Episode 1 debuts on Wednesday, with more streaming every 2 days until May 6
On Wednesday, the official YouTube channel for the Umamusume franchise began broadcasting the initial installment of a four-episode mini anime series known as Umayuru Pretty Gray. This stream includes subtitles in English, Chinese (Traditional), and Korean.
Note: Toggle the "Closed Caption" option for subtitles
The mini anime's first episode is titled "Brutal Standoff" and the franchise describes the story:
Tamamo Cross swears that her takoyaki will be the best food stand at the Solefall Faire. She juuust so happens to be next to Gold Ship's yakisoba stand. But hey, what could possibly go wrong with Golshi around?
The first episode stars:
- Naomi Ōzora as Tamamo Cross
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Tomoyo Takayanagi as Oguri Cap
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Hitomi Ueda as Gold Ship
- Saori Ōnishi as Mejiro McQueen
The cast also performs the ending theme song "Ashen Memoir" as their respective characters.
Sawako Yuno is the lead animation director and character designer for the anime series "
Pucchimiku D4DJ Petit Mix," which is produced by
SCOOTER FILMS.
Cygames is responsible for the series production.
Additional staff include:
- Scenario Director: Maki Mitsutake
- Scenario Supervisor: Seika Kajisaki
- Narrative Planning/Scriptwriter: Deko Akao
- Character Design Supervisor: Tsubasa Hashino
- Art Director: Kazuma Shirasaki
- Cinematographer: Tomotaka Kanda
- Music Producer: Akihiro Honda
- Sound Director: Tadashi Jimbo
The second episode of the mini anime series will be released on May 2nd at 12:00 p.m. JST (which is 11:00 p.m. EDT the previous day). On May 4th, the third episode will be available for streaming at the same time. Finally, the fourth and last episode of the series will be released on May 6th at 12:00 p.m. JST (which is 11:00 p.m. EDT the previous day). It is important to note that this is during Japan's Golden Week holidays, and there is a "Gray Week Campaign" happening in conjunction with the release of the final episode.
Sources: Umamusume franchise 's YouTube channel (
link ) , Comic Natalie (
link )