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Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Sprinters' Story Stage Play Cancels 3 Performances
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Sprinters' Story, the first stage play for the Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise, announced on Monday that the play is canceling three performances on Monday and Tuesday due to the poor health of someone involved in the production. The website stated it is abiding by the COVID-19 guidelines of The Association of Public Theaters and Halls in Japan. The staff canceled one performance on Monday and two for Tuesday. The staff will reveal on Wednesday it is canceling any more performances.
The play is running in Tokyo's Shinagawa Prince Hotel from January 15-29 and features singing, dancing, and racing.
The play stars:
- Aya Yamane as Daitaku Helios
- Riona Imaizumi as Yamanin Zephyr
- Karin Isobe as Daiichi Ruby
- Hinata Satō as K.S.Miracle
The first 13-episode Uma Musume Pretty Derby television anime season premiered in April 2018. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. A "BNW no Chikai" (BNW's Oath) anime came bundled with the Uma Musume Pretty Derby television anime's fourth Blu-ray Disc volume in December 2018. The second season of the main Uma Musume Pretty Derby television anime premiered in January 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. A third season of the anime is in production.
The Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise's spinoff manga series Umayon also inspired its own television anime that premiered in July 2020 and ended in September 2020.
A special anime commemorating the first anniversary of the game debuted online in February 2022.
A new short anime series titled Uma Yuru debuted on October 16.
Cygames is also publishing several other spinoff manga for the franchise on Cycomi, including Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Haru urara Ganbaru! and Starting Gate: Uma Musume Pretty Derby.
Sources: Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Sprinters' Story's website, Famitsu.com
