Kotaku brings us word that a Japanese troupe of all-female actors will be be staging a musical courtroom drama the likes of which the world has never seen. Objection! The Takarazuka Revue features women performing all roles in each production, including the icky Y-chromosome ones. Take a gander at that decidedly femme Phoenix Wright (played by actress Ranju Tomu) and you may suddenly develop a whole new appreciation for the Ace Attorney games. The Ace Attorney musical will trod the boards in Japan come February of 2009.

Love Phoneix Wright, but felt that there wasn't enough reading to do in the games? Does all that interactivity on the DS give your hand cramps and make your brain sweat? like nutty courtroom drama but fear humilation that comes from having your evidence rejcted? Congratulations! Del Rey Manga has just announced that they will be bringing the hilarious adventures of everyone's favorite swoopy-haired lawyer to you in convenient book form. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: The Official Casebook Vol. 1: The Phoenix Wright Files will feature Phoenix, Maya, Miles Edgeworth, Detective Gumshoe and a whole host of other unusually monikered legal eagles and will be available starting September 23. Vol. 1 follows the cast through 20 adventures and gives a bit more meat to Phoenix as a main character, shedding light onto the reasons why he became a lawyer in the first place. If that title didn't contain enough colons for you, Spring 2009 will see the release of PW: AA: TOC V2: The Miles Edgeworth Files. Get yer law on via Amazon or direct from Del Rey Manga. Objection! Damn, almost made it.