A new official
website
and
Twitter
account
opened on Thursday to announce that the
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
franchise
is getting an anime film titled
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
: Shinjidai no Tobira
(
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
: Beginning of a New Era
). The film will star Jungle Pocket and will open in theaters in Japan on May 24, 2024. The website and
Twitter
account unveiled a teaser trailer and visual:
The film stars:
Yuri Fujimoto
as Jungle Pocket
Sumire Uesaka
as Agnes Tachyon
Yui Ogura
as Manhattan Cafe
The film follows Jungle Pocket, who wishes to participate in the Triple Crown Classic race, which can only be run once in a lifetime. She faces rivals Agnes Tachyon and Manhattan Cafe.
Ken Yamamoto
(
Pokemon: Hisuian Snow
) is directing the anime at
Cygames
.
Kiyoko Yoshimura
(
Cardfight!! Vanguard G
) is writing the script.
Tetsuya Kobari
(
Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3
) is credited as scenario director and for series composition.
Jun Yamazaki
(
Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top
) is the character designer and chief animation director.
TOHO
is distributing the film.
The first 13-episode
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
television anime season premiered in April 2018.
Crunchyroll
streamed
the series as it aired in Japan. A "BNW no Chikai" (BNW's Oath) anime came
bundled
with the
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
television anime's fourth Blu-ray Disc volume in December 2018. The second season of the main
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
television
anime
premiered
in January 2021.
Crunchyroll
streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. The third season of the anime
debuted
on October 4.
The
Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top
net
anime
debuted in April on
YouTube
. The net anime depicts T.M. Opera O, Admire Vega, Narita Top Road, and other Uma Musume (Horse Girls) going head-to-head to win Classic competitions.
The
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
franchise
's spinoff manga series
Umayon
also inspired its own television
anime
that premiered in July 2020 and ended in September 2020.
Cygames
is also publishing several other spinoff manga for the
franchise
on
Cycomi
, including
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
: Haru Urara Ganbaru!
and
Starting Gate:
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
.
The
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
game launched in February 2021 for iOS and Android. The game was originally
slated
for a release in winter 2018, and was
delayed
in order to raise the game's quality. The game
launched
on PC via
DMM Games
in March 2021.
The game's concept begins with Uma Musume (Horse Girls), girls endowed with excellent running capability, and who aim to become top idols and compete in the national sports entertainment show "Twinkle Series." Players take the role of both teacher and trainer for the girls in the Nihon Uma Musume Training Center Gakuen (Japan Horse Girls Training Center Academy) and help them make their debut.
A special anime commemorating the first anniversary of the game
debuted
online in February 2022.
Sources:
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
: Shinjidai no Tobira
website
, Mainichi Shimbun's
Mantan Web