An October 4 Japanese premiere date has been revealed for the upcoming Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3. A main trailer and key visual have also been released.
The trailer primarily features Season 3 protagonist Kitasan Black, although multiple other characters like Nice Nature, Satono Diamond, and Sounds of Earth are spotlighted in the second half. Various dramatic moments and intense racing scenes are also shown, and the opening song “Soshite Minna no” gets previewed as well.
Like previous seasons, Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3 is directed by Kei Oikawa with Yousuke Kabashima and Tomoko Tsuji as character designers. Shingo Nagai (Season 2 scriptwriter) and Tetsuya Obari (Umamusume: Pretty Derby game 1st Anniversary Special Animation scenario director) are serving as series composers, with Obari also serving as scenario director, and Minami Kiyonaga (Umamusume: Pretty Derby game 1st Anniversary Special Animation) is involved as character design supervisor. Studio KAI is the animation production company.
Some of the other staff credits include:
• Chief animation director: Kabashima
• Chief animation director: Manabu Nii (Akiba Maid War character designer)
• Chief animation director: Keita Fukuda (Shine Post)
• Chief animation director: Satoru Fujimoto (Symphogear G to XV character designer)
• Main animator: Ken Obata (Shine Post)
• Main animator: Yukiyoshi Shikiji (Fuuto PI co-main animator)
• Main animator: Jun Nakajima (Shine Post)
Meanwhile, the cast includes:
• Hinaki Yano as Kitasan Black
• Hina Tachibana as Satono Diamond
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Satono Crown
• Yuuko Natsuyoshi as Cheval Grand
• MAKIKO as Sounds of Earth
• Azumi Waki as Special Week
• Machico as Tokai Teio
• Marika Kouno as Silence Suzuka
• Saori Oonishi as Mejiro McQueen
• Ayaka Oohashi as Vodka
• Chisa Kimura as Daiwa Scarlet
• Kaori Maeda as Nice Nature
• Hitomi Ueda as Gold Ship
• Miharu Hanai as Twin Turbo
• Masumi Tazawa as Ikuno Dictus
• Hikaru Touno as Matikanetannhauser
• Kouji Okino as Trainer
The Umamusume: Pretty Derby anime released its first season (produced by P.A.Works) in 2018 and its second season (produced by Studio KAI with P.A.Works providing assistance) in 2021. It is part of a multimedia franchise created by Cygames, which includes a social simulation game, manga, and stage play. A Cygames Pictures-produced web anime titled Umamusume: Pretty Derby — Road to the Top, which stars the Horse Girls Narita Top Road, Admire Vega, and T.M.Opera O, was streamed 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.”
Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were previously the focal characters in the Umamusume: Pretty Derby game’s first anniversary video from 2022, which depicted their Tracen Academy entrance ceremony. The short is considered a prologue to Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3.
Source: @uma_musu_anime
