Umamusume: Pretty Derby’s anime movie spinoff, Beginning of a New Era, launched in theaters in Japan method again in Might 2024. And now, it is coming to the U.S. for a theatrical launch beginning February 27, 2026.
As shared by Crunchyroll, the movie will hit choose, to-be-announced theaters within the U.S. for screenings subsequent month, and shared an English-language trailer and poster alongside the information. Tickets might be out there at a later date by way of the official English website, although it is unclear how broad a launch this movie will really get.
When you’re not aware of Umamusume: Pretty Derby, it is an exceedingly standard franchise from Cygames centered round a cell sport that launched in 2021. It options the Umamusume, or girls with some of the options (equivalent to ears and tails) and talents of horses who take part in races styled after real-world historic horse races. Within the sport this takes the shape of a sports activities simulation sport the place gamers practice Umamusume to compete in numerous raises and meet sure, character-specific objectives.
Throughout the cell sport, a multi-season anime, a manga, and numerous different spinoffs, Umamusume has lined the tales of a number of characters based mostly on real-world race horses from the ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s. The movie, Beginning of a New Era, launched in Japan on Might 24, 2024 and follows Jungle Pocket, based mostly on the real-world horse of the identical title, and her rivalries with Agnes Tachyon, Manhattan Cafe, and Dantsu Flame. Within the movie, Jungle Pocket trains with veteran coach Tanabe in an effort to win the Triple Crown, a sequence of three races that may solely be competed in as soon as in a lifetime.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby launched within the U.S. in July of final yr and solely elevated its reputation from what it already loved in Japan. A lot in order that followers are actually listening to the real-life horses that impressed their fictional counterparts, cheering them on, and even mourning the dying of one final yr.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Obtained a story tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.
(A earlier model of this text acknowledged that the theatrical launch was for one evening solely. This has been corrected above.)