Ace Attorney Anime Episode 11 Review

<p>It is becoming a real challenge to see the good reasoning behind decisions in the anime adaptation of<em> Ace Attorney&period; Episode 11&colon; Turnabout Goodbyes 4th Trial<&sol;em> has inconsistent animation that seems to be all over the place&period; The story is becoming choppy and ceases to flow smooth as it did in the previous shows&period; Last episode we saw the boat rental owner&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance from the trial as a sign of guilt&period; Just as Phoenix and viewers began to see the truth&comma; the one person who can prove it vanishes&period; Along with the disappearance of the mysterious boat rental grandpa is the art quality of the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;115824" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-115824" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-115824 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;30182130&sol;Screen-Shot-2016-11-27-at-4&period;42&period;24-PM-e1480548169181-1024x578&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;&lt&semi;em&gt&semi;Ace Attorney Anime&lt&semi;&sol;em&gt&semi;&comma; A-1 Pictures&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"564" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-115824" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Ace Attorney Anime<&sol;em>&comma; A-1 Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Von Karma&&num;8217&semi;s dark lined expressions that give off a terrifying and spine chilling vibe in the video game series appears in the eleventh installment of this anime&period; Most of the time his face is drawn in a simplistic-cartoonish style that downplays von Karma&&num;8217&semi;s dangerous intentions&period; When he becomes enraged during the 4th trial&comma; von Karma&&num;8217&semi;s face darkens and the familiar evil glare comes alive for a brief few seconds&period;  All too soon his cartoonish face returns and his threat disperses in the wind&period; This lack of intensity ruins the effect of an evil villain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;115820" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-115820" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-115820 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;30181539&sol;Screen-Shot-2016-11-27-at-4&period;15&period;19-PM-e1480548262204-1024x566&period;png" alt&equals;"Ace Attorney Anime" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"553" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-115820" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Ace Attorney Anime<&sol;em>&comma; A-1 Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Another disappointment is the long-awaited flashbacks&period; We are privy to a small moment in Phoenix&&num;8217&semi;s childhood that includes Miles and Larry defending Phoenix&period; And the second flashback is a dream of Miles that exhibits his father&&num;8217&semi;s death&period; I truly understand the need for the memories to be mysterious and ambiguous&period; Yet I don&&num;8217&semi;t see how using muddled color filters enhance Phoenix&&num;8217&semi;s and Miles&&num;8217&semi; precious memories&period; The flashbacks are presented as either an awful gray scale or a yellow color scheme&period; Neither filters serve the anime in a positive way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;115822" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-115822" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-115822 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;30181743&sol;Screen-Shot-2016-11-27-at-4&period;17&period;17-PM-e1480547924104-1024x579&period;png" alt&equals;"Ace Attorney Anime" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"565" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-115822" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Ace Attorney Anime<&sol;em>&comma; A-1 Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Before this episode the art direction was kept simple&comma; not entirely smooth but still consistent&period; Now&comma; sadly the art direction seems unstable and lacks foresight&period; My best explanation of this is the possible time crunch and pressure A-1 Pictures was under to merely produce the anime instead of taking time and effort to craft it into a believable standalone anime series&period; These past eleven episodes rely too heavily upon the audience playing the <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> games and remembering the plot details&period; The DL-6 Incident seems to be rushed and details from the games regarding the incident are omitted&period; Instead of diving deeper into the overall tale of Phoenix&&num;8217&semi;s adventures as a defense lawyer&comma; we are presented with only the game&&num;8217&semi;s narrative&period; It seems unlikely the series will stray from the games&&num;8217&semi; scripts but there is a small possibility that new or elaborated bits of the <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> narrative will be given in the upcoming story arcs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Follow along with my review series by watching the<em> Ace Attorney<&sol;em> adaption through<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;ace-attorney"><strong> Crunchyroll<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;