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The latest game event to fall afoul of US visa rules is a live concert for horse girl racer Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Rock Paper Shotgun Oct 20, 2026, 3:05 PM (1 hour ago)

Umamusume: Pretty Derby has turned out to be one of the most popular games in the world, partly due to being a gacha game and partly due to making pretty girls out of very real Japanese racehorses (which introduces a unique mourning when the real horse passes away and the anime girl lives on).

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