#Pretty Derby Anime Movie Sprints into Japanese Theaters in May 2024

The Umamusume: Pretty Derby franchise is getting an anime movie with the title of Umamusume: Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era (Shinjidai no Tobira). It will premiere in Japan on May 24, 2024.

Jungle Pocket (Yuri Fujimoto) is the protagonist of Umamusume: Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era. The movie will see the horse girl taking on the Classic Sankan (Triple Crown) Race and squaring off against same-generation rivals Agnes Tachyon (Sumire Uesaka) and Manhattan Cafe (Yui Ogura).

A 30-second trailer and a teaser visual have been released.

Ken Yamamoto (Pokémon: Hisuian Snow director, Princess Connect Re: Dive Season 2 opening storyboard artist and director) is directing the movie at CygamesPictures. Other core staff members include Tatsuya Kobari (Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3 co-series composer) as scenario director and story composer, Kiyoko Yoshimura (takt op. Destiny series composer, Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3 co-scriptwriter) as scriptwriter, and Jun Yamazaki (Umamusume: Pretty Derby — Road to the Top) as character designer and chief animation director.

The Cygames-created Umamusume: Pretty Derby franchise started in 2018 with a P.A.Works-produced TV series. Season 2 (produced by Studio KAI with P.A.Works providing assistance) followed in 2021, while Season 3 (produced by Studio KAI) aired from October 5 to December 28 this year. A CygamesPictures-produced web anime titled Umamusume: Pretty Derby — Road to the Top was released on the Pakatube YouTube channel during the Spring 2023 anime season.

Crunchyroll describes the first season as:

This is a tale of a world where “horse girls”; with glorious names and incredible running abilities live alongside humanity. Horse girl Special Week has moved from the country to the city to attend Tracen Academy. There, she and her classmates compete to win the Twinkle Series and earn the title of “The County’s #1 Horse Girl.”

Aside from anime, the franchise includes a social simulation game, manga, and stage play.

Source: @uma_musu_movie

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