Umamusume: Pretty Derby English Sub & Dub

About Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Looking for background on Umamusume: Pretty Derby (ウマ娘 プリティーダービー)? This drama, music and slice of life series by P.A.WORKS and CygamesPictures (2018) starts out like this. The setup: 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.

Beyond that: Special Week, a high school horse girl from the countryside, has just transferred to Tracen, and she's determined to fulfill her promise to her mother to become the best horse girl in Japan. On her way to school, she takes a pit stop at the race track and instantly falls in love with Silence Suzuka's style, becoming determined to race on the same team as her.

With drama at the core, character writing and emotional payoff matter more than spectacle. Oguri Cap (Tomoyo Takayanagi) and Silence Suzuka (Marika Kouno) are two of the characters you will meet early. If you count yourself among viewers who prefer story and feelings over flashy action, put it on your list. The run is 13 episodes in total, so you know what you are signing up for.

Production & Appeal

Production sits with P.A.WORKS and CygamesPictures, which means the visual identity of Umamusume: Pretty Derby follows that studio's craft. Within the drama category, character writing and emotional payoff matter more than spectacle. A 7.3/10 score points to a dependable, well-liked series. Voice casting, including Tomoyo Takayanagi as Oguri Cap, adds to the appeal for fans who follow seiyuu. It aired in 2018, which makes it easy to place in the wider anime calendar.