- For Pony Live, see My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Wiki:Workshop/My Little Pony Live.
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 in Summer 2020.[1] 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.[2]
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."[3]
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[4] and mylittlepony Instagram.[5]
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".[2] The video was later set to private in December 2019.
A 60-second official trailer for the animated series was uploaded privately to the My Little Pony Official YouTube channel on June 1, 2020.[1] The theme song was uploaded privately to the same channel on June 3.[6] Both the trailer and theme song were made public on June 17 but were later set back to private. On June 18, short promos featuring Rarity,[7] Rainbow Dash,[8] Fluttershy,[9] Twilight Sparkle,[10] and Pinkie Pie[11] were uploaded to the channel, the theme song was made public again, a 30-second version of the trailer[12] was also uploaded to the channel, and the 60-second version of the trailer was also made public again. On June 25, a short promo featuring Applejack,[13] long promos featuring Rarity[14] and Fluttershy,[15] a short promo featuring Sugarcube Corner,[16] and a long promo featuring Pinkie Pie[17] were uploaded to the channel. On July 2, long promos featuring Rainbow Dash[18] and Applejack[19] were uploaded to the channel. On July 9, long promos featuring Spike and the pets[20] and Twilight Sparkle[21] were uploaded to the channel. On July 16, long promos featuring scariness[22] and crazy potion magic[23] were uploaded to the channel. On July 23, long promos featuring crazy potion magic[24] and not-wellness[25] were uploaded to the channel. On July 30, a compilation of the short promos featuring Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, and Sugarcube Corner[26] and a long promo featuring best friendship[27] were uploaded to the channel. On August 6, long promos featuring Bighoof[28] and potion-making with Twilight Sparkle[29] were uploaded to the channel. On August 13, long promos featuring songs[30] and giant Fluttershy[31] were uploaded to the channel. On August 20, a long promo featuring Fluttershy's unboxing vlog[32] and a half-hour compilation featuring broccoli cupcakes[33] were uploaded to the channel. On August 27, a half-hour compilation featuring Pinkie Pies[34] and a long promo featuring Flutterdash[35] were uploaded to the channel. On September 3, a long promo featuring Director Spike's Mockumentary[36] and a half-hour compilation featuring giant Fluttershy[37] were uploaded to the channel.
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
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 to Summer 2020.[1] 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.
International broadcast
- See also: International edits
The show premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on June 21, 2020.[38] On August 1, 2020, the show started airing on Boomerang in Australia and New Zealand. On August 29, 2020, it started airing on Gulli in France.[39] On September 1, 2020, it is scheduled to start airing on Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom.[40] On September 7, 2020, it is scheduled to start airing on MiniMini+ in Poland. On September 21, 2020, it is scheduled to start airing on 9Go! in Australia.[41]
MiniMini+ advertising[42] has fanart of Twilight Sparkle,[43] of Fluttershy,[44] and of Applejack.[45]
Gallery
See also
- My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
- My Little Pony Equestria Girls
- My Little Pony: Pony Life on the Pony Life Wiki
External links
- Official Pony Life character page on Hasbro.com