Japan (officially) wants an Ace Attorney anime

DeMatador · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:51 pm

If this Joystiq article is to trust, and I think it is, Ace Attorney is even more popular in Japan than what I thought.

Dangeki recently polled its readers, with the question "What video game series would you most like turned into an anime?"

Here's the Top 10 list:

Joystiq wrote:

* 1. Persona 4
* 2. Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series)
* 3. Okami
* 4. Kingdom Hearts
* 5. Idol Master
* 6. Metal Gear Solid
* 7. Yakuza
* 8. BlazBlue
* 9. Persona 3
* 10. Atelier Rorona

Capcom, wherever you are: Please, PLEASE listen to your fanbase this time!

Ninja Steve · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:58 pm

Indeed. This would get me to actually watch something. Done right, it could be the greatest thing ever.

Eduds · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:01 pm

I didn't expect to PW be ahead of Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear Solid.
I hope Capcom sees this list

neoswordmaster · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:30 pm

Wow this holds two pieces of good news for me.

The possibility of both an Ace Attorney and a more likely Persona 4 anime.

DeMatador · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:08 pm

Ninja Steve wrote:

Done right, it could be the greatest thing ever.

Considering the characters and story of Ace Attorney, I agree with you.

blueMagatama · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:46 pm

That would be awesome if when it was translated they id decent voice acting :payne:

nekonohime · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:59 pm

It's an awesome idea, but the only thing I'm worried about is the localization (i.e. voice acting, edits/cuts/censorship, etc...)

RandomJibberish · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:39 pm

I would love to see a PW anime, of course :godot:

@The above: Subs are your friend.

Ninja Steve · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:45 pm

nekonohime wrote:

It's an awesome idea, but the only thing I'm worried about is the localization (i.e. voice acting, edits/cuts/censorship, etc...)

Aye, that's the one thing that worries me, as well.

RandomJibberish wrote:

@The above: Subs are your friend.

I personally find subs to be annoying. Seeing words that don't match the sounds I hear messes me up something fierce.

ShadowEdgeworth · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:46 pm

I too, think this could be fantastic!

But! There is a catch. If the dubbed version is handled by 4kids (which it might well be), we're doomed. Just look what they did to Sonic X. The worst that could happen to a PW Anime is:

*Bad voice Acting. (Like in Sonic X)
*Franzy whipping someone scenes cut for violence.
*Diego and Mia are "Just friends" (Done with Sonic and Amy in Sonic X)
*Music edited to crappy comical style stuff (This was done in Sonic X too)
*Classic lines like "You're lying dammit, I can prove it!" in the Japanese version but not in the dubbed for being too epic.

Don't get me wrong, I like Sonic X. I hate 4Kids though. :edgeworth:

(Man was I critical or what!)

DeMatador · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:52 pm

ShadowEdgeworth wrote:

I too, think this could be fantastic!

But! There is a catch. If the dubbed version is handled by 4kids (which it might well be), we're doomed. Just look what they did to Sonic X. The worst that could happen to a PW Anime is:

*Bad voice Acting. (Like in Sonic X)
*Franzy whipping someone scenes cut for violence.
*Diego and Mia are "Just friends" (Done with Sonic and Amy in Sonic X)
*Music edited to crappy comical style stuff (This was done in Sonic X too)
*Classic lines like "You're lying dammit, I can prove it!" in the Japanese version but not in the dubbed for being too epic.

Don't get me wrong, I like Sonic X. I hate 4Kids though. :edgeworth:

(Man was I critical or what!)

Fansubbed versions fix all of this.

LySs · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:13 pm

You guys are so silly.
You seriously believe that 4kids would want to license a series based on a teen-rated video game?
Especially one that mainly centers around murder trials, lawyers, criminal justice systems, etc?
Remember they're called "4KIDS" for a reason. They license shows that were intended for a younger audience to begin with.

Croik · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:21 pm

I really don't think we'd have to worry about censorship if an AA anime was made and brought to America. It's pretty niche to begin with, and Capcom's most recent anime ventures (DMC and Basara) both went to Funimation. In the past that was a dreaded name for a dub fan, but they've improved a lot since those days and they pick up mature anime all the time.

The question of will we get it at all is much more pressing than what company will handle it.

Gerkuman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:43 pm

Funimation wasn't so bad even then, since DBZ got through it fairly unscathed. XD

I'm actually less worried about the localisation, and more concerned about how it'd actually be made. Unless things got tweaked to fit the anime. I'll explain: I've seen a lot of audio plays do the cross examinations as they were in the game.

Quote:

Apollo: I guess we'll have to bludgeon the answers out of him.
Trucy: Metaphorically, hopefully
Apollo: ... Probably.
//Shing!//
Witness: I used the knife to cut the bread, why would I cut the bread with a knife covered with blood?
OBJECTION!
Apollo: You call that a Knife? *holds up a spoon* That's a knife.
Witness: That's a spoon.
Judge: Mr. Justice, we've all played knifey-spoony before.

Sure it works for the game, but have you ever actually seen the court work like that? It wouldn't sound right, and it disrupts the flow. But, with a small tweak:

Quote:

Apollo: I guess we'll have to bludgeon the answers out of him.
Trucy: Metaphorically, hopefully
Apollo: ... Probably.
Apollo: Mr. X, you said that you'd used that knife to cut the bread, is that correct?
Witness: Yes, what else could I have used?
OBJECTION!
Apollo: You call that a knife? *holds up a spoon* That's a knife.
Witness: That's a spoon.
Judge: Mr. Justice, we've all played knifey-spoony before.

Now which do you prefer? It's little details like that that make me hope that, if it ever does come into production, the team knows the bits they have to tweak.

VHTaffy · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:45 pm

Funimation is terrible. They censored all the violence. Did you ever wonder why you didn't see blood in cartoons in America, but they were present in Japan? Funimation's fault. Chances are, Phoenix Wright being a murder-laden storyline, they're going to somehow alter it so that it takes all the punch out of the anime. I'd rather just watch subbed Japanese animes.

Perrydotto · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:47 pm

Good news, feeds my hope for an anime a little. I plead that Capcom will seriously consider this, and that we will get a welldone, unbutchered localization. It's fairly unlikely, but that won't keep me from wishing.

NinjaMonkey · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:48 pm

It'd be nice if AA got an anime of if its own (if Prof. Layton got an anime series, then AA definitely derserves one).

Not that I'd ever get to see it, though, living in the UK as I do. *sigh*

Ceres · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:49 pm

LySs wrote:

You guys are so silly.
You seriously believe that 4kids would want to license a series based on a teen-rated video game?
Especially one that mainly centers around murder trials, lawyers, criminal justice systems, etc?
Remember they're called "4KIDS" for a reason. They license shows that were intended for a younger audience to begin with.

Yeah, beefed up guys beating the crap out of each other, retarded ninja's assassinating people, and Death Gods killing each other is Cool.
But lawyers defending suspects in a murder case? that's just going too far. :/

Yaragorm · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:55 pm

I totally did a fanboy scream there. :gant:

I really don't mind dubbed animes due to my low standards and expectations...

So even if Ace Attorney Anime's dub turns out to be lousy for you guys, I'll still enjoy just because it's Ace Attorney. :will:

Chloebabes · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:58 pm

Seconded Yaragorm. =P Ace Attorney anime? I'm all for it. I don't care who does it really. It would be amazing. ^_^
Knowing me, I'd want both the dub and sub.

Gerkuman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:59 pm

Quote:

Funimation is terrible. They censored all the violence. Did you ever wonder why you didn't see blood in cartoons in America, but they were present in Japan? Funimation's fault.

Because cartoons are nothing without blood, right? They should make an anime made entirely of people chopping each others limbs off and drinking each others blood! I mean, that'd be totally radical dude. [/sarcasm]

Seriously, the most important thing to anime should be the story, and blindly localising it to appease the Wocky's in the audience would be stupid. As such, I don't mind the blood being removed in a show like DBZ. (Though they should aim the AA anime at a high enough audience to allow everything to happen, obviously; it's murder mysteries)

Also I've edited my previous post with stuff, It'd be nice if you all went back and gave it a look if you haven't already.

Darling Dream · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:21 pm

Is it bad that I'm far more glad Persona 4 is number one than Phoenix Wright being number 2?

Johnny Rotan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:22 pm

8D

If it happens we must demand it be released here as an english version.
But tie up the censors and throw them into a river first. :edgeworth:

Yaragorm · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:24 pm

Darling Dream wrote:

Is it bad that I'm far more glad Persona 4 is number one than Phoenix Wright being number 2?

~~It is very bad and you should be hanged...~~

No not really...I mean it's good that Ace Attorney even made it into second place... :yuusaku:

neoswordmaster · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:25 pm

Darling Dream wrote:

Is it bad that I'm far more glad Persona 4 is number one than Phoenix Wright being number 2?

No, plus it's more likely (with Tales and Final Fantasy animes already in existance, plus a manga for both P3 and P4).

Heck, I'm excited too (I also want to say something rude to Kingdom Hearts fans but I hold my tounge...err finger).

evangelian007 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:59 am

Wow! Phoenix Wright is more famous that Kingdom hearts and MGS? :udgy:

But still I really hope they make an anime based on PW.I just hope it's done right. :lana:

Jahyuu · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:21 am

Wow, I wouldn't have figured Ace Attorney to be pulling ahead of KH in terms of popularity, especially since I think the latest KH games still outsold GK. (And the fact that Okami is even on that list fills me with indecent amounts of squealy joy, except I'm not sure if they'd have the budget or inclination to make it half as beautifully stylized as the game.)

Out of the current localization companies, Funimation's one of the better ones. :/ I think the chances of 4Kids getting it or even WANTING it are next to nil, seeing as how they haven't been doing so well lately. If Funi's picked up stuff like Soul Eater I don't think they'd go out of their way to censor an AA anime--like Croik said, it's got a niche audience, too. If anything, it'd be like a "kid's version" of CSI or Law & Order, and much of the "violence" in the AA games are either gags (Pearl slapping Nick, Franziska whipping people) that would probably get played up in typical over-the-top anime humor, or really not that graphic at all. The WORST we've seen in-game art is probably 1-3, with the impaling flashback... thing.

The games' localization stateside is applauded as pretty much some of the best in the industry, so even if it is brought over to US/other countries, I wouldn't be too intensely worried. Personally, I prefer the english voice clips in the game to the originals, and there's always subs for purists.

Silverpaw · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:08 am

I'd love to see this, but I have a feeling that there'll be quite a lot of filler episodes. As in, the type of stories found in the published manga (collection of doujins, rather). Then again, even the most ridiculous of fillers would be okay, if it means we get a PW anime. x3

Croik · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:17 am

VeryHappyTaffy wrote:

Funimation is terrible. They censored all the violence. Did you ever wonder why you didn't see blood in cartoons in America, but they were present in Japan? Funimation's fault. Chances are, Phoenix Wright being a murder-laden storyline, they're going to somehow alter it so that it takes all the punch out of the anime. I'd rather just watch subbed Japanese animes.

You're talking about the Funimation of 10 years ago Not that PW is all that violent to begin with - the most violent murders are blunt force trauma or maybe a stab wound, and we never actually see them occur. What's there to censor?

Even in the games they all drink JUICE.

ammchan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:23 am

Jahyuu wrote:

Out of the current localization companies, Funimation's one of the better ones. :/

Thisthisthisthisthisthis. Thank you. <3

On topic: I so would watch a PW anime, I really hope they make one!
(I haven't played any of the Persona games...)

Yaragorm · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:26 am

Croik wrote:

Even in the games they all drink JUICE.

I swear, at one point somebody drank tea....

Back on topic, If there was an anime, the localization should make the people who voice the guys in the game be there.

Ninja Steve · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:32 am

Croik wrote:

Even in the games they all drink JUICE.

A-HEM!

Now that THAT'S out of the way, I think if this were to go through, the end result would be fine. And if it's not... well, we'll all find a way to deal with it.

Croik · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:46 am

I mean as opposed to BOOZE.

Yaragorm · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:00 am

Croik wrote:

I mean as opposed to BOOZE.

Oh, that makes more sense....

grim_tales · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:26 am

I'd love to see a PW animé. it would be the best thing ever if done properly.
New cases (and ones not from the game) would be great!

grim_tales · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:44 am

Yaragorm wrote:

Croik wrote:

Even in the games they all drink JUICE.

I swear, at one point somebody drank tea....

Back on topic, If there was an anime, the localization should make the people who voice the guys in the game be there.

I agree, we have those voices in our head now,
I havent played any of the Persona games either, are they like RPGs? Maybe a Persona game will be on Wii?

TheBaronAndEma · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:09 am

it was enevitable.

I like to see how this turns out. :phoenix:

Sebastian Stark · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:29 am

YES...Oh, Capcom, Make this happen PLX...We all wuv you really. :3

Gerkuman · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:39 am

I'm starting to wonder why I even write long posts in topics like this, no-one reads them.

neoswordmaster · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:17 pm

grim_tales wrote:

I havent played any of the Persona games either, are they like RPGs? Maybe a Persona game will be on Wii?

They are great RPG's and I highly reccomend it. Most of the Megami Tensei(so fun to say) games are on Sony's consoles (with the only recent exeption being Devil Survivor on the DS), so it is unlikely that a Persona game will be on the Wii.

Gerkuman wrote:

I'm starting to wonder why I even write long posts in topics like this, no-one reads them.

I read it.