The BEST episodes of Ace Attorney

Every episode of Ace Attorney ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ace Attorney!

Based on the hit Capcom game series, this anime follows the lives of the defense attorney Phoenix Wright, his mentor Mia Fey and her spirit medium sister Maya as they work with colorful characters such as the detective Dick Gumshoe to save Phoenix's clients from a guilty verdict.

Last Updated: 12/3/2024Network: YTV (JP)Status: Ended
Turnabout Sisters - 1st Trial
star
8.00
77 votes

#1 - Turnabout Sisters - 1st Trial

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2016

A shocking murder leaves Maya, Mia's little sister, in a situation Phoenix cannot ignore.

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Turnabout Goodbyes - Last Trial
star
7.89
27 votes

#2 - Turnabout Goodbyes - Last Trial

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/18/2016

Turnabout Goodbyes reaches to its shocking conclusion with the discovery of the truth about the legendary Manfred von Karma!

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Farewell, My Turnabout - Last Trial
star
7.78
18 votes

#3 - Farewell, My Turnabout - Last Trial

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/24/2016

The trial reaches its thrilling climax, with a life-or-death decision to be made: guilty or not guilty?

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The First Turnabout
star
7.76
100 votes

#4 - The First Turnabout

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2016

Phoenix Wright, attorney at law, sets foot in a courtroom for his very first trial... in which he has to defend his best friend?!

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Turnabout Promise
star
7.59
27 votes

#5 - Turnabout Promise

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/25/2016

With the DL-6 Incident and the lunch money case now solved, memories of fifteen years ago resurface.

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Reunion, and Turnabout - Last Trial
star
7.52
21 votes

#6 - Reunion, and Turnabout - Last Trial

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/30/2016

The process reaches its climax, and the culprit - Morgan Fey - is unmasked.

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Farewell, My Turnabout - 3rd Trial
star
7.47
15 votes

#7 - Farewell, My Turnabout - 3rd Trial

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/17/2016

The trial enters its second day and the nature of a defense attorney is questioned.

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Turnabout Big Top - Last Trial
star
7.45
20 votes

#8 - Turnabout Big Top - Last Trial

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/20/2016

The miraculous magic trick behind the circus murder is finally unveiled, bringing to light sad truths.

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Farewell, My Turnabout - 1st Trial
star
7.44
16 votes

#9 - Farewell, My Turnabout - 1st Trial

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/3/2016

A new case, a new murder, but a familiar suspect, as a samurai once again gets accused of the crime. This is a case that must be taken, but for an altogether different reason...

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Turnabout Goodbyes - 4th Trial
star
7.43
30 votes

#10 - Turnabout Goodbyes - 4th Trial

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/11/2016

Will Phoenix be able to prove the guilt of the real culprit? And how will they do it?

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Turnabout Big Top - 1st Trial
star
7.43
21 votes

#11 - Turnabout Big Top - 1st Trial

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/6/2016

A new murder, a new case. This time the crime scene is a circus.

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Hear the Waves of Turnabout
star
7.38
13 votes

#12 - Hear the Waves of Turnabout

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/26/2019

After accidentally breaking a precious seashell that she received from Maya, Pearl asks Phoenix to help her search for an identical looking shell without Maya knowing. As Phoenix helps her find the beach where it originally came from, Pearl recalls how Maya went against Morgan's authority to bring her to see the beach, giving her the shell as a reminder. While visiting the beach's shrine, Phoenix and Pearl run into Maya and learn that the shell she gave Pearl was something she received from Mia when she first took her to the beach, leading Pearl to feel even more guilty. Upon discovering that the shell was actually a bowl from a ramen shop, Phoenix offers Pearl one as a replacement, but Pearl decides to stick with the one she has due to the memories it contains.

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Reunion, and Turnabout - 3rd Trial
star
7.38
16 votes

#13 - Reunion, and Turnabout - 3rd Trial

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/23/2016

After the first session of the trial, the investigation continues, and a few suspects start to crop up.

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Reunion, and Turnabout - 2nd Trial
star
7.38
16 votes

#14 - Reunion, and Turnabout - 2nd Trial

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/16/2016

The trial begins, and the prosecution is helmed by the daughter of a fallen foe, out for revenge.

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Turnabout Sisters - 2nd Trial
star
7.36
44 votes

#15 - Turnabout Sisters - 2nd Trial

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/2016

The trial for the chief's murder begins. Will Phoenix be able to get Maya out of this trouble?

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Turnabout Samurai - 1st Trial
star
7.35
37 votes

#16 - Turnabout Samurai - 1st Trial

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2016

Popular television hero, the Steel Samurai, is arrested for murder, and it's down to Phoenix and Maya to defend him.

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Turnabout Sisters - Last Trial
star
7.33
45 votes

#17 - Turnabout Sisters - Last Trial

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2016

The case reaches its climax, as Phoenix and White look to get each other convicted.

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Farewell, My Turnabout - 2nd Trial
star
7.29
14 votes

#18 - Farewell, My Turnabout - 2nd Trial

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/10/2016

The trial comes and goes, and a hugely surprising fact emerges.

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Turnabout Memories
star
7.29
14 votes

#19 - Turnabout Memories

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/2019

Five years ago, Phoenix is accused for the murder of Doug Swallow. Mia defends Phoenix in court, where Payne suggests Phoenix had bad blood with Swallow over his then girlfriend Dahlia Hawthorne and pushed him into a severed electrical cable. Payne then brings in Dahlia to testify about the murder, but Mia deduces that this case is linked to an incident eight months ago, in which a lawyer was poisoned and Dahlia was the prime suspect. Upon learning that this was also the day Phoenix and Dahlia met, Mia suspects that the container used for the poison was a pendant Phoenix received from Dahlia that day. Urged by Mia to give the proper truth, Phoenix reveals that on the day of the murder, Swallow told him that Dahlia had stolen poison both eight months ago and the night before. From this, Mia deduces that Dahlia had originally intended to kill Phoenix to retrieve her pendant by poisoning his cold medicine, finally proving Dahlia's guilt and Phoenix's innocence.

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Turnabout Goodbyes - 3rd Trial
star
7.28
29 votes

#20 - Turnabout Goodbyes - 3rd Trial

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/4/2016

Things are looking desperate, as a guilty verdict looms on the horizon. Will the secret behind this case be revealed?

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Turnabout Samurai - 2nd Trial
star
7.27
33 votes

#21 - Turnabout Samurai - 2nd Trial

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/2016

The investigation on the Steel Samurai case turns to a new direction, as the security lady's information gives our attorneys a valuable lead.

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Reunion, and Turnabout - 1st Trial
star
7.26
19 votes

#22 - Reunion, and Turnabout - 1st Trial

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/9/2016

A while after the last case, a new client arrives with the request to attend a channeling ritual.

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Bridge to the Turnabout - 6th Trial
star
7.23
13 votes

#23 - Bridge to the Turnabout - 6th Trial

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/23/2019

Dahlia reveals she had plotted with Morgan to murder Maya and make Pearl head of the Kurain family so she could get revenge against Mia.

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Turnabout Samurai - Last Trial
star
7.22
36 votes

#24 - Turnabout Samurai - Last Trial

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2016

Will the real culprit of the Steel Samurai case be captured? And will our attorney find out why the murder took place?

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The Lost Turnabout
star
7.16
19 votes

#25 - The Lost Turnabout

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2018

Our attorney finds himself unconscious in the courthouse lobby, and he's unable to recall anything! How will he save his client?

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