It was officially announced at the CygamesFes2018 event held at Makuhari Messe today on December 15

that an anime adaptation of Umayon, a spin-off four panel manga of Cygames' multimedia franchise Uma

Musume Pretty Derby, is now in the works. The anime's official teaser site also opens with a 30-second

teaser trailer. How and when the anime is distributed is currently unknown.

The manga illustrated by Kuma Jet (The Cinderella Girls Theater anime original character designer) has

been serialized on Cygames' web comic service on CyComi since March 2018. Its story focuses on the 

horse girls' comical daily life, so far 38 chapters have been available.

Teaser trailer

Meanwhile, the release of the Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise's first smartphone game app, which

was originally planned for the winter of 2018, is announced to be postponed to a later date for further

improvement of its quality. The game had attracted 350,000 pre-registrations by September.

【ゲーム配信延期のお知らせ】
2018年冬の配信開始を予定しておりましたが、このたびさらなるクオリティ向上を目指し、配信予定を延期させていただきます。
配信をお待ちいただいております皆さまには、心よりお詫び申し上げます。
詳細は下記URLをご確認ください。https://t.co/tyrYTPdTym#ウマ娘

— ウマ娘プロジェクト公式アカウント (@uma_musu) 2018年12月15日

Trailer for the game app

Source: "Umamusume Pretty Derby" project official website

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