The spring anime adaptation of the mobile game Uma Musume: Pretty Derby has new episodes out every Sunday and they’re now taking a look at the ninth episode. Set for debut on May 20th, 2018 at 12:00 pm ET, Crunchyroll is handling the streaming for it with pretty good availability as it’s open to members in North America, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, South Africa, Netherlands, and Latin America. Check out the spot below!
Tomoaki Oota is on board as the supportive director with Kei Oikawa as the main director as they work from the scripts by Masafumi Sugiura and Akihiro Ishihara. Yousuke Kashima is serving as character designer and chief animation director.
The Japanese cast includes Azumi Waki as Special Week, Marika Kōno as Silence Suzuka, Machico as Tōkai Teiō, Ayaka Ohashi as Vodka, Chisa Kimura as Daiwa Scarlet, Hitomi Ueda as Gold Ship, Saori Ōnishi as Mejiro McQueen, Yukiyo Fujii as Tazuna Hayakawa, Kōji Okino as Trainer, and Megumi Toyoguchi as Hana Tōjō.
The opening theme song is “Make Debut!” while “Glow Up Shine!” is the ending theme song.
Plot Concept: 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.”
