My Little Pony: Pony Life is an upcoming animated series based on Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise that is scheduled to premiere on Discovery Family sometime in 2020. It is a re-imagining of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, featuring the same main cast of characters and with all their voice actors reprising their roles, but it will use a new animation style and have a heavier focus on slice-of-life stories with a more comedic tone.[1]
Series overview
"The new MY LITTLE PONY: PONY LIFE show looks at the funny side of friendship. The new center of the world is Sugarcube Corner – just like going to a friend's house after school, this is our ponies' home away from home. Here, Pinkie Pie serves up frosted cupcakes to the best customers in the world—her friends! PONY LIFE episodes feature hilarious, 'SLICE OF LIFE' stories that modern kids can relate to. The series is LOADED with magic, including a mysterious source of potions that Pinkie keeps hidden behind the bakery counter and breaks out when the need arises."[2]
Development and production
Prior to Pony Life's announcement, Spike's design for the series was used in October 8, 2019 posts on the My Little Pony Facebook page[3] and mylittlepony Instagram.[4]
Pony Life was first officially announced in a video uploaded to the My Little Pony Official YouTube channel on November 13, 2019. The video featured new toys slated for release as tie-ins with the series and the characters' new animated designs, set to Lizzo's "Good as Hell".[1] The video was later set to private in December 2019.
June 1, 2020 "My Little Pony Pony Life ⭐️ NEW ⭐️ Pony Life Trailer | Coming Summer 2020 - 60s".[5][specify] June 3, 2020 "My Little Pony: Pony Life 🎵NEW 🎶 Pony Life Theme Song | MLP Pony Life | MLP Songs"[6][specify]
Toys and merchandise
Both pony and Equestria Girls toys and merchandise are scheduled for release as tie-ins to Pony Life. Initial releases include a brushable Rarity figurine with hair that grows and changes color, and miniature brushable "Potion Ponies" that come with surprise accessories. The "Potion Ponies" line also features new character Potion Nova.
Characters
Top row, from left to right: Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle.
Bottom row, from left to right: Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy.
Like My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, most of the characters are ponies classified into three types: Earth ponies, Pegasi, and unicorns. The animation style used in Pony Life gives the characters a "chibi-fied" appearance, with large heads and small bodies.
Main characters
Other characters
Episodes
- See also: Pony Life animated media#Episodes
The series was originally scheduled to premiere on Discovery Family on June 13, 2020, at 11:00AM EST/8:00AM PST, but it has been rescheduled.[specify] Unlike Friendship is Magic, each episode of Pony Life has a runtime of 11 minutes.
Shorts
- See also: Stop Motion Shorts
In addition to television content aired on Discovery Family, Pony Life will also have short form content uploaded to the My Little Pony Official YouTube channel.
A series of stop motion shorts is being released to promote the new series.
Gallery
See also
External links
- Official Pony Life character page on Hasbro.com
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tyler Aquilina (2019-11-13). My Little Pony to launch new animated series and toy line — see exclusive first look. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2020 May 15.
- ↑ Calpain (2019-11-13). Hasbro Presser Reveals New Show "Pony Life" and Images for 2020!. Equestria Daily. Retrieved on 2020 May 15.
- ↑ And our nominees for the best supporting.... My Little Pony. Facebook (2019-10-08). Retrieved on 2019 October 8.
- ↑ And our nominees for the best supporting character are... Do you agree, #Everypony? #MLPFIMfinale. My Little Pony. Instagram (2019-10-08). Retrieved on 2019 November 17.
- ↑ My Little Pony Pony Life ⭐️ NEW ⭐️ Pony Life Trailer | Coming Summer 2020 - 60s. YouTube (2020-06-01). Retrieved on 2020 June 17.
- ↑ My Little Pony: Pony Life 🎵NEW 🎶 Pony Life Theme Song | MLP Pony Life | MLP Songs. YouTube (2020-06-03). Retrieved on 2020 June 17.