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PG
May 24, 2024
Wokeometer Rating
1Based
Audience Woke Score
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Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era sticks to classic sports storytelling about rivalry, training, and personal growth with zero identity politics or social messaging. This keeps its wokeness score at a safe 1/10.

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Detailed Analysis

The supplied research describes Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era as a sports anime focused on rivalry, training, personal growth, and legacy within an established franchise of anthropomorphic horse-girl characters.

All voice credits align female performers with female roles and a male performer with the male trainer role. No dialogue, subplots, or framing introduces identity politics, systemic critiques, or social justice messaging. Creator notes emphasize animation and athletic themes.

Reception centers on entertainment and competition. All casting comparisons are recorded as unresolved, preventing any confirmed cross-sex casting or established-character alteration from being treated as fact. Unresolved status blocks application of the established-character change floor.

No affirmative LGBTQ+ portrayal, feminist framing, or identity-based conflicts appear in the provided findings. Minor supporting-cast details remain incidental and do not drive narrative. These elements keep the work in the 0-1 range of traditional sports storytelling with virtually no progressive ideological content.

Material uncertainty exists solely around the unresolved casting comparisons, which do not alter the absence of messaging or confirmed departures. Casting evidence: Casting research is incomplete or contains unresolved comparisons; overall casting fidelity has not been established. Documented credits include Yuri Fujimoto as Jungle Pocket (voice); Sumire Uesaka as Agnes Tachyon (voice); Kenichi Ogata as Tanabe Trainer (voice). The casting comparison for Yuri Fujimoto as Jungle Pocket (voice) remains unresolved.

The casting comparison for Sumire Uesaka as Agnes Tachyon (voice) remains unresolved. The casting comparison for Kenichi Ogata as Tanabe Trainer (voice) remains unresolved.

Key Factors

  • Traditional sports rivalry and personal achievement premise with no social commentary
  • Franchise-consistent all-female horse-girl cast; no confirmed established-character alterations
  • Creator focus on animation, competition, and growth rather than messaging
  • Absence of any LGBTQ+ portrayal, feminist framing, or identity-based conflicts
  • Reception centered on entertainment value without ideological controversy
  • All casting comparisons unresolved; no confirmed departures or rewrites

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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Is Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era's overall score.

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Top Cast

Yuri Fujimoto
1Based

Yuri Fujimoto

Jungle Pocket (voice)

Sumire Uesaka
1.2Based

Sumire Uesaka

Agnes Tachyon (voice)

Yui Ogura
1.7Based

Yui Ogura

Manhattan Cafe (voice)

Haruna Fukushima
1Based

Haruna Fukushima

Dantsu Flame (voice)

Sora Tokui
0.7Based

Sora Tokui

T.M. Opera O (voice)

Eriko Matsui
2.5Based

Eriko Matsui

Fuji Kiseki (voice)

Kanna Nakamura
3.7Based

Kanna Nakamura

Narita Top Road (voice)

Misaki Watada
1Based

Misaki Watada

Meisho Doto (voice)

Kenichi Ogata
0.3Based

Kenichi Ogata

Tanabe Trainer (voice)

Yurie Igoma
1.5Based

Yurie Igoma

Shima (voice)

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