Uma Musume Season 3 launch date in 2023 confirmed by Uma Musume
The Cygames Pictures director needs to proceed creating new Uma Musume anime seasons so long as the sport is in style. Pic credit score: Cygames Pictures
The Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3 launch date is confirmed to be in 2023. The actual season hasn’t been specified but, but it surely’s more likely to be Summer or Fall 2023. (See the predictions part beneath for extra particulars.)
On November 6, 2022, Umamusume Season 3 was confirmed to be in manufacturing by a brief teaser trailer PV.
On February 22, 2023, a 2nd brief teaser trailer PV was launched:
The announcement of Uma Musume Season 3 shouldn’t be a shock since Cygames Pictures director Nobuhiro Takenaka was already speaking in regards to the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3 anime TV sequence again in 2021. What’s extra, the Blu-Ray gross sales of the second season set a report in Japan.
But when will Uma Musume Season 3 come out? And what in regards to the new web-only streaming sequence?
On May 4, 2022, the manufacturing of a brand new Umamusume: Pretty Derby anime sequence was introduced with a teaser trailer. The new Umamusume anime will characteristic T.M. Opera O, Admire Vega, Narita Top Road, and a number of other different Horse Girls competing to win the Classic.
The new Umamusume: Pretty Derby teaser trailer was launched on May 4, 2022.
On November, 6, 2022, the title of the net anime was introduced as Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Road to the Top. The deliberate launch date is in April 2023, the Spring 2023 anime season.
The internet anime shouldn’t be thought-about to be Umamusume Season 3 for the reason that announcement immediately states that it’s “completely different from the TV anime sequence”. The primary distinction is outwardly the format since will probably be an online streaming sequence reasonably than a TV present that’s broadcast on Japanese TV channels.
This Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Road to the Top PV trailer was launched on November 6, 2022.
On May 5, 2022, a brand new sequence of anime brief episodes known as Umayuru (Uma Yuru) was confirmed to be popping out in Fall 2022. It’s being animated by Studio SCOOTER FILMS.
The distinctions between these numerous tasks had been cleared up by additional bulletins. In the meantime, it’s undoubtedly clear that the director desired to create Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3 at one cut-off date.
In May 2021, director Takenaka spoke about how anime has turn into necessary at Cygames, which is usually centered on iPhone/Android sport apps like Granblue Fantasy, Princess Connect! Re:Dive, and, after all, the Uma Musume sport itself.
“Back within the day, the animation division wasn’t crucial to headquarters. Instead, the main focus was on the online game manufacturing division. Recently, nonetheless, the animation division has gained extra belief from the managers,” Takenaka stated.
“Still, please don’t put online game manufacturing apart. That’s as a result of I need us to maintain producing extra seasons of the anime so long as the sport goes on. I need to have the ability to meet the expectations of followers of the franchise.”
To put this remark in perspective, the Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2 anime TV sequence has already come out in Winter 2022.
In one interview with Famitsu, Takenaka was particularly requested, “Now that the sport has turn into a success, do you’ve any plans for Umamusume Season 3?”
In response, the director stated that they not solely wished to proceed Uma Musume, however he’d prefer to hold making extra anime so long as the sport continues.
The second season of the anime TV sequence was produced by Cygames Pictures and TOHO animation. The animation work was dealt with by Studio Kai, which is greatest recognized for Netflix’s Cagaster of an Insect Cage anime and the Super Cub anime TV sequence. They additionally co-developed 7 SEEDS Season 2 with Studio Gonzo.
In 2022, Studio Kai labored with Studio HORNETS on an isekai journey known as Skeleton Knight in Another World (Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu).
This article gives all the pieces that’s recognized about Uma Musume Season 3 (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3/Umamusume Season 3) and all associated information. As such, this text might be up to date over time with information, rumors, and evaluation. Meanwhile, let’s delve down into what is understood for sure.
Uma Musume Season 2 Blu-Ray gross sales skyrocket
Considering the monetary success of the sequence it’s not stunning that Uma Musume Season 3 was greenlit for manufacturing. While the anime trade has largely shifted over to streaming income being a very powerful monetary issue, Blue-Ray gross sales nonetheless can account for the success of sure anime.
In this case, the success of the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2 Blu-Ray field set was overwhelming. Uma Musume Season 2 Volume 1 offered an astounding 112,030 disc copies within the first week. In its second week, it offered 55,123 extra copies, bringing the overall to 167,153.
Volume 2 truly beat its personal report. In late June 2021, the second BD quantity offered an astounding 150,390 copies in its first week.
To put these numbers in perspective, Uma Musume 2 beat the earlier report holder, Love Live! Season 2 Volume 1, which had offered 82,515 copies in its first week. The field set now has the Japanese Oricon report for the best BD/DVD anime debut gross sales of all time. It’s additionally already primary for cumulative gross sales for a single Blu-Ray disc quantity, which beforehand belonged to Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 10 (131,166).
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2 might be launched as 4 Blu-Ray field set volumes. The cowl artwork for every field jacket comes collectively to kind one full illustration. Pic credit score: Studio Kai
As a comparability, Princess Connect! Re:Dive Blu-Ray Volume 1 offered 28,518 copies in its first week.
Popular anime with a number of seasons don’t even examine. My Hero Academia topped out at 3,511 copies with its first season and My Hero Academia Season 6 is a certainty. The first season of Attack On Titan offered 52,078 copies in its first week, however newer seasons have ranged from 7,410 down to three,179 copies. Yet the Attack On Titan Season 4 Part 3 launch date is confirmed to finish that sequence in 2023.
With Blu-Ray gross sales numbers like these, it will be loopy for Cygames Pictures to not renew Uma Musume Season 3 rapidly whereas the sport continues to be in style in Japan.
This teaser visible for Umamusume Pretty Derby Season 3 was launched on February 22, 2023. Pic credit score: Cygames Picturs
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3 launch date predictions: Is late 2023 possible?
As of the final replace, Cygames Pictures or any firm associated to the manufacturing of the anime has not formally confirmed the precise Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3 launch date. The director might have mentioned how he desired to create a 3rd season in 2022, however the manufacturing of a Uma Musume 3 sequel was solely confirmed by November 2022. The basic time-frame of 2023 was introduced in February 2023.
Once the information is formally confirmed this text might be up to date with the related data.
In the meantime, it’s doable to take a position about when the Uma Musume Season 3 premiere date will happen sooner or later.
The largest issue is the selection of anime studio. The first season was animated by Studio P.A. Works after which switched to Studio Kai, which is a comparatively new firm.
Unfortunately for Studio Kai, they weren’t on the anime manufacturing committee which meant that the corporate didn’t profit from the crazy-high BD income. Studio Kai truly misplaced cash in fiscal 12 months 2020 to the tune of 165 million yen.
Studios and the principle employees are contractors. It’s doable Uma Musume 3 may swap to a brand new studio primarily based on availability. After all, the anime trade as an entire is at the moment at over-production, and tasks are scheduled years prematurely.
Therefore, within the best-case situation, since Uma Musume Season 3 was greenlit for manufacturing in 2022 the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3 launch date might be scheduled for Summer or Fall 2023. Stay tuned!
