The popular multimedia franchise Uma Musume Pretty Derby will premiere its new TV anime series Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray on Sunday, April 13, at 4:30 PM (JST) on the TBS network. The show will air in two split cours. Ahead of its debut, a synopsis and preview images from Episode 2 have been released.

EP2 Story

Oguri Cap, a new student at the academy, receives an invitation to join Jo Kitahara's team alongside Bernou Light. Since team membership is mandatory to participate in races, Oguri decides to join and begins her training for her debut race. However, before she can take her first step onto the track, she must face a formidable rival: Fujimasa March, a scholarship student known as the most talented freshman.

Staff

Original Work: Cygames
Manga: Taiyō Kuzumi
Screenplay: Masafumi Sugiura
Manga Project Composition: Shunnosuke Itō
Director: Yūki Itō, Takehiro Miura
Assistant Director: Yūdai Shimizu
Series Composition: Aki Kindaichi
Character Design: Takuya Miyahara, Keigo Sasaki
Color Design: Nanako Okazaki
Art Director: Osamu Kyōda
3DCG Director: Nobuyuki Kamiya
Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara
Editor: Akinori Mishima
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Music: Kenji Kawai
Producers: Jōji Kiyota, Masahiko Itō, Kōta Arai, Maki Yamamoto
Animation Producers: Takuya Chikamatsu, Sōta Machiguchi
Animation Production: CygamesPictures
Production: Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Production Committee

About Uma Musume

Uma Musume features characters inspired by real-life racehorses such as Special Week, Silence Suzuka, and Tokai Teio, gaining popularity through games, manga, and anime as a cross-media project.

The first season of the anime aired from April to June 2018, followed by the second season from January to March 2021, and the third from October to December 2023.
The mobile game launched in February 2021, and in May 2024, the franchise released its first feature-length film.

Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray is based on the ongoing manga of the same name serialized in Weekly Young Jump. With over 6 million copies in circulation, the manga is a major hit. The story centers on the strongest Uma Musume, Oguri Cap, following her "Cinderella story" as she races from a small-town track to national fame. The series depicts how the gray-haired girl came to be known as a “monster” on the track.

This anime adaptation coincides with the 40th anniversary of the birth of the real-life racehorse Oguri Cap. The anime is directed by Yuki Ito, series composition by Aki Kandaichi, character designs by Takuya Miyahara and Keigo Sasaki, and produced by CygamesPictures.

Source : ORICON NEWS