'Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira' Unveils Additional Cast, Staff, Theme Song, Trailer

by Hyperion_PS
Mar 22, 2024 9:51 AM | 1 Comment

The official website of the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era) anime movie unveiled additional cast, staff, theme song, the first trailer, and a key visual (pictured) on Friday. The anime movie is set to open in Japanese theaters on May 24.

Cast
Dantsu Flame: Haruna Fukushina
Trainer Tanabe: Kenichi Ogata (Meitantei Conan)
Ru: Miyuki Sakurai (Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai.)
Shima: Yurie Igoma ("Oshi no Ko")
Mai: Saya Hitomi

Staff
Art Director: Yuusuke Watanabe
Color Design: You Iwaida (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku)
3D Director: Yoshinori Nakano (Princess Connect! Re:Dive)
Director of Photography: Yuuki Kawashita (Sora yori mo Tooi Basho), Akane Fushihara (Spy x Family)
Editing: Kashiko Kimura (Sousou no Frieren)
Sound Director: Youta Tsuruoka (Hibike! Euphonium)
Music Producer: Tetsuya Uchida (The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)
Music: Masaru Yokoyama (Horimiya)
Content Director: Takuma Akitsu (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top)
Character Design Supervision: Minami Kiyonaga (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3)
Animation Producer: Kan Mizoguchi (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top)

The theme song is "Ready!! Steady!! Derby!!," which is previewed in the trailer below.

Ken Yamamoto (Pokemon Legends Arceus: Yuki Hodo Kishi Futaai) is directing the anime movie at CygamesPictures. Tetsuya Kobari (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top) is handling the series composition, and Kiyoko Yoshimura (Rakudai Majo: Fuuka to Yami no Majo) is in charge of the screenplay. Jun Yamazaki (Koisuru Asteroid) is designing the characters.

The anime movie following the story of the horse girl Jungle Pocket is part of Cygames' Uma Musume: Pretty Derby mixed-media project, where anthropomorphized racing horses as girls with exceptional running capacity aim to win at the "Twinkle Series" sports event. The project includes songs, webcomics, and a smartphone game that was released in February 2021. The smartphone game has a cumulative 20 million downloads.

Trailer

Source: Comic Natalie