The second and final season of Ace Attorney was released in 2018 for a total of twenty-three episodes. The Japanese animation studio CloverWorks took over production at this point, though you can barely tell.
In a flashback, we see how Phoenix Wright (Eric Vale) was framed for a crime by his girlfriend Dahlia Hawthorne (Dani Chambers), but the attorney Mia Faye (Colleen Clinkenbeard) saves him in a court of law. This inspires Phoenix to become a lawyer and work with his late mentor's sister Maya (Lindsay Seidel) along with her cousin Pearl (Alexis Tipton). However, when a murder happens at a sacred shrine, Phoenix is injured, and his old rival Miles Edgeworth (Christopher Wehkamp) arrives to assist. Yet, two prosecutors Franziska Von Karma (Jessica Peterson) and the masked Godot (Brandon Potter) are there to challenge Phoenix and Miles.
Season one was produced by A-1 Pictures, but you can barely tell. CloverWorks picks up the anime like it always had it and, despite being a commercial for the courtroom video game, it keeps its humor. Perhaps it is because Ayumu Watanabe stayed on the team and he guided it with ease.
Now, do not look for this show to be a practice in a true legal system. The creator of the video game has acknowledged that it is not based on any country's court but only picks and chooses for whatever makes the game or, in this case, a television show work.
Godot did not impress me. As the primary prosecutor in this season, I had high expectations, but he did not really live up to his predecessors. The show gave him a tragic backstory that had a connection to Wright, but it did not keep me interested in him. I truly missed Miles and Franziska. The two of them were quirky but had a certain charisma to them that Godot lacked, even as he guzzled down coffee.
That being said, I still enjoyed the season. Wright truly grows and becomes sharper as an attorney and grows closer to his friends. His connection to the Faye family is a bedrock of the series and that makes it a lot of fun, especially with the comedic antics that happen within the courtroom.