Umamusume: Pretty Derby Beginning of a New Era Will Get a One-Day-Only North American Theater Release

Umamusume: Pretty Derby's anime movie spinoff, Beginning of a New Era, released successful theaters successful Japan mode backmost successful May 2024. And now, it's coming to the U.S. for a one-night-only theatrical merchandise connected February 27, 2026.

As shared by Crunchyroll, the movie volition deed select, to-be-announced theaters successful the U.S. for a one-night screening adjacent month, and shared an English-language trailer and poster alongside the news. Tickets volition beryllium disposable astatine a aboriginal day via the authoritative English website, though it's unclear however wide a merchandise this movie volition really get.

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If you're not acquainted with Umamusume: Pretty Derby, it's an exceedingly fashionable franchise from Cygames centered astir a mobile crippled that launched successful 2021. It features the Umamusume, oregon women with immoderate of the features (such arsenic ears and tails) and abilities of horses who enactment successful races styled aft real-world humanities equine races. In the crippled this takes the signifier of a sports simulation crippled wherever players bid Umamusume to vie successful assorted raises and conscionable certain, character-specific goals.

Across the mobile game, a multi-season anime, a manga, and assorted different spinoffs, Umamusume has covered the stories of aggregate characters based connected real-world contention horses from the '90s, '00s, and '10s. The film, Beginning of a New Era, released successful Japan connected May 24, 2024 and follows Jungle Pocket, based connected the real-world equine of the aforesaid name, and her rivalries with Agnes Tachyon, Manhattan Cafe, and Dantsu Flame. In the film, Jungle Pocket trains with seasoned trainer Tanabe successful an effort to triumph the Triple Crown, a bid of 3 races that tin lone beryllium competed successful erstwhile successful a lifetime.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby launched successful the U.S. successful July of past twelvemonth and lone accrued its popularity from what it already enjoyed successful Japan. So overmuch truthful that fans are present paying attraction to the real-life horses that inspired their fictional counterparts, cheering them on, and adjacent mourning the decease of 1 past year.

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