Field Report: Umamusume Cosplayers Show Up at a Philippine Racetrack
Cosplayers dressed as characters from the Japanese game Umamusume: Pretty Derby gathered at the new Padre Garcia Racetrack in the Philippines. This piece reads the event — Umamusume's reach extending from Japan, where it grew racing's fan base, to a new racing venue overseas — through one lens: horses and facilities can be assembled with capital, but fans cannot be bought.