TV anime will run in April 2018!　Report on "Uma Musume Pretty Derby 2017 Final Event & Anime New Information Presentation Ariake Kinen"

Uma Musume Pretty Derby 2017 Final Event & Anime New Information Presentation Ariake Kinen" was held on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Differ Ariake, Tokyo.

Uma Musume Pretty Derby" is a media mix content by Cygames, with a smartphone app service to be launched in 2018 and a TV anime broadcast by the team of Cygames x TOHO animation x Lantis and production studio P.A.WORKS. At this event, the latest PV of the anime was shown and it was announced that the anime will be broadcast from April 2018. It was also revealed that Taro Iwashiro (music for the anime "Midori no Makibao") will be in charge of producing the anime music as a new staff member.

From the beginning of the new year, the release of the continuing "STARTING GATE" series of vocal and drama mini-albums focusing on each of the three Uma Musume will begin, with the release of "STARTING GATE 07" on January 17, 2018 and "STARTING GATE 08" on February 14, 2018, to be followed by the release of "STARTING GATE 07" on January 17, 2018 and "STARTING GATE 08" on February 14, 2018. On March 17, 2018, a joint event will be held to celebrate the release of "STARTING GATE 07 and 08".

The game is currently being produced by a team of about 100 people," said Akihiro Ishihara, Cygames content producer. I think it is something different from existing smartphone games. We will be able to tell you more about the game around March.

Uma Musume compete on the course at the venue!

The event was attended by Azumi Wake (Special Week), Marika Takano (Silence Suzuka), Machico (Tokai Teio), Yuka Aisaka (Narita Bryan), Hitomi Ueda (Gold Ship), Ayaka Ohashi (Vodka), Akari Kito (Seiunsukai), Hitomi Ueda (Gold Ship), Ayaka Ohashi (Vodka), Akari Kito (Seiunsukai), Yuka Aisaka (Naritabu Ryan), Hitomi Ueda (Gold Ship), Akari Ohashi (Vodka), Akari Kito (Seiunsukai), and Akari Kito (Vodka). (Seiunsky), Ms. Chisaki Kimura (Daiwa Scarlet), Ms. Saki Kosaka (Gold City), Ms. Shina Suto (Haruurara), Ms. Tomoha Takayanagi (Oguri Cap), Ms. Hiyori Nitta (Machikane Fukkitar), Ms. Reina Maeda (Glass Wonder), Ms. Eriko Matsui (Fujixeki) and Yukiyo Fujii (playing Tazuna Surugawa).

The stage set-up was characterized by a horseshoe-shaped (U-shaped) flower path that ran from both sides of the main stage to the center of the venue. The paths were decorated in the style of grass, giving the impression of a horse race course circling the venue. The area used as part of the stage for the opening live performance of "Umapyoi Densetsu" became the stage for the "G1 Ariake Kinen" game of Uma Musume Sugoroku (not human) during the first half of the event. The three teams of pink, green, and blue challenged each other to various quizzes and games, with the team with the higher score in each game advancing through more squares, and the team with the highest total advancement winning. The "Grip-Strength King! As the name suggests, the cast members took a grip strength meter in their hands and competed in the "Grip Strength King! When Saki Kosaka of the Green Team came in first with a record of 33.6 kg, the host, Yukiyo Fujii, asked, "Are you okay (as a strong character) even though it's your first time at the event? which made the audience laugh. In the "Long Throwing King Contest," in which contestants competed in throwing a ball a long distance, Machico of the blue team threw a ball quite well, making a mysterious remark, "My right arm is buzzing," but the distance was not as long as expected due to a nice catch by the audience. The race was back-and-forth, but the second half turned chaotic as Mr. Fujii, who played the role of judge, was quick to give service to the cute girls and the teams that started late. In the end, the green team won the race.

A unique feature of the "Uma Musume" event was the "trainer cheer recording. Microphones were set up at the center of the stage, and the audience was challenged to record their own "cheers. The audience improvised to capture the excitement of the racecourse and the excitement during the race. Fujii, who was present during the recording, exclaimed, "Everyone is too good! Fujii, who was present during the recording, exclaimed, "Everyone's too good! The voice recorded in this corner will actually be used in the film.

The second half of the show was the long-awaited live performance part. The second half of the show was the long-awaited live part, starting with "ENDLESS DREAM! and they performed 8 songs nonstop. What was fresh was the solo corner, where the solo songs of other Uma Musume were performed as covers. Marzenski's (CV: Lynn) solo song "Forbidden Burning Heart" was covered by Reina Maeda. The song was sung with a cute and glamorous quality. Because "Teisho Kageki ~Praise Them Forever~" is a song that is inseparable from the strong personality of Teimu Opera O (CV: Tokui Aozora), Eriko Matsui's singing was as powerful and intense as the original song, with her own vivaciousness added to the mix. The solo song "SEVEN" by Symbol Rudolf (CV: Azusa Tadokoro) was covered by Ms. Tadokoro's office mate Machico, who easily sang a song that requires a high level of vocal ability. Machico's long tones in the high register and her expression of tears filled with sadness were unique to her. The setlist was very skillful in that it showed the unfathomable potential of the cast members with attractive expressions that were different in color from the original songs, and also included solo songs that were not sung at the "Uma Musume 1st EVENT "Special Weekend!

The special song "Bokura no Bluebird Days" was sung by Hitomi Ueda, Ayaka Ohashi, and Chisaki Kimura, the original members of "STARTING GATE 03". Of the trio songs included on each CD, "Bokura no Bluebird Days" is a song that expresses the three horsema girls, Vodka, Daiwa Scarlett, and Gold Ship, and their conflicting emotions that make them unable to be honest with each other. Since Ms. Ohashi was unable to attend the "STARTING GATE 03" release event, she was happy to see the three of them live on stage to sing the song together.

After the last song of the event, in which they thanked the trainers (fans) for their support, the final song was "Umapyoi Densetsu" (Legend of Umapyoi)!　During the song, all the performers spread out across the entire flower aisle, which was shaped like a horse racing course, and performed too close to the audience. It was an extravagant and premium live performance, with the flower aisle performance often seen in the arena class packed into a box at a very close distance.

(Reporting by Kiri Nakazato)

Set List
Uma Musume Pretty Derby 2017 Final Event & Anime New Information Presentation Ariake Memorial

M01:Umapyoi Densetsu (All the members)

M02:ENDLESS DREAM! (All members)

M03:Believe in Miracle! (Azumi Waki, Akari Kito, Hiyori Nitta)

M04:Our Bluebird Days (Hitomi Ueda, Ayaka Ohashi, Chisaki Kimura)

M05:UNLIMITED IMPACT (Saki Kosaka, Tomoha Takayanagi)

M06:Forbidden Burning Heart (Reina Maeda)

M07:Teisho Kageki ~Praise Them Forever~ (Eriko Matsui)

M08:SEVEN (Machico)

M09:My favorite Takarabako (Marika Takano, Yuka Aisaka, Shina Suto)

M10:Umapyoi Densetsu (All)