Watch Episodes Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesJapanese: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー English: Umamusume: Pretty Derby German: Umamusume: Pretty Derby Spanish: Umamusume: Pretty Derby French: Umamusume: Pretty Derby More titles InformationType: TV Episodes: 13 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Apr 2, 2018 to Jun 18, 2018 Premiered: Spring 2018 Broadcast: Mondays at 00:00 (JST) Producers: Lantis, TOHO animation, Kansai Telecasting, Cygames Licensors: None found, add some Studios: P.A. Works Source: Game Genre: Sports Themes: Anthropomorphic, Racing Duration: 23 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older StatisticsScore: 7.301 (scored by 56,660 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #27932 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #1612 Members: 150,919 Favorites: 631 Available AtResourcesStreaming Platforms |
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Jun 19, 2018 Karhu Recommended Sometimes I just really fucking love Japan. This time is that time. Welcome to Uma Musume, show about horse-girls. Ever since the masterpiece of sports anime, Keijo, ended, I have been eagerly waiting for another series that treasures the beauty of sportic anime ladies. This time they have animals ears, tails and are so goddamn happy all the time. It's great. The characters are the selling point of this anime. Special Week (yes, that's an actual name of the main character) is super positive and energetic. It's almost as if there is no reining day in her life.(heh, pun). Unless someone sexually abuses her legs. Make ... Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 29, 2019 Agent_Redacted Recommended The first thing that comes into my mind when I hear the word "horse girls" are those forbidden videos that you probably encountered at some point when you were watching porn. That's right. I'm talking about those ones. Just the idea of thinking about it makes me want to puke. Those videos changed my perspective of horses in a heartbeat. I found this anime yesterday when one of my friend added it into his/her's PTW list. The thumbnail of the anime looked enticing so I decided to click on it and it brought me to the information page. I first thought that this show was ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2018 Pipe Recommended Each season PA Works delivers an enjoyable series, this time Uma Musume: Pretty Derby. The anime deepen values such us the need to improve no matter the adversity and the friendship. It is great seeing they did not resort to the fanservice or the boring and the repetitive plot ideas of the average sports series. The simple story carries a diverse set of characters and exploits their various personalities. Furthermore, the idea of moving forward keep us the viewer entertain until the end of the series. The main story is about horse-girls and their struggle to be the best. They suffer, cry, smile, joke, they are ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2018 Lyree Recommended Uma Musume tells a story of horse girl idols, attending horse girls' school, participating in races and giving concerts afterwards. Just how abstract does this concept sound? As weird as it might seem, Uma Musume is an outstanding show that exceeded my expectations. Let's start with characters, which to me play the most important role in this case. All the horse girls are based on real race horses and their designs are all connected to their real life equivalents. I love the character designs - they are all so detailed and the connection to the actual horses makes them even more interesting. All girls are unique, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 15, 2018 ituhata Recommended Preliminary (4/13 eps) I see no one has done a review, and I've never actually done one, but I wanted to take the opportunity to let you know what you're getting into if you are looking at the cover art and title and wondering... Horse Girls: Obviously, from the cover art and title. Fan Service: Not really. Through 4 episodes this show has taken the high road and chosen to avoid too many opportunities to pander to that demographic. So for those hoping to see Horse Girls in often compromising situations, I feel this show will disappoint you. Episode 1 is your one fleeting glimpse of anything approaching it. Idols: ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 10, 2022 BlondeFox Not Recommended Funny Even though I enjoy the game and franchise as a whole, the first season isn't particularly compelling. Some of the aspects of their world that are normal but to us are horsey are fun, but underutilized. The sound was frequently mixed weird with glitches and bad balancing. The art felt manufactured and soul-less which unfortunately made it visually unappealing and didn't play into the fun designs the horse girls have. As a sports anime, it missed that sparkle that good sports anime have. The outcomes were pretty predictable and I never felt the stakes. The idol aspect of winning the races feels like a weird afterthought in ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 2, 2019 lightning_larz Recommended I saw this anime back in spring, but didn't have anything to watch it on. Once i found it on VRV i remembered that i wanted to watch this so i gave it a watch and holy crap i freaking love this anime. Everything about it is very lovably. First the Story. The story follows Special Week, a horse girl wanting to be the best horse girl racer in Japan. Along the way she meets other horse girls like Silence Suzuki who Special Week looks up to and following Team Spica as they all race towards there goals. The story was very nice and easy to ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 5, 2021 Haru_Kobuchizawa Recommended Uma Musume 10/10 Did you say horse girls? YEAAAAAAAH ... this is what we have. Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 13, 2018 Skysweeper Recommended This animation is part of a larger project from Cygames which also includes comics, upcoming mobile game and of course merchandise. Knowing that, one could think of this anime as a longer advertisement for the game and not expect much. That's what I thought at first, but it turned out to be a really enjoyable show. In japanese animation, there are lots of combinations of female characters with animal traits. Wolf girls, monster girls and probably most popular cat girls. Uma Musume Pretty Derby is a show about horse girls. But not just random girls with horse ears and tails. They are named after real-life famous ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 29, 2019 ADelicateOrange Recommended There are some anime that should not be as good as they were: Uma Musume is a golden example of that instance. Uma Musume is an anime derived from a mobile game about Horse Girls racing. If you happen to beat your opponents, you get to set up and start fulfilling your dream of becoming an idol. If someone were to tell me that premise, half of me would think that it would sell extremely well and the other half would believe that person is out of their mind. Yet, this anime works so well. The foundation of this anime is in its great storytelling about ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 20, 2018 JiangHaoyi1979 Recommended A fiery horse (girl) with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty HIYO SILVER!!!!Now that this anime has been competed , I can say for sure that it was good, since it isn't always that the cast who portrays around here were a bunch of horse girls, who were competing to be on top in some overly rated track and field, now that polt maybe the usual main character who enters such competition to make it to the top, It now alway something new was added in what can be say as the usual girls with cat ears, dog ears and ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 4, 2021 Nexis09 Recommended This show is what I can only describe as a pleasant surprise. The premise sounds really weird but I encourage you not to be put off by the fact that they are horses, especially when characters like cat girls are common place now in a lot of modern anime. Story: History: Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 5, 2018 PyraXadon Mixed Feelings Progressive Animation Works. P.A. Works. Over the years I've come to anticipate and fear the kinds of projects they bring to light, seeing both the potential and missed potential of their primarily original works. So, what's their follow-up to Sakura Quest? A series that for all intents and purposes was a return to form for the company's standard style of storytelling? Why it's a mobile game adaptation of course! I'll be honest, was not expecting that one. Story: Uma Musume: Pretty Derby takes place in a world where special girls are birthed as horse girls, girls who are capable of running at incredible speeds and largely participate ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 20, 2018 Yas- Recommended Back when the Spring season originally started, Uma Musume was memed in the anime club I'm at as being “just another beast show” and one that would fizzle out of popularity and quality very soon, I tried the first episode anyway expecting a train wreck, what did I get in return? One of the most fun shows I've ever seen. Period. There's a lot of reasons as to why this show is just so fantastic and I have noted down most of them in this review of a show that defied all odds, all expectations and gave us one hell of an epic anime. First off, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 21, 2018 piekku Recommended I first started watching it as a joke, but fuck, I think I fell in love with this anime. I never expected for an anime about a group of cute girls who sing and dance and do sports to be this good?? Not to mention it's just a promotional anime for a mobile game. First of all, it's such a bizarre concept but it just works. They go all the way with its weirdness and embrace it. The amount of references and easter eggs related to real life racehorses is incredible and just shows how much dedicated and truly passionate the team behind this project is. The ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 16, 2018 MyAnimeian Recommended Preliminary (4/13 eps) Uma Musume, a story of a Horse-girl who wants to become the best Horse Girl in Japan. At first glance at Uma Musume, I don't really think it'll appeal that much, I was like "It's all about just competitions right? Will this be another cliche one?", Fortunately I was wrong, the first episode did a great job introducing new characters and it's goal. You might think that this competition anime will just be a cliche but you're quite wrong, Uma Musume is trying it's best to be as unique as it can, If you want racing and girls all around your screen with proper plot, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 10, 2022 tenchimuyo1990 Recommended I would like to start by saying while I gave this a 7, I did not enjoy the series. But the quality and polish is without question. The story: plot is that a horse-girl, Spe-Chan, wants to be the best horse girl of Japan. The setting is completely wonky with the idea of horse-girls. Are there horse-boys? We don't know. Do horse-girls have professions that arent racing? Not that we see. Why do horse-girls do idol performances after a race? To say thank you to the fans. We don't know a lot but horse girls are the most popular thing of Japan in this world. Why ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 6, 2024 TheScarletCutter Recommended One of the better Gacha adaptations in my opinion is Uma Musume. Technically, it’s not a Gacha adaptation since the anime came first before the game but I supposed the anime is used as a potential buildup for said game. Uma Musume is very interesting for surprisingly a lot of reasons. From the looks of how the series designs its characters; it’s another animal girl show in the modern years. Like, you have girls that have horse parts, mainly the ears and the tail. But don’t be fooled about that part, it has an interesting history where it’s based on real times. With that in ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 21, 2018 AnimeSpaceBR2 Recommended - Finally my review of Uma Musume Pretty Derby, beginning with the story that is simply one of the most different stories I've ever seen in an anime, at least in its theme; the story in general is nothing from another world, it is just different but at the same time it gives a very interesting message about friendship, and, moreover, Uma Musume has an excellent direction that without a doubt is one of the greatest positive aspects of the work; Finally, about the story does not have much to say, it is a different story but at the same time, simple, fun, interesting messages ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 8, 2023 PixelB Not Recommended Preliminary (3/13 eps) I picked up Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, not because I thought this was going to be a particularly good show, but because it did at least have an interesting premise. That is, I didn't have any context for the show other than that these girls were anthropomorphized horses. Well, any promise of the show basically died after episodes 1 and 2. I figured out pretty early on that this show was probably an anime original for how many characters there are. Lo and behold, the show was a game adaptation. No wonder. There's just no way you can create a cohesive show with 10+ characters. It's ... Read more Open Gift Report More Reviews |
