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, Umayon, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top, Umayuru, Umayon Shinsaku Short Anime
Side story:	Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - BNW no Chikai
Sequel:	Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2

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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

El Condor Pasa

Supporting

Takahashi, Minami
Japanese

Symboli Rudolf

Supporting

Tadokoro, Azusa
Japanese

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Tsuji, Mitsuhito

Producer

Sekine, Youichi

Producer

Akita, Minoru

Producer

Oikawa, Kei

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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"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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Feb 10, 2022

tenchimuyo1990

Recommended

I would like to start by saying while I gave this a 7, I did not enjoy the series. But the quality and polish is without question.

The story: plot is that a horse-girl, Spe-Chan, wants to be the best horse girl of Japan. The setting is completely wonky with the idea of horse-girls. Are there horse-boys? We don't know. Do horse-girls have professions that arent racing? Not that we see. Why do horse-girls do idol performances after a race? To say thank you to the fans. We don't know a lot but horse girls are the most popular thing of Japan in this world. Why ... did I rate this a 7? Because they fucking based the plot off of IRL race horses and races. And they did their homework for this show. They took the actual stories of race horses and put them into girls bodies and made an anime off of it. Even more, this is based off a gotcha mobile game.
S1 follows Special Week and Silence Suzuka. I think they characters relationship is unhealthy and awkward. I think nothing makes sense in this setting, but the characters frustration is really well written.

The art is a stupid well polished aspect of the show. Who the hell puts so much effort in facial expression, backgrounds, dirt flying, ect for a freaking gotcha game anime about horse-girls no less? Apparently those who worked on Uma Musume. While I don't think the art is groundbreaking, it is consistent, well done, outfit designs are unique, and the animation is of superior quality. Even if you hate this anime, there is little to criticize.

Similar to the Art, the sound also cut no corners. While the music isn't my style, every character can sing (season 2 literally has a song with over 32 characters singing). The music is up-beat and catchy. The sound editing and sound effects are also on point. It really does have a very high quality.

Characters: Well, the characters are based on actual horses. And once again, the studio did their homework on the personalities of the horses. I don't love the characters, except for Goldship. Goldship is best horse-girl. But we have a rather large cast of characters that while not fully flushed out, do have the potential. Considering the season is only 13 episodes, we get a lot. Some of you will love every character. I did not like most of them, but I can't help but give credit where it's due.

My enjoyment was rather meh. I watched this because a friend of mine loves it. I did not love it. I didn't even like it. I couldn't get over the hurdle of horse-girls are idol athletes who everyone loves and they may or may not be the equivalent of Rome's gladiators, loved by fans, but also have no other option but to fight. I like sports anime, but this was not what I wanted.

Overall, I think the quality speaks for itself. If you don't enjoy this, it's certainly not an issue of the quality. I can't say this anime is for everyone, but there is something to be admired for the show.

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Jul 5, 2018

PyraXadon

Mixed Feelings

Progressive Animation Works. P.A. Works. Over the years I've come to anticipate and fear the kinds of projects they bring to light, seeing both the potential and missed potential of their primarily original works. So, what's their follow-up to Sakura Quest? A series that for all intents and purposes was a return to form for the company's standard style of storytelling? Why it's a mobile game adaptation of course! I'll be honest, was not expecting that one.

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Uma Musume: Pretty Derby takes place in a world where special girls are birthed as horse girls, girls who are capable of running at incredible speeds and largely participate ...

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May 29, 2023

Typo_comma

Not 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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