My Little Pony: Pony Life is an American–Irish animated television series based on the My Little Pony franchise, and is a spin-off of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. It is produced by Allspark Animation (credited as Entertainment One) and Boulder Media, and is the newest installment in the franchise. All of the voice actresses for the Mane 6 were retained.[1]
Unlike Friendship Is Magic, every episode is in an 11-minute format, but each one consists of two five-minute segments. Nearly every six episodes details a story arc for the Mane 6; such as the first six episodes focusing on Pinkie Pie auditioning for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut.
The series premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on June 21, 2020, and will premiere on Discovery Family in the US on November 7, 2020[2], with a second season to follow on April 10, 2021.[3]
Plot
"Pony Life relocates the ponies to Sugarcube Corner, a local bakery hangout run by Pinkie Pie, which also houses a mysterious cache of magical potions to be broken out when the need arises."[4]
Cast and characters
Main
- Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle[4]
- Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy[4]
- Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash and Applejack[4]
- Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity[4] and Spike
History
On October 8, 2019, the My Little Pony Facebook and Instagram released a picture containing the new design of Spike that went mostly unnoticed, before the show's official announcement.
On November 13, a teaser announcing My Little Pony: Pony Life along with the new toyline was uploaded to the My Little Pony YouTube channel.[5] A press release was released that went into further detail about the series including five promotional images. It was confirmed on the same day by writer Whitney Ralls who the rest of the writer staff is.[6]
On January 25, 2020, stop motion shorts started appearing on the My Little Pony YouTube channel to promote the series.
On June 18, a trailer for the series was made public on YouTube, along with the show's theme song and character bios for the Mane 6 (sans Applejack).[7] On the same day, Boulder Media confirmed they were co-producing the show.[8]
On June 25, a "Meet Applejack" bio was finally published, along with a 30-second video about the Sugarcube Corner.
On September 17, ahead the series premiere in the US, the series was renewed for a second season, which is currently in production.[9]
Episodes
| Season | Segments | Episodes |  Originally released
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
| 1 | 52 | 26 | November 7, 2020 | February 6, 2021 | |
| 2 | 28 | 14 | April 10, 2021 | May 22, 2021 | |
Shorts
Broadcast
My Little Pony: Pony Life was formerly scheduled to premiere in the United States on Discovery Family on June 13, 2020. However, it was then announced just a few days before that the series was postponed for a later date. The series was later announced to premiere on the channel on November 7, 2020. It was also suggested that in late 2020 it would be made available on YouTube.
In Canada, the show made its world premiere on Treehouse TV on June 21, 2020. In Australia and New Zealand, the series premiered on Boomerang on August 1, 2020. In France, the series premiered on Gulli on August 29, 2020. In Poland, the series premiered on MiniMini+ on September 7, 2020.
Gallery
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| The image gallery for My Little Pony: Pony Life may be viewed here. |
Trivia
- This is the last series produced by Allspark Animation before it was absorbed into Entertainment One.
- Because Entertainment One absorbed Allspark prior to the American release of the show, Entertainment One is credited for co-producing the show when Allspark Animation did.
Videos
References
- ↑ https://www.animationmagazine.net/licensing/my-little-pony-finds-fresh-pasture-with-pony-life-series-new-toy-lines/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/discoveryfamily/status/1315683649451438080
- ↑ https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/my-little-pony-pony-life-s2-trots-to-discovery-family-april-10/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/13/my-little-pony-pony-life-first-look-lizzo/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbW31AkTRzo
- ↑ https://twitter.com/whitneyralls/status/1194704382283124736
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lnBvJ8i4eE
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BoulderMediaLtd/status/1273709854914424832
- ↑ https://www.equestriadaily.com/2020/09/pony-life-gets-second-season-in-spring.html
