuring out the cases, but the anime is what made me interested in the franchise in the first place, so saying it ruined my experience would be unfair.
For AA3, I'm not really worried. At the pace I'm going at, I'll finish each game within a week, so I'll be finished by the time the anime would cover AA3. I'm probably not going to watch any more until I finish the AA2 anyway. For AA4, I'm a bit frustrated on. When I purchased the first three games, the trilogy bundle was $16. AA4 was on sale as well for $11. I didn't know if I would like the games or not, so I held off until trying them out before buying 4. Unfortunately, the sale was over when I decided to go ahead and buy 4, so it's $30 again! I'm not sure how much it is in game stores, because I can't find it on the sites. |
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Episode 19 reminded me of why I stopped watching the CR rips. "Burger noodles"
Actually I found the circus arc's adaptation to be pretty bad. I'm hoping it's not because my perspective has been altered by playing the games. Afterall, it's the first case I played before I watched. I guess I can halfass compare what I remember. I'll use English names, because remembering two sets of name is a pain in the ass. (Episode 19/20 spoilers) Spoiler: show I beat the third game, and I'm waiting for Apollo Justice to arrive. I did not expect to enjoy this series as much as I did. I guess even I have a need for shounen lawyer battles. I loved game 3's end picture so much. |
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