 Ace Attorney , known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban ( Japanese : 逆転裁判 , " Turnabout Trial " ) , is a series of visual novel adventure video games developed by Capcom . The first entry in the series , Phoenix Wright : Ace Attorney , was released in 2001 ; since then , nine further games have been released . Additionally , the series has seen adaptations in the form of a live action film and an anime , and has been the base for manga series , drama CDs , musicals and stage plays . 
 Ace Attorney , known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban ( Japanese : 逆転裁判 , " Turnabout Trial " ) , <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a series of visual novel adventure video games developed by Capcom . The first entry in the series , Phoenix Wright : Ace Attorney , was released in 2001 ; since then , nine further games <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> been released . Additionally , the series <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> seen adaptations in the form of a live action film and an anime , and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> been the base for manga series , drama CDs , musicals and stage plays . 
Ace Attorney , known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban ( Japanese : 逆転裁判 , " Turnabout Trial " ) , a series of visual novel adventure video games developed by Capcom . The first entry in the series , Phoenix Wright : Ace Attorney , was released in 2001 ; since then , nine further games done been released . Additionally , the series done seen adaptations in the form of a live action film and an anime , and have been the base fir manga series , drama CDs , musicals and stage plays .