My Little Pony - friendship is magic
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | My Little Pony - friendship is magic |
| Original title | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic |
| Country of production | United States , Canada |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2010-2019 |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 222 in 9 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Adventure , fantasy |
| Theme music | Friendship Is Magic |
| idea | Lauren Faust |
| First broadcast | October 10, 2010 (USA) on The Hub |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 19, 2011 on Nickelodeon |
My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic (Original title: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ) is a US-American - Canadian Flash - animation series , the 2010 Lauren Faust was developed. It is based on the toy ponies of the series My Little Pony by the manufacturer Hasbro .
Broadcast in the USA from October 10, 2010 to October 12, 2019 by Discovery Family (formerly "The Hub" and "Hub Network"), it was initially broadcast in German-speaking countries from September 19, 2011 on Nickelodeon . For the fourth season, the series changes channels and has been broadcast on Disney Channel since April 4, 2015 .
action
The series is set in Ponyville, a small town in the Kingdom of Equestria. The ponies of this country rule nature. So each and every one of them has a special task to carry out. The Erdponys maintain the interests of animal and plant life, the Pegasus ponies control to fly due to their ability and clouds to manipulate the weather and the processes in the air and the unicorn ponies can use to apply their horns magic, which they use in their special fields. A few are Pegasus unicorns , called Alihorns (in the English version Alicorns ), which combine all the advantages. The special talent of a pony is reflected in the symbol of the "cutie mark", which appears above the hip joint as soon as the pony has discovered its individual talent . In addition to the pony breeds, there are other intelligent ungulates such as donkeys and cows as well as mythical creatures such as griffins and minotaurs in Equestria.
The story begins with the appearance of the pony Twilight Sparkle in Ponyville, because her teacher Princess Celestia has asked her to find out the secrets of friendship there. She is accompanied by the baby dragon Spike, who regulates the correspondence between teacher and pupil. She gets to know the ponies Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity and has many adventures with them. The majority of the episodes deal with the everyday life of the ponies in Ponyville, but in some they also face greater threats to Equestria together. Most episodes end with Twilight Sparkle summarizing the moral of the episode in a letter to Princess Celestia; From the second season this task is also taken over by other ponies or is completely eliminated and from the fourth season it is replaced by diary entries .
While most of the episodes are self-contained, there are some storylines that stretch across multiple episodes. For example, at the beginning of the first season, Twilight and her friends receive tickets to the grand galloping gala, in a later episode Rarity designs the dresses for the gala, which then takes place as the season finale. In the third and fourth seasons, several episodes involve the preparation and execution of the Equestria Games, a major sporting event. Towards the end of the second episode of the fourth season, the protagonists find a locked box and, in various later episodes, six associated keys. With these you can open the box in the final episode of the season, whereby you not only defeat the antagonist of this episode, but Twilight also receives a lock to replace your destroyed library.
characters
The six protagonists each have special virtues and together in friendship form the six elements of harmony. In fan circles they are referred to as the Mane Six . Each of the protagonists has a pet; however, these only play a central role in a few episodes.
- Twilight Sparkle
- The unicorn Twilight Sparkle is a hard-working, but a little withdrawn student of Princess Celestia. This gives her the order to go to Ponyville and finally make friends. Together with the baby dragon Spike, she moves into the vacant Golden Oak Library . So she can continue to devote herself to the books and methodically explore her magical abilities. Due to her magical progress, at the end of the third season in the episode Princess Twilight, she succeeds in becoming an alihorn, a winged unicorn, and thus a princess. In the season finale of the fourth season, their library is destroyed. Eventually she got a castle in Ponyville, was named Princess of Friendship and ultimately took over the reign of Equestria. In addition to her baby dragon Spike, she has a pet owl named Owlowiscious. Of the six elements of harmony, she embodies magic .
- External distinguishing features are her purple fur, her blue mane with pink and violet strands and her magic horn on the forehead and, from the end of the third season, her wings. Your beauty mark is a six-pointed pink star, which is surrounded by five white stars. Your crown originally consists of the element of harmony and will later be replaced by another crown.
- Applejack
- The earth pony Applejack is responsible for working on the Sweet Apple Acres family farm, where she lives with her siblings. She has a pet dog named Winona. Since she always says what she thinks, she is generally known for her honesty , which is her element of harmony.
- You can recognize them by their orange fur, blonde mane and cowboy hat. Her beauty mark consists of three bright red apples.
- Pinkie Pie
- Pinkamena Diane Pie is an earth pony from Ponyville and can mainly be found in the Nascheckchen confectionery ("Sugarcube Corner"). She has a toothless baby alligator named Gummy as a pet. Pinkie Pie is able to break the fourth wall and take advantage of cartoon physics . She has made it her business to always spread joy and serenity, so she embodies laughter as an element of harmony .
- Her appearance is also cheerful: she has a light pink coat and a pink, curly mane. Your beauty mark consists of three colorful balloons.
- Rainbow Dash
- Rainbow Dash is a Pegasus and its job is to keep the sky clear of clouds, if so desired. She tries out new flight maneuvers again and again because she wants to join the famous “Wonderbolts” flying troop. In the episode " Not at Any Price " of the third season she succeeds in being accepted into their academy and in the fourth season she passes the entrance examination in their reserve troops. In season six, she becomes a full member of the Wonderbolts. Rainbow may show a certain arrogance and show-off and make hasty decisions, but in the end she is always loyal to her friends. Her pet is a turtle named Schildi (in the English version tank ), which can fly through a propeller on her shell. Of the six elements of harmony, she embodies fidelity .
- She has a light blue fur and her mane shines in rainbow colors. Her beauty mark consists of a lightning rainbow emerging from a cloud.
- Fluttershy
- Pegasus Fluttershy is known for her shyness and love of animals. She takes care of the animals in Ponyville, especially her bunny Angel, and is able to understand their language. She also has a stare, intimidating stare, which she only uses in emergencies. Your element of harmony is friendliness .
- Her fur is light yellow and she has a light pink mane. Her beauty mark symbolizes her special connection to animals and consists of three pink butterflies.
- Rarity
- Rarity is a unicorn, which is why she can use magic just like Twilight Sparkle. She works as a fashion designer in the "Carousel Boutique" because she is passionate about fashion and aesthetics. She is a beauty-loving perfectionist and is always fussy about her work, especially when it comes to her friends. She has a pet cat named Opalescence and is the big sister of Sweetie Belle. Rarity has a big heart and embodies generosity as an element of harmony .
- She has white fur and her purple mane is always stylishly coiffed. Your beauty mark consists of three sparkling diamonds.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in the SDI Media dubbing studio in Berlin , with Tanja Schmitz managing the voice recordings as dubbing director. The synchronization takes place under considerable time pressure, which is why the German-language version is heavily criticized in fan circles.
main characters
| Role name | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Twilight Sparkle |
Tara Strong Rebecca Shoichet (vocals) |
Julia Meynen Saskia Tanfal (vocals) |
| Applejack | Ashleigh Ball | Lydia Morgenstern |
| Rarity |
Tabitha St. Germain Kazumi Evans (vocals) |
Rubina Kuraoka |
| Fluttershy |
Andrea Libman Blu Mankuma (Flutterguy) |
Julia Stoepel Gerald Paradies (Flutterguy) |
| Pinkie Pie |
Andrea Libman Shannon Chan-Kent (vocals) |
Jennifer Weiß Magdalena Turba (vocals) |
| Rainbow Dash | Ashleigh Ball |
Giuliana Jakobeit (seasons 1–3) Tanja Schmitz (from season 4) Tina Hansch (vocals) |
| Spike | Cathy Weseluck |
Hannes Maurer (seasons 1–4, from season 7) Jan Makino (seasons 5–6) |
| Princess Celestia | Nicole Oliver | Silvia Missbach |
| Apple Bloom | Michelle Creber | Anja Rybiczka |
| Sweetie Belle |
Claire Corlett Michelle Creber (vocals, seasons 1-3) |
Giovanna Winterfeldt |
| Scootaloo | Madeleine Peters |
Luisa Wietzorek Cathlen Gawlich (vocals) |
Minor characters (selection)
| Role name | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Big McIntosh | Peter New | Tim Moeseritz |
| Granny Smith | Tabitha St. Germain | Eva-Maria Werth |
| Mayoress | Cathy Weseluck | Liane Rudolph |
| Princess Luna | Tabitha St. Germain |
Jill Schulz (Season 1) Heike Schroetter (Season 2) |
| Soarin ' | Matt Hill | Steven Merting |
| Carrot Cake | Brian Drummond | Bernhard Völger |
| Cup cake | Tabitha St. Germain | |
| Zecora | Brenda Crichlow | Arianne Borbach |
| Cheerilee | Nicole Olivier | Sabine Jaeger |
| Diamond tiara | Chantal beach |
Jill Schulz (Season 1) Anne Helm (from Season 2) |
| DJ Pon-3 (Vinyl Scratch) | N / A | N / A |
| Silver Spoon | Shannon Chan-Kent | Anne Helm |
| Spitfire |
Nicole Oliver (ep.1.16) Kelly Metzger (later episodes) |
Anita Hopt (season 1–2) Marie-Luise Schramm (from season 3) |
| Discord | John de Lancie | Michael Pan |
| Derpy (muffins) | Tabitha St. Germain |
Tanja Schmitz (Season 2) Anna Dramski (Season 5) |
| Bulk biceps |
Jayson Thiessen (season 2-3) Michael Dobson (from season 4) |
Hanns Jörg Krumpholz |
| Shining Armor | Andrew Francis | Nico Sablik |
| Princess Cadance | Britt McKillip |
Julia Digit (Seasons 2 and 4) Tanja Schmitz (Season 3) Yara Blümel (Season 5) |
| Starlight mica | Kelly Sheridan | Nicole Hannak |
Charisma
In the USA , the first season started on October 10, 2010 on The Hub. In the course of the series, the US broadcaster changed its name twice, first to Hub Network and in October 2014 to Discovery Family . The ninth and final season ended on October 12, 2019.
In Germany , Austria and Switzerland , the first three seasons of the series were broadcast on Nickelodeon from September 19, 2011 to December 2013 . Season four, and all subsequent ones, aired on Disney Channel beginning April 4, 2015 .
Merchandising and Spinoffs
toy
Since My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic on the toy train My Little Pony is based, even to the characters of the series are part of merchandising toys musical Hasbro available. The new edition of the toy series made of plastic and plush ponies belonging to the television series appeared on the market in 2010 and is regularly expanded. There is also other merchandising such as computer games, including Twilight Sparkle: Teacher for a Day , a version of Monopoly adapted to the world of the story, and a trading card game .
Feature films
Equestria Girls
On June 16, 2013, the spinoff film My Little Pony: Equestria Girls was released for the series , which is chronologically located shortly after the end of the third season. In this one succeeds Sunset Shimmer, a former student of Celestia, to steal Twilight Sparkle's element of harmony. Twilight follows her through a magical portal into the human world . Even transformed into a human being, she manages to ally herself with the counterparts of her friends there from Ponyville, defeat Sunset Shimmer and return to her world with the element of harmony.
On September 27, 2014, the sequel to this film was released under the title My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks . In it, Twilight returns to the human world to assist her friends there in the fight against the dazzlings, sirens who threaten the school in a competition between bands. A third film, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games , was released in the United States on September 26, 2015 on Discovery Family. Shout Factory also released the film on October 13, 2015 in the US on DVD and Blu-ray. A synchronization in German appeared on Netflix on March 26, 2016. Part four, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree , was released in English on Netflix on October 1, 2016. It was broadcast in German on November 19th of the same year.
In 2017, three Equestria Girls specials were released : Dance Magic , Movie Magic and Mirror Magic in English.
My Little Pony Movie
The stand-alone film does not take place in the world of Equestria Girls, but in the same world as in the series. In this film, the protagonists of the series meet new friends and challenges and save their home. The US theatrical release took place on October 6th and the German release on October 5th, 2017.
Print media
IDW Publishing has been publishing a monthly series of comics since November 2012 , the content of which continues the plot of the television series. The first four comics are about Queen Chrysalis' attempt to take control of Twilight Sparkle after her defeat in the episode wedding in Canterlot . In the fifth to eighth comic strips, the protagonists face the nightmare forces that were once responsible for transforming Princess Luna into Nightmare Moon. Comics nine and ten are about Big McIntosh; in volumes ten and eleven, Shining Armor and Princess Cadance tell how they met. Volumes 13 and 14 are a pirate adventure, in Volumes 15 and 16 a maggot-like bookworm threatens Twilight's library. In volumes 17 to 20, the protagonists find their way through a magical mirror into a parallel world in which they fight the evil versions of Celestia and Luna there. In volumes 21 to 22, the unicorn Trixie is suspected of stealing jewels, volume 23 revolves around the ponies' pets, while in volume 24 Fluttershy, Discord and the Cutie Mark Crusaders take a journey through time. Volumes 25 and 26 contain a western story. In volumes 27 and 28, the protagonists help some deer whose forest is threatened by an amusement park. Volume 29 deals with Cheerilee's relationship with her sister, a wrestler .
In addition, ten microcomics by the same publisher were published between February and December 2013, each theming one of the main or secondary characters. This series has been continued since January 2014 with the Friends Forever series . In addition, the five-part series Enmity is Magic appeared in April 2015 , which deals with the antagonists Sombra, Tirek, the Sirens, Nightmare Moon and Queen Chrysalis. A German translation of the comics is distributed by Panini .
Picture and coloring books were published for several episodes . Little, Brown and Company regularly publishes novels with independent storylines.
background
production
After toy retailer Hasbro was able to significantly increase sales of its Transformers product line thanks to the success of the movie of the same name , Hasbro decided to start a new edition of the originally traditionally hand-drawn My Little Pony series. Hasbro chose the animator, writer and doll designer Lauren Faust , who together with her husband had created the Powerpuff Girls , among other things , in order to develop a new, appealing concept. As executive producer and author of the series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic , she developed the new characters and their stories in the magical land of Equestria with employees who are well experienced in their respective fields. Flash animations were used for the animation. According to her own statements, she played a lot with Hasbro's My Little Pony toy range in her childhood . When she was hired for the new series on behalf of Hasbro, she worked through the characters she gave in the game to the six ponies she played with most and her memories of the crew as a template for the new series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic submitted. Adobe Flash is used to animate the episodes .
Fan scene
Although the target audience of the series is young girls, starting with the imageboard 4chan , it has developed into an internet phenomenon. In addition to the actual target audience, a fan base has established itself primarily in the Anglo-American region, which consists mainly of young and adult male members. These fans, who call themselves bronies , a suitcase word from bro (colloquial short for brother ) and pony , in German for example pony brothers , create fanart and fan fiction , discuss various aspects of the series or organize meetings outside of the internet. Adult women can also be found in smaller numbers in these fan circles ; these are sometimes referred to as pegasisters , although the female followers now also use the masculine term to denote and are referred to. Many aspects of the series have developed into Internet memes that can also be found on non-topic imageboards and forums.
In Germany, the first fan convention Grand Galloping Gala (short or since 2013 GalaCon ) took place from August 11 to 12, 2012 . The almost one and a half hour documentary Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony and the 80-minute film A Brony Tale , in which several speakers from the series also participated , were released via fandom . The creators of the series picked up on and implemented various common ideas from fandom, so characterizations of ponies that previously only appeared in the background were taken over into the series.
Policy implications
Within the German Pirate Party , episodes of the series are used to calm down heated discussions, to relax the participants and to concentrate on solving a problem instead of dealing with a conflict. The term pony time has established itself for this purpose. After a vote, this break was included in the rules of procedure of the pirate party faction in Berlin. When you apply, an appropriate sequence for the current topic is selected and played.
Reviews and awards
My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic received mostly positive reviews. In September 2013 , TV Guide declared the series to be one of the best 60 cartoon animation series of all time, but it could not reach the top ten. Common Sense Media gave the series 4 out of 5 stars and highlighted the show's morale about friendship and tolerance. Wired praised the series for not only being enjoyed by children due to various references to topics that adults are interested in.
Friendship is Magic was nominated in 2012 for a total of three Leo Awards in the Animation Program or Series category for the categories Best Program , Best Direction and Best Overall Sound . In 2013 the series was proposed in the categories Best Overall Sound and Best Musical Score of the same prize, the latter with the episode Princess Twilight . In 2014 this was followed by a victory in the Best Overall Sound category for the episode Power Ponies and a nomination for Pinkie Pride in the Best Musical Score category . The songs Find A Pet Song from the episode Ein Lieblingstier für Rainbow Dash and Becoming Popular (The Pony Every Pony Should Know) from Rarity wants to belong were nominated in 2012 for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Original Song - Children's and Animation .
Web links
- My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- My Little Pony on the Disney Channel home page
- My Little Pony on the Nickelodeon homepage
- My Little Pony Friendship is Magic at Discovery Family
- My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Wiki at Wikia
Individual evidence
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