Season 1
| Umamusume Pretty Derby: Season 1 | ||||
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| Kanji | ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | |||
| Romaji | Umamusume Puritī Dābī | |||
| English | Umamusume Pretty Derby: Season 1 | |||
| Anime Information | ||||
| Air Date | April 2nd, 2018 - June 18th, 2018 | |||
| Episodes | 13 | |||
| Director | Kei Oikawa | |||
| Animation studio | P.A. Works | |||
| Run time | 24 minutes/episode | |||
| Major Races Depicted | ||||
| '93 Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) '94 Japanese Derby (G1) '98 NHK Mile Cup (G1) '98 Japanese Derby (G1) '98 Kikuka Sho (G1) '98 Takarazuka Kinen (G1) '98 Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) '98 Japan Cup (G1) '98 Arima Kinen (G1) '99 Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) '99 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) '99 Japan Cup (G1) '99 Arima Kinen (G1) |
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Umamusume: Pretty Derby (ウマ娘 プリティーダービー, Umamusume Puritī Dābī) is an anime adaptation of the Umamusume: Pretty Derby media franchise. Its first season premiered on Spring 2018, with P.A. Works as its producer and Crunchyroll simulcasting the anime. This season focus on Special Week and Silence Suzuka as its main protagonists. Three extra episodes were included on the fourth volume of the Blu-ray release, focusing on the BNW trio (Biwa Hayahide, Narita Taishin and Winning Ticket).
Summary
In a world very much like our own, great race horses of the past have a chance to be reborn as “Umamusume” – girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these Umamusume go to train at Tokyo's Tracen Academy, hopefully moving on to fame and fortune as both racers and idols.
Special Week, a high school Umamusume from the countryside, has just transferred to Tracen, and she's determined to fulfill her promise to her mother to become the best Umamusume 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.[1]
Cast and Characters
Songs
Opening Theme
Ending Themes
Make debut! (ep 1)
Grow-up Shine!
Arigatou, Kami-sama (ep 5)
Silent Star (ep 7)
Find My Only Way (ep 12)
Umapyoi Densetsu (ep 13)
Enjoy and Join(OVA 3)
Insert Songs
ENDLESS DREAM!! (ep 2, 3)
Koi wa Derby☆ (ep 3, 10)
Nanairo no Keshiki (ep 1)
SEVEN (ep 8, 10)
Special Record! (ep 13)
Haruzora BLUE (OVA 3)
Fanfares
Umamusume Fanfare I Ippan
Umamusume Fanfare I GI
Umamusume Fanfare I Jusho
Episodes
| Nº Episode | Title | Director | Air Date |
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| 1 | Gate of Dreams! (夢のゲートっ！, Yume no Gēto!) | Tomoaki Ōta, Kei Oikawa | April 2, 2018 |
| Special Week travels to Tokyo by train all the way from Hokkaido to transfer to Tracen Academy; with the dream to become the #1 Umamusume of Japan. She gets out at the wrong stop, decides to visit the local race track where she meets a very forward and strange brown-haired man who keeps rudely feeling up her legs, and watches in awe as Silence Suzuka wins a race. After arriving late at the school and getting a good night's rest, she meets her classmates, Haru Urara, Seiun Sky, El Condor Pasa and Grass Wonder, she learns about the teams of Tracen Academy. Special Week wishes to be on the same team as Suzuka. At the end of the day she gets abducted by three masked Umamusume, she is taken to the base of Team Spica consisting of Gold Ship, Daiwa Scarlet, Vodka and now Silence Suzuka, who has recently joined, the strange brown-haired man is revealed to be Team Spica's trainer. Special Week decides to join the team, making her debut next week. | |||
| 2 | The Debut Race out of Nowhere (いきなりのデビュー戦, Ikinari no Debyū-sen) | Yuriko Abe, Fumihiko Suganuma | April 2, 2018 |
| Special Week is told she has only a week to prepare for her debut race. Symboli Rudolf, the student council president, and Silence Suzuka try to help her prepare. | |||
| 3 | First Big Win (初めての大一番, Hajimete no Ō Ichiban) | Tomoaki Ōta | April 9, 2018 |
| The members of Team Spica win their races which impresses their trainer. However, he points out that they do not perform well in their Winning Concerts. To practice for their Winning Concerts, the trainer organizes a karaoke session with Tokai Teio to train the team on singing and dancing. | |||
| 4 | Special Training! (特訓ですっ！, Tokkun Desu!) | Yuriko Abe | April 16, 2018 |
| Still reeling from the loss in the Satsuki Sho, Special Week finds out that she has gained weight. To gain muscle, Special Week goes on special training with the other members of Team Spica. | |||
| 5 | The Derby With Rivals (ライバルとのダービー, Raibaru to no Dābī) | Jong Heo | April 23, 2018 |
| Special Week, El Condor Pasa and Seiun Sky train and prepare for the Japanese Derby. | |||
| 6 | Autumn Skies and Horse Girls (天高く、ウマ娘燃ゆる秋, Ten Takaku, Umamusume Moyuru Aki) | Osamu Honma | April 30, 2018 |
| Team Spica has more members, and now they're enjoying the Fall Twinkle Series Fan Appreciation Fair. | |||
| 7 | Promise (約束, Yakusoku) | Yasuo Fujii | May 7, 2018 |
| Team Spica is training to take down Rigil. Special Week realizes she really wants to race with Silence Suzuka, and decides to talk to her trainer about it. | |||
| 8 | For You (あなたの為に, Anata no Tame ni) | Tomoaki Ōta | May 14, 2018 |
| Silence Suzuka recovers in a hospital before undergoing rehabilitation to run again. | |||
| 9 | Dreams of Spica (スピカの夢, Supika no Yume) | Ken'ichi Imaizumi | May 21, 2018 |
| Spica's trainer plans a summer training camp for the members to help get them get in even better shape. | |||
| 10 | No Matter How Many Times I Lose (何度負けても, Nando Makete mo) | Mitsutaka Noshitani | May 28, 2018 |
| Special Week is working hard to keep her promise, but her trainer wants her to rest instead, and has her go back home temporarily. | |||
| 11 | Welcome Back! (おかえりなさい！, Okaerinasai!) | Osamu Honma | June 4, 2018 |
| Silence Suzuka prepares for the Open Special, her comeback race. At the same time, Broye comes to Japan, where she declares that she will race in the Japan Cup against Special Week. | |||
| 12 | Stage of Dreams (夢の舞台, Yume no Butai) | Akira Takamura, Yuriko Abe | June 11, 2018 |
| Special Week's mother comes to Japan to watch her in the Japan Cup. Special Week, preparing herself for the race, meets her friends who give her the motivation to win the Japan Cup. | |||
| 13 | Echo, Fanfare! (響け、ファンファーレ！, Hibike, Fanfāre!) | Tomoaki Ōta, Kei Oikawa, Jong Heo, Osamu Honma, Ken'ichi Imaizumi, Yuriko Abe | June 18, 2018 |
| Eighteen Umamusume will compete in the Winter Dream Trophy. | |||
| OVA1 | BNW's Oath ① (BNWの誓い①, Bī Enu Daburyū no Chikai ①) | Tomoaki Ōta | December 19, 2018 |
| Team Spica supervises school festival preparations at Tracen when they hear about Team BNW, a group consisting of Biwa Hayahide, Narita Taishin, and Winning Ticket. | |||
| OVA2 | BNW's Oath ② (BNWの誓い②, Bī Enu Daburyū no Chikai ②) | Hiroki Hirano | December 19, 2018 |
| Tracen begins promoting the relay race, as Daiwa Scarlet, who is unable to join after an injury, checks on the teams led by Biwa Hayahide and Winning Ticket. | |||
| OVA3 | BNW's Oath ③ (BNWの誓い③, Bī Enu Daburyū no Chikai ③) | Osamu Honma | December 19, 2018 |
| The teams of Biwa Hayahide, Narita Taishin, and Winning Ticket race fiercely, as Narita Taishin reunites with her teammates in time. | |||