Get ready to run — Umamusume: Cinderella Gray will be premiering on April 6 in Japan! Along with the premiere day announcement comes a stampede of other reveals, including a new trailer, four new cast members and news on the opening theme.Check out the new trailer and key visual for the upcoming series, centering lead horse girl Oguri Cap:
[Alexandros] is set to perform the first cour’s opening theme song, titled “Koeru,” which is also featured in the trailer. The band also released an introduction video:
The four new cast members joining the series include (from left to right):
Ginjirou Musaka voiced by Hochu Otsuka (Herbivorous Dragon in A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized)
Norn Ace voiced by Ayano Shibuya (Freya in Redo of Healer)
Rudy Lemono voiced by Yo Taichi (Wendy Olent in Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury)
Mini the Lady voiced by Shiori Izawa (Pochita in Chainsaw Man)
Shueisha publishes the original Umamusume: Cinderella Gray manga in their Weekly Young Jump manga magazine. Yuki Ito directs Umamusume: Cinderella Gray at animation studio CygamesPictures. Aki Kindaichi provides the series composition and Takuya Miyahara and Keisuke Sasaki provide the character designs. The series announced in December it will air as a split-cour.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 both 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: Comic Natalie, Official website
