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| Having recently played through the games again, while searching something up for one of the games, I found out there was going to be an anime like three days ago, so I was hyped for this since these games are my jam. I thought the intro was way cringy. I don't know why they decided to go with the EVERYBODY RUNS THROUGH THE CREDITS for the intro. The music ended really abruptly too. It really annoyed me how they showed the guy who actually killed her, since they didn't do that ingame and it would have added some mystery for anybody who has never played the games.. since it's an adaption of the GAME series. (edit: I would edit this out entirely, but the quotations below make no sense, so just forgive my mistake. I know now that they show the guy infact, does kill her.) I have a problem with these things in general, but: - Phoenix's eyebrows. They aren't noticible in the game, but that little lightning flick is so annoying. - Mia's spot/pimple/beauty mark thing. I thought I had dirt on my screen everytime I saw it. I never noticed it ingame. I'm nitpicking on those things, but to be honest, I'll watch anything and even though I complain, I'll continue to watch it but my heart yearns for the fact there will be no Butz jokes and nothing about Edgeworth being edgy. Speaking of Edgeworth, his eyes look weird, like too close together. They should be smaller and he should look like he is in midst of smelling a fart constantly. The anime looks way too clear and crisp, but this is somebody who is too used to the Nintendo DS graphics. What the animation actually looks like, I don't care. The game itself is far from serious. |
EnbizakaApr 2, 2016 1:20 PM
James278 said: Maxsk1 said: While your concerns with it being rushed are not unfounded, this case takes only about 35-40 minutes in the game and that is when you have to listen to testimonies again and again to find contradictions.So a case that took 2-3 hours in the original game was rushed in about 10-15 minutes, and they took out a lot of key points and contradictions that led to the final contradiction Which can be easily done by having some actually CREATIVE writing and directing and showing those contradictions. There are thousands of ways one can portray thinking. What they did was basically cut up parts of the case from game and threw it into the show. |
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Enbizaka said: It really annoyed me how they showed the guy who actually killed her, since they didn't do that ingame and it would have added some mystery for anybody who has never played the games.. since it's an adaption of the GAME series. Please watch the first minute of this video. |
| this 1st episode was very bizarre for me. I'm a very fan of Ace Attornery videogames, so after watching the episdoe really felt strange, because how they develope in the anime felt different as how was in the game. Unfortunately, it don't have the same tension of the games. The court was pretty fast since the lack of cross examination (they even no gave chance to the shitty "novice killer" a chance to defend his position), so really no felt the tension and serious part of the game. sure, this episode is not a game, is an anime, so it should be judge as an anime but I love the games :< for my safety maybe no keep watch it. so is fine for the general audience, although this is a massive spoilers for those who haven't yet play the game and want to do it in a future (is not the same play it knowing the answers than use ur grey matter for a while). |
James278 said: Maxsk1 said: While your concerns with it being rushed are not unfounded, this case takes only about 35-40 minutes in the game and that is when you have to listen to testimonies again and again to find contradictions.So a case that took 2-3 hours in the original game was rushed in about 10-15 minutes, and they took out a lot of key points and contradictions that led to the final contradiction Also it's just a tutorial made to teach you the gameplay and show a bit of the characters, but it's pretty simple. |
Tacas said: Enbizaka said: It really annoyed me how they showed the guy who actually killed her, since they didn't do that ingame and it would have added some mystery for anybody who has never played the games.. since it's an adaption of the GAME series. Please watch the first minute of this video. well certainly by 'having played the game recently' I meant with a concussion after completing the case. I totally forgot about that. I must have mistaken it since the cases after the first do not show the killer (even in the second game, they don't show who killed Maggey's boyfriend). |
| Well... Look. There was definitely a lot of love here. There were a lot of neat references to the games, and the little green text boxes are super neat. It's also just as hammy and over the top as it should be, so there's that. But HOT DAMN, that animation. It made DB Super look like Stardust Memories. Not only did the show look choppy and weird, the OP looked like utter garbage. And i normally don't care for that kinda stuff, because often it's just half a frame and nobody was even gonna see it anyway, but here it's VERY obvious. I guess it's just like they say; when something smells, it's the Butz A-1 Pictures. Despite that, however... i can't lie. I was super hype at the end there. Although, that isn't really an indication that the show is good; maybe i just love the games that much. |
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Enbizaka said: I totally forgot about that. I must have mistaken it since the cases after the first do not show the killer (even in the second game, they don't show who killed Maggey's boyfriend). By the way, what is that key chain thingy on Phoenix' bag? Is it Steel Samurai related? If I remember correctly, he shouldn't know what the Steel Samurai is until the third case... |
TacasApr 2, 2016 11:15 AM
| Sooo this is like the Dangan Ronpa adaptation. Ok, I really have to play the game. Why do the best games have the worst luck when comes to adaptations? |
| As an Ace Attorney fan, this adaptation is great! The dialogues are very faithful to the game, and hearing the OSTs from the game literally made me jizzed in my pants. Also, they also faithfully replicated the "reactions" of the characters. The running in the OP looks awfully jerky and the ending did not appear as dramatic as I thought. We are just done with the "tutorial" case, the next one will be a lot better! |
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| As a person who played the first Ace Attorney game, I find this adaptation really interesting. :) They kept the goofiness of the original game and they did not deviate from the original material (though a lot of conversations were cut). I think I'll see this anime through. :)) |
| The first episode was fine. This episode was based on the tutorial case and there isn't much to actually animate. I'm sure that starting next week, the series will become more enjoyable and "robust" in content. The first episode seems "rushed" because they cut out all the: "Pressing the witness for extra testimonies" segments. In the video game you would be pressing every statement to gain more information. Even then it's just the first case ever, you can complete it without actually pressing any statements, which happend in the Anime. |
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| Not quite exactly what I was expecting but wasn't bad at all. Animation seems pretty simple. I liked how they coped with the trial and how they gave it a nice denouement. |
| It appears that they're going with the original story of the VN. Art style is eh, and I'm very disappointed they didn't use the "Cornered" song at the end. |
| Not really my thing. I'll stick to the three episode rule and see how it goes I guess. |
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Tohka_Yatogami said: It wasn't that bad at all. This. As a huge Ace Attorney fan I expected something far worse |
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| Decent adaptation so far, especially considering it's A-1 that's a miracle in itself |
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| Not sure how I feel about it. I can't say I'm impressed by the direction and the pacing. I guess the production team want to speed through the first 3 cases to spend more time with the last one but I think they are sacrificing a bit too much in the progress. Let's see how they are going to present the investigation scenes in the next episodes. |
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| The animation felt a bit off even tho it's A-1 Pictures. Yuki Kaji doesn't fit at all as Nick's VA (tbh they should've gone with Hosoya). But a nice episode overall. Like said above, it felt kind of rushed but it was fine anyway. |
| Objection!!! Why put Comedy in the Court scene ?! not really fit well in my opinion!! at least something thrilling like Danganronpa would be great XD but, anyway, GG! i guess (?) i still think the first episode is interesting, but unfortunately the animation.... :( i think i have to get used to it. the Court scene still interesting, other than that, this show makes me to imagine "What if Sora from No Game No Life was playing the MC role ? or maybe Sora and Shiro were playing the MC role ?" kinda fun to imagine something like that while watching this anime XD looking foward to the next episode then :D |
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| An okay first episode. I think it has the potential to be a 8, |
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| No idea if it's a decent adaptation since I've never played the game, but I think it was pretty nice for a first episode. Also, I really love the OP and ED. |
| You know what would probably make this amazing (if they still existed)? Give it the ADV treatment. |
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| Err ... a bit rushed, I Understood what was watching just because I have played some games, thought. Also, it seems to have lost the tension in courtroom, I believe that reason is lack of contradictions, objections and twists in the case (adapting/cuting dialogues). If it is to be rushed, doesn't need waste too much time in goofy scenes with Naruhodou Ryuuichi/Phoenix, save time for important things, just a bit for jokes so (for rushing). OST used in crucial/decisive moments was a strong point of the games, but this anime ... I didn't see it having a good use. Moreover Naruhodou (anime) is very behaved in the cross-examine, please, slam on the desk and show your intimidating glare toward everyone in your way lol. However, believe it can be watchable, if not, at least for who played the games. *This is not a camouflaged recommendation. lol |
TheFilthyCasual said: No need for that, this already exists:You know what would probably make this amazing (if they still existed)? Give it the ADV treatment. |
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| Gods, I'm a big AA fan, played the first game in particular multiple times, and I have to state this: If LARRY BUTZ is the best thing about your anime episode (introductory at that), you have a bad anime coming. Honestly, I liked Larry. And I don't hate the Naruhodo seiyuu, he is fine. But everything else, from music to art to pacing, is utter crap. I swear that a straight playthrough is much more exciting to watch than this. WHY, CAPCOM, WHY THE CHEAPNESS? PS> For those fans, who never seen it, a fan-animated eye-bleach AMV set for "Spark" (from the LA Gyakuten movie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76pDWm41zH4 (mildly spoilerific for non-fans) |
chaosdxApr 2, 2016 12:57 PM
| This feels like a decent adaptation so far but this first episode was rather first paced. I wished they used the soundtrack better considering the game OST is great. |
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Tacas said: By the way, what is that key chain thingy on Phoenix' bag? Is it Steel Samurai related? If I remember correctly, he shouldn't know what the Steel Samurai is until the third case... Looking at him closer, it does look like a little Steel Samurai, but it seems to zoom in on the keychain while talking about Larry, unless that is completely irrelevant.. (but it's gotta have some relevancy to be zoomed into..) No, no, my point was that they don't show who kills who at the beginning of the case, but I misremembered this with the first case in the first game. Of course they'll show who kills who at the end, who cares about that. |
sadpotato250 said: It's been too long since I've seen this! I really need to rewatch this.TheFilthyCasual said: No need for that, this already exists:You know what would probably make this amazing (if they still existed)? Give it the ADV treatment. |
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sadpotato250 said: Yeah but I think this guy should play Phoenix.TheFilthyCasual said: No need for that, this already exists:You know what would probably make this amazing (if they still existed)? Give it the ADV treatment. |
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| It was an alright episode, seeing all the comments about how the cases do get better, I'll give this show a chance, as I do like those solving a case kind of stories. |
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| Of all the things to complain abut is the pacing really one of them? I mean, it was bad I guess, but who really wants two episodes for just the tutorial case? Buuuuuut if it keeps up like this for future episodes then we'll have a real issue. |
gedataApr 2, 2016 1:15 PM
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gedata said: Of all the things to complain abut is the pacing really one of them? I mean, it was bad I guess, but who really wants two episodes for just the tutorial case? Buuuuuut if it keeps up like this for future episodes then we'll have a real issue. It shows zero effort in the actual adaptation department. There could have been meaningful 20-something minutes, chosen and set meaningfully from the tutorial case, not the 1:1 rehash we got (which ofc scaled badly). |
| Ok, I wasn't expecting much anyways, since Kaji was confirmed for Phoenix lmao |
| Not a huge fan of the art style or the OP OBJECTION |
| why was it so hyped? so average |
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