Gyakuten Saiban · review
The Ace Attorney manga. Right, this was a pain to find, however if you can I highly recommend that you do read it. Ace Attorney is a VN series following the defence attorney Phoenix Wright as he defends his clients in court, this manga is no exception. Just like the Ace Attorney VN, the manga series consists of several trials in which Wright defends his "unique" clients. Plot - Multiple different trials/cases that are completely unique to the manga and haven't appeared in the games. Each "turnabout" took place over 2 chapters at most making them relatively short in comparison to the games. However, this isnot necessarily a bad thing, the trials are short, but still maintain the mystery and twists like the AA:PW VNs do, if you enjoyed the AA games then I highly recommend this.
Art - The art is good, nothing too flashy and it does its job.
Characters - The manga uses the typical PW:AA cast, (Phoenix/Maya/Edgeworth/Gumshoes/etc.) and has it's own manga exclusive characters from the trials. Each one is wacky and exaggerated much like the VN characters and the original cast stay true to their VN counterparts with none of them feeling out of character.
Pandering - This manga does a great job to pandering to AA fans, with tons of references to the games and even appearances from smaller characters like Wendy Oldbag or Eldoon. It keeps up the tradition of name puns for most (if not all) of the characters introduced and has a good roster of manga-only/VN characters.
Enjoyment - It's a relatively short manga series of 5 volumes/15 chapters and shouldn't take all that long to read, perfectly crafted for any AA fans, and might be a good gateway into the series if you are considering playing the VNs, it might benefit you to read the first trial to get a feel of the zaniness of the series.