News
Umamusume Franchise Launches Subtitled Umayuru: Pretty Gray Mini Anime
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official YouTube channel for the Umamusume franchise started streaming the first episode of a new four-episode mini anime series titled Umayuru Pretty Gray on Wednesday. The stream contains subtitles in English, Chinese (Traditional), and Korean.
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
- Tomoyo Takayanagi as Oguri Cap
- 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 (Pucchimiku D4DJ Petit Mix animation character designer) is the mini anime's lead animation director and character designer at SCOOTER FILMS. Cygames is credited 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 mini anime will debut the second episode on May 2, the third episode on May 4, and the fourth and final episode on May 6. Each episode starts streaming at 12:00 p.m. JST (or 11:00 p.m. EDT the previous day). May 6 is the end of Japan's Golden Week holidays, and the Umamusume franchise is holding a "Gray Week Campaign" during that time.
Sources: Umamusume franchise's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
