Umamusume: Pretty Derby is a Japanese anime television series that is based on the Umamusume: Pretty Derby multimedia franchise created by Cygames. The anime currently has three seasons for the main series, four spin-off shorts series, one ONA, one film, and one spin-off anime series.
The first season of the main anime series, produced by P.A. Works, aired from April 2 to June 18, 2018, with the first two episodes being broadcast back-to-back. The second season, now principally produced by Studio Kai with P.A. Works assisting on the production, aired from January 5 to March 30, 2021. The third season, produced solely by Studio Kai, aired from October 5 to December 28, 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the main series.
Various shorts series would also be released. An anime television series based on the four-panel manga spinoff aired from July 7 to September 22, 2020. A Blu-ray box set, which includes 12 new episodes, was released on December 8, 2021. A short anime series titled was released on YouTube from October 16, 2022, to March 26, 2023. A short anime series focusing on characters based on renowned gray racehorses, titled , was released on YouTube from April 30 to May 6, 2025. A short anime series, titled , began releasing on YouTube on September 27, 2026.
Cypic would later produce various spin-offs within the franchise. An anime ONA series, titled , was released on YouTube from April 16 to May 7, 2023. An anime film titled was released in Japanese theaters on May 24, 2024. An anime television series adaptation of the manga series aired in two split cours, with the first cours airing from April 6 to June 29, 2025, and the second cours airing from October 5 to December 21, 2025. Remow licensed the series for streaming on Amazon Prime Video (North America), the It's Anime YouTube channel (select regions), Anime Onegai (Latin America), ADN (Europe), and Netflix (Asia-Pacific).
Series overview
Episodes Main series Season 1 (2018)
Season 2 (2021)
Season 3 (2023)
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray (2025)
Short animation series Umayon (2020)
Umayuru (2022–23)
Umayuru: Pretty Gray (2025)
Umayuru: Full Gate! (2026–27)
Cypic animation series Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Road to the Top (2023)
Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era (2024)
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