Ace Attorney Anime Ep 22 Farewell, My Turnabout 2nd Trial

<p>The great Phoenix Wright finds himself in a difficult position within the<em> Ace Attorney<&sol;em> anime adaption&&num;8217&semi;s last story arc&period; The close friends that once would work together to find the truth are now separated against their will&period; <em>Farewell&comma; My Turnabout 2nd Trial<&sol;em> continues the conflict Maya and Phoenix find themselves in while attending the Hero of Heroes banquet&period; Juan Corrida&comma; known as the Jamm&&num;8217&semi;n Ninja&comma; was found murdered by stabbing in his dressing room&period; The main suspect is his stage rival&colon; Matt Engarde the Nickel Samurai&period; Just after Phoenix learns of the murder he receives information that Maya has been kidnapped by De Killer who has no interest in money&period; Instead&comma; he is requesting Phoenix to prove Matt&&num;8217&semi;s innocence for the murder of Juan in court or else Maya will be murdered as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The intensity of this situation comes through the screen well&period; Phoenix&&num;8217&semi;s voice quivers at the very thought of Maya&&num;8217&semi;s life in danger&period; He hasn&&num;8217&semi;t spoken with her and doesn&&num;8217&semi;t know if she is completely unharmed&period; A-1 Studios <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> animators worked out how to convey the emotional trial of working towards a life and death solution&period; The face of Phoenix&comma; Pearl and eventually Miles all reflects the real raw emotion of a real person&period; Miles&&num;8217&semi; return after disappearing for so long is artistically portrayed in a style owned by Miles&period; His demeanor in the courtroom demands the attention of all in attendance&period; At first&comma; his usual hard-core approach to the case seems to hurt Phoenix&&num;8217&semi;s ability to think clearly until he realizes something is off&period; The prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s recognition of a danger is portrayed quite well&period; This emotionally trying situation is played out both in the animation and in the voice recording is great&period; If this quality continues throughout the rest of the <em>Farewell&comma; My Turnabout<&sol;em> arc it would be a befitting ending to this adaptation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;127555" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-127555" style&equals;"width&colon; 1600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-127555" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;19163346&sol;Ace-Attorney-Farewell-my-turnabout-2nd-trial-pic-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1600" height&equals;"900" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-127555" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Ace Attorney Anime Farewell My Turnabout 2nd Trial &sol; A-1 Pictures<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The scenes of Maya surviving in a dark basement are a welcome to the often one-sided view points of this adaptation&period; Her desperation for being reunited with Phoenix comes through well yet she isn&&num;8217&semi;t given enough screen time&period; Maya&&num;8217&semi;s kidnapping scenario would have been a great time for the studio to slip in a flashback of Maya spending free time with Phoenix or her cousin Pearl&period; The anime is so driven towards the mystery&comma; clues and suspects it places the character&&num;8217&semi;s own stories in the background&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;127556" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-127556" style&equals;"width&colon; 1600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-127556" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;19163804&sol;Ace-Attorney-Farewell-my-turnabout-2nd-trial-pic-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1600" height&equals;"900" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-127556" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Ace Attorney Anime Farewell My Turnabout 2nd Trial &sol; A-1 Pictures<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>We already are aware of the relationship between Maya and Phoenix yet as an audience we can&&num;8217&semi;t help but crave to know more about these two&period; Almost every moment the audience sees of the main <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> cast is always centered around a mystery&period; There is little to no personal time given which would have made the characters more dynamic&period; At least the writers have continued the excellent mystery writing skills with each new arc&period; The subtle clues given and the thought process Phoenix goes through at each trial mimic the games which is a comfort to know that the anime reflects the games&&num;8217&semi; storyline so well&period; Disappointment still rules with the lack of creative direction&period; It seems after so watching so many episodes&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s clear backstory and &&num;8220&semi;non-work&&num;8221&semi; related moments are kept to a strict minimum&period; Sadly&comma; the love of the <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> games is the only reason to stick around till the end of this anime adaption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can watch the<em> Ace Attorney<&sol;em> anime at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;ace-attorney"><strong>Crunchyroll<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;