Umamusume: Pretty Derby is a mobile game developed and published by Cygames featuring girls based on famous racehorses. The game was first announced in 2016 and was initially slated for a Fall 2018 release, only for development to start out from scratch; with the ultimate release date pushed back to Febuary 2021.
The franchise received several anime adaptations, with the first season preceding the initial release date of the game in Spring 2018, and a sequel to that coinciding with the game's release on Winter 2021. A direct sequel was announced in November of 2022, with another spinoff featuring Narita Top Road in the works for a Spring 2023 release date. There is also the Umayon spinoff, which was a 4koma manga that was adapted in to a anime short in 2020, and the Umayuru spinoff which was released directly on Umamusume's YouTube channel in Fall of 2022. On June 21 2023, a party game spinoff, Umamusume Pretty Derby: Party Dash, was announced for a 2024 release.
