Now that the first 13-episode part of the Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime has rounded the bend, it’s time to look ahead to the continuation. A new trailer arrived to tease what’s to come for part two, which is officially set to premiere sometime this October. Check out the brief video below while we wait for more on a concrete date for the next cour.
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray Part 2 Teaser
The first part kicked off on April 6 in Japan via TBS and its affiliates, and Amazon Prime Video and the It’s Anime YouTube channel stream it in other parts of the world, including the United States and Canada.
Cinderella Gray is co-directed by Takehiro Miura and Yuki Ito. Miura has previously worked as an animation director on properties like Fate/Apocrypha and Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us. Ito is also known as an animation director from shows like Backflip!! and The Elusive Samurai.
Cinderella Gray, which is being animated at Cygames, is the latest Uma Musume series, and is based on the story of the real-life race horse Oguri Cap. Here’s how Amazon Prime Video describes the story:
Umamusume are racers who inherit the names and spirits of legendary racehorses from another world. Among them is Oguri Cap, a countryside-born Umamusume with an insatiable appetite! Unbeknownst to those around her, the potential of this ashen-haired “Beast” will soon propel her to the national stage and lead her down a legendary path. Follow her journey in this hot-blooded Cinderella story!
Source: Anime News Network