Miles Edgeworth

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For the video game, see Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth.
Miles Edgeworth
Takumi Saito (2012 film)
Roi Hayashi (2012 film, young)
Ryo Kobayashi (2021 stage play)[1]
Voiced by
  • Seon King (Ace Attorney, Justice for All, Trials and Tribulations)[2]
  • Kyle Hebert (Dual Destinies, Spirit of Justice)[3]
  • Mark Healy (Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney)
  • Christopher Wehkamp (
    anime)[2]
  • Apphia Yu (anime, young)[4]
  • Tatsuro Iwamoto (Ace Attorney, Justice for All, Trials and Tribulations)[2]
  • Eiji Takemoto (Dual Destinies, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Project X Zone 2, Spirit of Justice)[2]
  • Masashi Tamaki (anime)[5]
In-universe information
OccupationProsecutor

Miles Edgeworth, known as Reiji Mitsurugi (Japanese: 御剣 怜侍, Hepburn: Mitsurugi Reiji) in original Japanese language versions, is a fictional prosecutor in Ace Attorney, a visual novel adventure video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Initially introduced as a cold-hearted perfectionist, he appears as the antagonistic rival to main character Phoenix Wright in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001). Following the events of the first game, the character has a change of heart and reappears as a friendly rival in a minor capacity in most of the subsequent titles in the series.

Due to the character's popularity, universally positive critical reception, and status as a

breakout character, Edgeworth went on to star in two of his own spin-off games, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (2009) and its sequel. Edgeworth has also made appearances in extended Ace Attorney media, such as film and animation, as well as several cameo appearances
in titles outside of the main Ace Attorney series.

Design

According to

Manfred von Karma raising Edgeworth to be a prosecutor and then prosecuting him for murder, just to have his revenge against Edgeworth's father. After the first game, when Takumi saw a comic depicting Edgeworth liking the Steel Samurai, he decided that a more likable Edgeworth would be "cuter", and so Edgeworth was fleshed out into the valuable friend and ally seen since Farewell, My Turnabout.[6]

In Edgeworth's original design, he was going to be a 36-year-old veteran prosecutor, but the staff decided that was not interesting enough as a rival. When Shu Takumi saw the second version of the character, he was struck with inspiration and created the backstory between him and Wright. The design team added the iconic cravat to make a distinct silhouette but did not finalize that addition until von Karma's design was.[7] The older Edgeworth in Dual Destinies went through many iterations. In the first design, he had large frills that went down to his thighs. In other designs, he had grown facial hair. In the end, Edgeworth retained an "elegant" look, with rolled-back sleeves and vest, and sporting a longer coat and a pair of glasses, appearing more like his father.

Appearances

Edgeworth's first appearance was in

Larry Butz
, were childhood friends, and that Manfred von Karma murdered Miles's father, the defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth, and raised Miles as a prosecutor under his wing. Edgeworth believed he himself shot his father, a fact that led to him becoming a prosecutor instead of a defense attorney.

After his father's murder is resolved, Edgeworth becomes much more relaxed about his strict rules and personality, and becomes less antagonistic. It is also revealed that many rumors and negativity exist about him in the legal field. In "Rise from the Ashes", a fifth episode included in all subsequent editions of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney after the original GBA version, he is portrayed as reaching solely for the truth; however, guilt-ridden by his reputation and past as a prosecutor, he disappears and leaves a supposed suicide note stating "Prosecutor Edgeworth chooses death."

Edgeworth returns in

Franziska von Karma
is incapacitated, and helps Wright take down the villain. Later, he meets with Franziska to discuss his reasons for choosing the path he has, and advising her to also consider similar personal growth.

In

Mia Fey's
first case as a defense attorney, in which Edgeworth went up against her in court, which set many of the game's events into motion.

Edgeworth gained a starring role in the spin-off Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, in which he investigates murders relating to a smuggling ring. During the course of the game, he meets Kay Faraday, a young self-proclaimed "great thief", who acts as his assistant in a similar vein to Maya. A flashback case focuses on a younger Edgeworth investigating a case early in his career, explaining how he and Detective Dick Gumshoe first met.

In Ace Attorney Investigations 2 — again in the starring role — Edgeworth comes under fire by the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee, who seek to have him stripped of his badge. Edgeworth begins investigating cases tied to a larger conspiracy and cover-up, including the last case his father took before his murder, and struggles between his life path of becoming a defense attorney like his father, or continuing as a prosecutor.

While Edgeworth does not appear in person in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, in later games he is mentioned as still being in contact with Wright after he lost his attorney's badge, as well as seeing his daughter Trucy's magic shows from time to time.

Edgeworth returns as a friendly rival in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies. Set eight years after Trials and Tribulations, Edgeworth has since become the district chief prosecutor. He assists Phoenix in unraveling the mystery of the spy known as the "Phantom", stepping in as the prosecutor for the first half of Simon Blackquill's retrial. When they successfully clear Blackquill of all charges, Edgeworth declares Blackquill a free man, unlocks his shackles for good, and assigns him to the second half of the trial while he goes to investigate the case further. In the end, Edgeworth proves to the court that the detective known as "Bobby Fulbright" is actually an impostor, allowing both the defense and prosecution to expose him as the "Phantom". At the conclusion of the trial, Edgeworth joins the team to celebrate, reveals he was the one who pushed for the Bar Association to restore Phoenix's badge, and later sees the launch of the HAT-3 shuttle from the comfort of his office window.

Edgeworth returns once again in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. Here, he assists Phoenix in resolving a hostage situation in Khura'in involving Maya Fey, as well as the true ownership of a valuable Khura'inese treasure. In the game's special case, he takes up the prosecutor's bench during a murder trial, where the defendant claims to have traveled through time. During the course of the special case, Edgeworth mentions to Phoenix that he has purged all corrupt prosecutors from the department and is unfortunately short-handed, having retained only a handful of prosecutors that he implicitly trusts, like Klavier Gavin and Simon Blackquill.

Other appearances

Cameos

Edgeworth makes a brief cameo at the end of the Ace Attorney

SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS, and as a non-playable character in Project X Zone 2
.

Adaptations

Edgeworth has appeared in other media adaptations of Ace Attorney. In the Japanese Ace Attorney

love interest, who defended him in his childhood class trial as a young girl in place of Edgeworth. While Edgeworth is also present in the musical and its sequel Ace Attorney 2 – Truth Resurrected, Again (in which Leona is established to have died) as a separate minor character, respectively portrayed in each by Hikaru Nanaho and Hiro Yūmi, he is merely a rival to Wright with no personal connection to him.[8]

Ace Attorney anime series, which adapts the events of the first three games in the series; he is voiced by Masashi Tamaki in Japanese and Christopher Wehkamp in English. Edgeworth also appears as a recurring character in the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney manga series, as well as the main character of its spinoff series, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth.[9]

Reception

In 2009,

GamesRadar hailed Miles Edgeworth as one of the best video game characters of the decade.[10] The staff of the Adventure Gamers not only named him the best character of 2010 but also "one of the most intriguing characters ever to grace an adventure game".[11] PC Gamer also praised Edgeworth's characterization and character arc for communicating "a simple yet powerful message—before you can show justice to other people, you have to experience justice yourself".[12]

While reviewing

Touch Arcade lauded how "his collected personality [in the game] provides a fun contrast to the usual hapless protagonists found in this franchise.";[13] Reviewing its sequel, Noisy Pixel praised the game for "hon[ing] in on Edgeworth as a character, making me appreciate him and his circumstances far more than any previous game [in the Ace Attorney series] did", describing him as a "fan-favorite",[14] with The Daily Trojan likewise complimenting "Edgeworth’s take on morally ambiguous shortcuts" over the course of the narrative, with the "morally gray setting within the game challeng[ing] Edgeworth" straight "through [to] his steady [character] development".[15]

The

queer-platonic or romantic same-sex relationship.[16]

Anime News Network praised Edgeworth's role in the 2016 Ace Attorney anime series' seventh episode, an expansion of the character's backstory.[17]

References

  1. ^ Fujita, James (February 24, 2021). "Capcom Will Present Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Play in May". OtaQuest. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Miles Edgeworth Voices (Ace Attorney)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 April 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ "PHOENIX WRIGHT: DUAL DESTINIES (iOS) / KITA-KON". Kyle Hebert: Professional Voice Actor. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Ace Attorney - English Dub Cast Announcement". Funimation - Blog!. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Ace Attorney Anime's Cast, Staff Announced (Updated)". Anime News Network. December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Gyakuten Saiban Guidebook.
  7. ^ Wallace, Kimberly (2014-11-21). "Five Things You Probably Didn't Know About Capcom's Ace Attorney Series". Game Informer. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  8. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (2009-06-11). "Check Out Cross-Dressing Phoenix Wright, Part 2". Kotaku. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  9. ^ Snow, Jean (2008-07-30). "Phoenix Wright Manga Comes to America". Wired. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  10. ^ "The 25 best new characters of the decade". 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  11. ^ "Best Character: Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth". Adventure Gamers. 2011-02-16. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  12. ^ Hetfeld, Malindy (October 4, 2019). "Why I love Miles Edgeworth in Ace Attorney". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  13. Touch Arcade
    . Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  14. ^ Joshua, Orpheus (March 1, 2022). "Ace Attorney Investigations 2 Is The Final Missing Piece Of The Series' Localization Puzzle". Noisy Pixel. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  15. ^ Mathew, Michael (March 4, 2021). "Stardust: Miles Edgeworth's take on morally ambiguous shortcuts". The Daily Trojan. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  16. ^ Rouner, Jef; Nudo, Meredith (2021-05-30). "'Dadification' rises in importance as video games embrace queer romance". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04.
  17. ^ Orsini, Lauren (May 14, 2016). "Ace Attorney Episode 7". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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