Anime like Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Sports

REACH OUT AND GRASP GREATNESS.

Jungle Pocket, known to her close friends as "Pokke," is a free-spirited Umamusume who has proven her dominance in the freestyle racing scene. Overwhelmed by Fuji Kiseki's majestic performance at a graded Twinkle Series race, she resolves to take on the Twinkle Series herself.

Shortly after joining the Umamusume training school Tracen Academy, Pokke comes under the wing of Tanabe, a veteran trainer who fostered Fuji Kiseki's talent. Together, they aspire to dominate the Triple Crown series, a set of three races that can only be attempted once in a lifetime. Awaiting them are formidable rivals of Pokke's generation, whose talents surpass even her own.

There's Dantsu Flame, whose diligence and determination to win are second to none; Manhattan Cafe, who chases the shadowy silhouette of a "friend" that only she can see; and Agnes Tachyon, a veritable mad scientist seeking to push the very boundaries of what is possible for Umamusume.

These four runners take to the track with their very pride, spirit, and souls on the line. Past the finish of their epic clash is a door waiting to be opened—one that leads to the beginning of a new era.

"It doesn't matter who stands in my way! I'm gonna be the greatest!"



Tags: Athletics , Kemonomimi , Female Protagonist , Disability , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Idol , Urban , Ghost

Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

Also known as Umamusume: Cinderella Gray.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Cygames , TBS , Happinet Media Marketing , Universal Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Unbeknownst to those around her in the destitute countryside of Kasamatsu, the staggering potential of this ashen-haired "Beast” will soon rock Japan with her feet and catapult her to the national stage—down the path of a legend.

Follow Oguri Cap and her insatiable appetite as the starting gates open on this Umamusume's hot-blooded Cinderella story!



Tags: Athletics , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Seinen , Historical , Fitness , Yuri , Idol , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Disability , Dancing , Food , Bullying

Ashita no Joe 2

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe 2.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

Yabuki Joe is left downhearted and hopeless after a certain tragic event. In attempt to put the past behind him, Joe leaves the gym behind and begins wandering. On his travels he comes across the likes of Wolf Kanagushi and Goromaki Gondo, men who unintentionally fan the dying embers inside him, leading him to putting his wanderings to an end. His return home puts Joe back on the path to boxing, but unknown to himself and his trainer, he now suffers deep-set issues holding him back from fighting. In attempt to quell those issues, Carlos Rivera, a world renowned boxer is invited from Venezuela to help Joe recover.

Tags: Boxing , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Shounen , Foreign , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Language Barrier , Delinquents , Ojou-sama , Class Struggle , Yakuza , War , Military , Bar , Mafia , Love Triangle , Body Image , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3.

Studio: Studio KAI , Cygames , Toho , Bandai Namco Music Live , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The third season of Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

Tags: Athletics , Kemonomimi , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , Urban , School , Idol , Yuri , Animals , Maids , Food , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2

Also known as Umamusume: Cinderella Gray 2nd Cour.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Cygames , TBS , Happinet Media Marketing , Universal Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

The second half of Umamusume: Cinderella Gray.

Hailing from the humble countryside, Oguri Cap has turned the racing world on its head. Her rampage through the national race scene seemed unstoppable... until it wasn't. Tamamo Cross, the current peak of racing, has bested the Beast and declared Oguri Cap her rival.

But Oguri Cap can't afford to keep her attention on Tamamo Cross alone. One by one, racers from all over the world arrive in Japan, ready to demonstrate their own prowess. Up against the best the world has to offer, our ashen racer will need to reach beyond her limits if she wants to stand a chance… Keep those eyes peeled—a Cinderella story full of twists and turns lies ahead!



Tags: Athletics , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Historical , Fitness , Yuri , Super Power , Dancing , Idol , Animals , Parenthood , Language Barrier , Basketball

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru

Also known as Yuki Yuna is a Hero.

Studio: Studio Gokumi , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Slice of Life

Yuuna Yuuki is an ordinary second-year middle school student. She gets up in the morning, gets ready for school, goes to classes, participates in club activities, and has fun with her friends. But there is one extraordinary thing about Yuuki — she belongs to the “Brave Hero Club.” What does the Brave Hero Club do? Who is the mysterious being called “Vertex?” Yuuki Yuuna and her friends’ story takes place in Year 300, Era of the Gods.



Tags: Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Magic , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Gods , Tragedy , Philosophy , School Club , Disability , Cult , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Chuunibyou , Coastal , Religion , Kaiju , Yuri , Fairy , Post-Apocalyptic , Amnesia , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Memory Manipulation , Suicide , Swordplay , Guns , Conspiracy , School , Primarily Child Cast , Tsundere , CGI , Superhero , Isekai , Language Barrier

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Movie

Also known as Revue Starlight: The Movie.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Psychological

The stage emulates life and compresses it, setting free skills learned over lifetimes in brief but dazzling displays for the amusement and judgment of others. For the performers, it is the ultimate risk, and some will rise while others must fall. Nowhere is this truer than at the Seisho Music Academy, where music, dance and real weapons all come into play in the creation of the next great Star. Karen and Hikari’s destinies have been linked since a childhood promise, but their journeys here have taken very different paths. Now, after Hikari leaves, Karen must discover who she is without her opposite, while Hikari must rediscover her own course.



Tags: Acting , Musical Theater , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , CGI , Classic Literature , Spearplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Trains , Desert , Dancing , Henshin , School , Love Triangle , Animals , Archery , Urban , Boarding School , Athletics , Yandere

Liz to Aoi Tori

Also known as Liz and the Blue Bird.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Animation Do , Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Students and best friends Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki prepare to play a complex musical duet, Liz and the Blue Bird, for oboe and flute. Though they play beautifully together and have been friends since childhood, Mizore and Nozomi find that with graduation looming and the duet proving difficult, their friendship begins to buckle under the pressure. Interspersed with their story is the fantasy tale of Liz, drawn like a storybook, contrasting with the crisp realism of the school.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Band , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Fairy Tale , LGBTQ+ Themes , Classical Music , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , School , Unrequited Love

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight

Also known as Revue Starlight.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Pony Canyon , OVERLAP , APDREAM , TBS , Sound Team Don Juan , Nelke Planning , Bushiroad , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Psychological

The franchise centers on "Starlight" — the song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. Time passes, and now the girls are 16 years old. Karen is very enthusiastic about the lessons she takes every day, holding her promise close to her heart. Hikari has transferred schools and is now away from Karen. But the cogs of fate turn, and the two are destined to meet again. The girls and other "Stage Girls" will compete in a mysterious audition process to gain acceptance into the revue.



Tags: Musical Theater , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Acting , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Meta , Boarding School , Battle Royale , Fairy Tale , Animals , Time Loop , School , Coming of Age , Yuri , Henshin , Swordplay , Philosophy , Dancing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Tomboy , Spearplay , Archery , Amnesia , Motorcycles , Urban