Second Season of 'Uma Musume: Pretty Derby' Announced for 2021

 

A second anime season of Cygames' Uma Musume: Pretty Derby smartphone game was announced at the Paka Live TV Vol.1 program on Tuesday. The official website also revealed a teaser visual (pictured) and promo. The second season is scheduled to premiere in 2021.

The first season will begin rebroadcasting on October 5 at 12:00 a.m. on Tokyo MX and BS11. The Paka Live program's second volume will debut in December.

P.A. Works produced the 13-episode first anime season in Spring 2018. The fourth and final Blu-ray volume bundled three special episodes in December that year. Crunchyroll simulcast the anime with subtitles as it aired in Japan.

A short anime series adapting Kumajet's 4-koma spin-off manga titled Umayon began airing on July 7 and ended with 12 episodes on Tuesday.

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby follows anthropomorphizes racing horses as girls with exceptional running capacity, who aim to win at the "Twinkle Series" sports event. The media-mix project also inspired webcomics and music CDs. The smartphone game is scheduled for release this year.