Umamusume: Pretty Derby is expanding even further with a newly announced TV anime adaptation of Umamusume: Cinderella Gray, based on the manga written by Masafumi Sugiura and illustrated by Taiyou Kuzumi that focuses on the character of Oguri Cap. The TV anime is scheduled to broadcast in 2025. An official website and social media channel was launched today for the series, alongside a teaser trailer on the announcement.
Yuki Ito will direct Umamusume: Cinderella Gray at animation studio CygamesPictures. Aki Kindaichi will provide the series composition, with Takuya Miyahara and Keisuke Sasaki providing the character designs. Voice actor Tomoyo Takayanagi plays the role of Oguri Cap.
Shueisha publishes the original Umamusume: Cinderella Gray manga by Taiyo Kuzumi in the Weekly Young Jump manga magazine with 15 volumes released in Japan to date. The story of Umamusume: Cinderella Gray follows Oguri Cap, a horse girl whose wild running style defies all common sense and who grows to be called a “monster” as she strives to become the strongest runner at Kasamatsu Training Center Academy, a school that teaches horse girls how to race.If you need more horse girls in your life, Crunchyroll currently streams all three seasons of Umamusume: Pretty Derby and its mini spin-off UMAYON. Crunchyroll describes the main series:
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.”
Source: Official Umamusume: Cinderella Gray TV anime home page
