Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Sports · Slice of Life · Arts · Romance

Great racehorses are reborn as horse girls who train at Tracen Academy as racers and idols, while countryside transfer Special Week aims to become Japan’s best.

Synopsis

The Anime Lad

Great racehorses from the past are reborn as girls with exceptional speed and endurance. The best attend Tokyo’s Tracen Academy, where racing and idol fame share the curriculum. Special Week transfers from the countryside with a promise to become Japan’s best horse girl. On the way to school, she sees Silence Suzuka race and acquires a specific athlete to chase.

Super Eyepatch Fox

Racehorses from the past are reborn as horse girls with exceptional speed and endurance. At Tracen Academy they train as racers and pursue fame as idols. Country newcomer Special Week arrives carrying a promise to her mother, then sees Silence Suzuka’s style and wants to join her team.

Gigguku

Umamusume asks you to accept that great racehorses return as girls who attend an academy, race, and pursue idol fame. Then it gives Special Week a promise to become the best in Japan and lets her see Silence Suzuka run. That is instant sports-anime ignition.

Father's Basement

Everything about the concept can sound engineered to sell characters across sports and music formats. The opening survives that impression because Special Week has a simple, grounded aim. She arrives from the countryside determined to become Japan’s best horse girl, then sees Silence Suzuka race and wants to join her team.

In a world very much like our own, great race horses of the past have a chance to be reborn as "horse girls", girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these horse girls go to train at Tokyo's Tracen Academy, hopefully moving on to fame and fortune as both racers and idols.

What defines it

A heartfelt sports-and-idol drama. Surprisingly moving.

Watch path

Watch the numbered main seasons in order. Announced continuations follow the released entries. Optional titles are not included in this main-series path.

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