Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Umamusume: Pretty Derby)

Famous racehorses that have left behind worthy legacies, unique as they can be, are reincarnated as horse girls in a parallel world. In this life, they start their journey anew as they continue to race and perhaps relive the success they once lived through.

Aspiring to become the best racehorse in Japan, a horse girl named Special Week moves to Tokyo to enroll in the Tracen Academy—an institution that nurtures horse girls like her to become better racers. There, Special Week witnesses the sophisticated running style of Silence Suzuka and is inspired to become a racer like her. Shortly after, Special Week finds herself recruited into Silence Suzuka's team, Spica. From there, she begins her path to the top—one lap at a time.

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Adaptation:	Starting Gate!: Uma Musume Pretty Derby
Other:	Uma Musume: Pretty Derby PV, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top, Umayuru, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira
Side story:	Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - BNW no Chikai
Spin-off:	Umayon
Sequel:	Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2
Character:	Follow Your Fantasy

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Characters & Voice Actors

Special Week

Main

Waki, Azumi
Japanese

Silence Suzuka

Main

Kouno, Marika
Japanese

Tokai Teiou

Supporting

Machico
Japanese

Mejiro McQueen

Supporting

Oonishi, Saori
Japanese

Gold Ship

Supporting

Ueda, Hitomi
Japanese

Oguri Cap

Supporting

Takayanagi, Tomoyo
Japanese

Daiwa Scarlet

Supporting

Kimura, Chisa
Japanese

Seiun Sky

Supporting

Kitou, Akari
Japanese

Nice Nature

Supporting

Maeda, Kaori
Japanese

El Condor Pasa

Supporting

Takahashi, Minami
Japanese

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Tsuji, Mitsuhito

Producer

Akita, Minoru

Producer

Sekine, Youichi

Producer

Onoue, Taiki

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Opening Theme

"Make Debut!" by Special Week (Azumi Waki), Silence Suzuka (Marika Kouno), Toukai Teio (Machico), Vodka (Ayaka Ohashi), Daiwa Scarlet (Chise Kimura), Gold Ship (Hitomi Ueda), Mejiro McQueen (Saori Oonishi)

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	1: "Glow Up Shine! (グロウアップ・シャイン！)" by Special Week (waki Azumi), Silence Suzuka (Kouno Marika), Toukai Teio (Machico), Vodka (Ohashi Ayaka), Daiwa Scarlet (Kimura Chise), Gold Ship (Ueda Hitomi), Mejiro McQueen (Oonishi Saori)
	2: "Arigatou, Kamisama (ありがとう、神様)" by Special Week (Waki Azumi) (eps ５)
	3: "Silent Star" by Silence Suzuka (Kouno Marika) (eps ７)
	4: "Find My Only Way" by Special Week (Waki Azumi), Silence Suzuka (Kouno Marika), Toukai Teio (Machico), Vodka (Ohashi Ayaka), Daiwa Scarlet (Kimura Chise), Gold Ship (Ueda Hitomi), Mejiro McQueen (Oonishi Saori) (eps 12)
	5: "Umapyoi Densetsu (うまぴょい伝説)" by Special Week (Waki Azumi), Silence Suzuka (Kouno Marika), Toukai Teio (Machico), Vodka (Ohashi Ayaka), Daiwa Scarlet (Kimura Chise), Gold Ship (Ueda Hitomi), Mejiro McQueen (Oonishi Saori), El Condor Pasa

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Jan 15, 2024

Typo_comma

Recommended

I understand this is an anime series adapted from a gacha game. However, even leaving aside questions like "What is a horse girl" and "Why do they have an idol performance after a race," this show's viewing experience is still confusing and fragmented.

The beginning of the story introduces Special Week, a country horse girl who wants to become "No. 1 in Japan", which to some extent implies to the audience that this is a typical Shounen story;

However, even if the audience has watched the entire season, "becoming number one in Japan" is still an abstract concept: how to be number one in Japan? What ...

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May 6, 2024

Teramol

Mixed Feelings

Cute horse girls racing for their dreams. That is Uma Musume in a nutshell. A very easy-going show with hardly any drama that just focuses on the journey of a group of girls.

Now despite the show having an ensemble cast because it's a gacha game adaptation, the show mostly focuses on two of the girls, Special Week and Silence Suzuka. I think they work fine as the main duo, I even liked their relationship even if it's nothing deep.

However, most of the other girls sadly miss out on good development because of this direction choice. Now, maybe people that play the game already know enough ... of the other girls but as someone who is anime only I seriously struggled to even remember the names of half of the other girls. Also I wish they at least gave Trainer-kun a name, even if he is meant to be the player self-insert.

Oh and Uma Musume isn't just a sports show. For some reason they also have the girls do idol performances after the races..? I suppose Japan really loves their idols but to me it would have been better to focus on one or the other rather than trying to mix them up. Granted in this show, the idol stuff was hardly present so it's only a minor gripe at best.

The pacing of the show is a bit too fast to my liking. Granted most of the races that get glossed over with just mentions don't seem to be very critical to the plot at least. Although the progress of Special Week felt rushed to me. It's a bit hard to fathom all of the stuff that happened actually happened in just a one cour runtime.

Now to mention something good for once; The show doesn't just randomly name the girls, they are actually based off of real life counterpart race horses that have existed and reading through discussion threads of people that are into this sport, it was cool to see that even a lot of the races were parallel to real history. Albeit some smaller and bigger liberties were taken to make the story more engaging and I'm okay with that.

I had seem some people say visually the first season doesn't hold up well and even if the latter seasons improve on it, I have to say I think the show looked fine. Sure, some of the CGI wasn't all that pretty but the races were mostly hand drawn anyway. Sound department was solid too, the gallop during the races made things more tense.

This show to me is the exact same how I felt about Girls Und Panzer too. Cute and wholesome girls duking it out in some kind of weird fantasy sport setting. It's all face value and no depth and that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just not a mix that I can personally get that into.

PS Gold Ship was probably my favorite.

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Jun 10, 2022

BlondeFox

Not Recommended

Even though I enjoy the game and franchise as a whole, the first season isn't particularly compelling.

Some of the aspects of their world that are normal but to us are horsey are fun, but underutilized.

The sound was frequently mixed weird with glitches and bad balancing.

The art felt manufactured and soul-less which unfortunately made it visually unappealing and didn't play into the fun designs the horse girls have.

As a sports anime, it missed that sparkle that good sports anime have. The outcomes were pretty predictable and I never felt the stakes. The idol aspect of winning the races feels like a weird afterthought in ...

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