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Ani-One Asia Streams Uma Musume Season 3, Bikkuri-men, Anime
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The first episode of Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3, the third season of the Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise's anime, is already available. The anime premiered on Thursday.
The third season features a returning cast.
Kei Oikawa is once again directing the anime at Studio KAI. Yousuke Kabashima is returning to serve as co-character designer, as is co-character designer Tomoko Tsuji. Satoru Fujimoto returns to the staff as chief animation director, along with Manabu Nii. Shingo Nagai and Tetsuya Kobari are handling series composition.
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.
The Uma Musume Pretty Derby game launched in February 2021 for iOS and Android. The game was originally slated for a release in winter 2018, and was delayed in order to raise the game's quality. The game released on PC via DMM Games in March 2021.
The game's concept begins with Uma Musume (Horse Girls), girls endowed with excellent running capability, and who aim to become top idols and compete in the national sports entertainment show "Twinkle Series." Players take the role of both teacher and trainer for the girls in the Nihon Uma Musume Training Center Gakuen (Japan Horse Girls Training Center Academy) and help them make their debut.
Lotte is credited for the original work, and Shaman King manga creator Hiroyuki Takei is drafting the original characters and mechanic design.
Tomohiro Tsukimisato (How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno, Anime Kapibarasan) is directing the anime at Shin-Ei Animation and Lesprit. Yuniko Ayana (BanG Dream!, The Idolm@ster SideM) is in charge of series scripts, Ayano Ōwada (How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno) is designing the characters, and Yasuhiro Misawa (Hinamatsuri, How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno) is in charge of music. Dannie May performs the opening theme song "Collection," and the anime's cast including Daishi Kajita, Shūta Morishima, and Tatsumaru Tachibana perform the ending theme song "Seishun☆Whatcha Gonna Do."
The new anime will feature characters who appear on the collectable stickers packaged with the snacks. The story is set in a world where the value of Bikkuri-Man stickers are so high that they have to be transported in a cash transport vehicle. There was also the famous robbery case one year ago, called the "300 million Bikkuri-Man sticker case." One day, a high-school delivery part-timer named Yamato gets involved in a battle over stickers between two competing convenience stores. The Angel Mart owned by the Phoenix store manager is famous for its easy-to-use glitter stickers. The Devil Store across the street also tries to attract Bikkuri-Man fans to their store. Former comrades are divided into allies and foes, and the battle of destiny begins.
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
This is a story about the brotherhood of the Yuzuki family. Since the sudden past of the parents two years ago, Hayato, the eldest son, and the pillar of the family; Mikoto, the second son, is calm and collected, but he has a soft spot for his younger brother; Minato, the third son, adores his brothers, but a bit clumsy; Gakuto, the fourth son, is a studious and mature first-grader, have begun to depend on each other. The story depicts the four brothers' daily lives as they navigate their family, school, and community.
Mitsuru Hongo (Gunma-chan, Ascendance of a Bookworm) is directing the anime at Shuka (Natsume's Book of Friends seasons 5-6), and Orie Tanaka (Natsume's Book of Friends animation director) is designing the characters and is serving as chief animation director. Yoshikazu Suo (Magical Project S, The Melody of Oblivion) is composing the music. Aoi Kubo performs the ending theme song "Sasakure" (Splinter).
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
For ages, humanity flourished through the power of magic, a gift from witches to aid mankind. But times have changed, the Gear Expansion Revolution had made the Redia Empire a scientific civilization that overrides magic. In order to liberate humanity from the blight of magic, the Redia Empire began a ruthless hunt to exterminate all witches. Adonis was the apprentice to a witch, Chloe who he dearly loved. When she perishes at the hands of the empire, Adonis vows revenge. With this furious wizard's power, blood will flow! Will he find redemption at the end of the road…?
The anime stars Kaito Ishikawa as Adonis and Azumi Waki as Doroka. Ryoko Shiraishi will play Chloe in the anime.
Keitaro Motonaga (Date A Live, Getbackers) is directing the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab. Takamitsu Kouno (Utawarerumono: The False Faces, Absolute Duo) is in charge of the series scripts, and Hiromi Kato (Goblin Slayer, Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East is designing the characters. Miki Sakurai (I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss), Shu Kanematsu (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!), and Hanae Nakamura (The Quintessential Quintuplets are composing the music.
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