Ace Attorney Anime Episode 7 Review

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>This review contains some spoilers from <em>Episode 7&colon; Turnabout Samurai Last Trial<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><i>English names will be used in this review to coincide with the familiarity of the English game text&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p>The <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> anime series follows the Capcom DS games closely&period; Phoenix and Maya are still working towards proving Will Powers&&num;8217&semi; innocence in Episode 7&period; In the last episode&comma; the little Steel Samurai fan Cody revealed crucial information towards the trial&period; He told Phoenix that when he saw the person dressed as the Steel Samurai character from the TV program&comma; the person used the villain&&num;8217&semi;s pose for the photograph&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This causes the wheels in Phoenix&&num;8217&semi;s head to turn as he figures out the real murderer&period; Right on schedule Miles Edgeworth does his best to corner his rival by demanding evidence several times during the <em>Samurai Last Trial<&sol;em>&period; Turnabout Samurai is an intriguing mystery within its own right&period; The mystery is more involved than the previous <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> ones&period; Plus&comma; this time more emotions are involved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113935" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113935" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-113935 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;03212251&sol;Screen-Shot-2016-10-03-at-5&period;01&period;55-PM1-1024x640&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;"625" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113935" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Ace Attorney Anime<&sol;em>&comma; A-1 Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>We learn the unfortunate victim Jack Hammer was accidentally responsible for a coworker&&num;8217&semi;s death five years earlier&period; The owner of the studio and producer of the Steel Samurai show&comma; Dee Vasquez&comma; was blackmailing Jack&period; She had him work for practically nothing in order to keep the accident from going public&period; And most surprising is that this was revealed by none other than Wendy Oldbag&excl; The animators did a fitting job drawing her sorrow-filled face as she hands over the photo proving that Dee was there at the accident five years ago&period; Yet another character acts out of character in this episode&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113937" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113937" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-113937 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;03212501&sol;Screen-Shot-2016-10-03-at-4&period;41&period;26-PM-1024x640&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;"625" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113937" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Ace Attorney Anime<&sol;em>&comma; A-1 Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Miles&comma; who always acted stiff and distant as he works against Phoenix&comma; actually helps his old schoolmate out&period; Much to the surprise of Maya&comma; Phoenix realizes that Miles cannot ignore the truth that has been laid bare by the new evidence&period; There is also a wind that blows through the courtroom and naturally blows through Miles&&num;8217&semi; hair to make him look cool&comma; although to be perfectly honest it will probably make you laugh&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113936" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113936" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-113936 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;03212355&sol;Screen-Shot-2016-10-03-at-4&period;56&period;38-PM-1024x640&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;"625" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113936" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Ace Attorney Anime<&sol;em>&comma; A-1 Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Episode 7 of <em>Ace Attorney<&sol;em> is beginning to reveal the complexity underneath the surface of the main cast&period; Sadly&comma; the subcast are given little screen time and they are remaining somewhat flat&period; Will Powers&comma; as a big burly actor who only wishes to bring hope to children would have made a grand complex secondary character&period; Even with this disappointment&comma; <em>Turnabout Samurai Last Trial<&sol;em> is making this series seem more like an anime and less like an adaptation from the games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you would like to follow along with this serialized review&comma; you can watch the Ace Attorney anime at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;ace-attorney"><strong>Crunchyroll<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period; Leave your own comments and thoughts about this episode or the series below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;