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Here below is an example of what Filly Funtasia in 2D truly looks like:  
 
Most notably, there are still a lot of differences:
 

@MayaHorse  
Not exactly nothing, but close to nothing, yes. So the same point about it not being alike still stands.
 
Most notably, the legs look completely different, the horn is in a different position, there is no nostrils, and both the eyes and ears are different in size. This pretty much outweighs all the actual similarities, as by then it is just simple coincidence.

They look nothing a like lol. People need to get over it and stop comparing the two.

@Chopsticks  
Well, the lack of depth is presumably because those designs are 2D versions of the 3D models. But unfortunately I don’t think people realize that!

@GoodVibesGorgeous  

 
You’re probably looking at it.
 
In complex, professional works like animation, you don’t have 1 artist doing everything. It’s a factory and a lengthy process. Often your concept artists (probably what Imalou is doing) will have more detailed and better-looking art that a production team takes and tries to simplify so it is easy to mass produce.
 
I’m guessing she was in collaboration for a new look and they figured her style was 3D enough they could build a 3D movie out of it, and 2D enough to easily re-interpret for the show (plus fetlocks). We can see the correlation.
 
Unfortunately, what Imalou does is so intricately complex and subtle that it doesn’t translate very well when you try to oversimplify it because there isn’t enough information (i.e. shading/lighting) to help distinguish the mouth shape and jawline from the rest of the face.
 
It doesn’t help that the eyes in the image don’t have the full depth of color available so they look kinda like dead fish-eyes with too much black. The smaller eyes also kinda gives off that impression of dull center-lined stares that some people are interpreting as creepy.
 
 
 
 

This makes me think of something:
 
That I have high hopes that the one-out-of-a-billion chance of Hasbro plagiarizing Filly Funtasia doesn’t actually happen. Which is kind of an odd stretch for me to think about to begin with, as it’s guaranteed Hasbro isn’t doing plagiarism (especially considering even with what little we know of the movie’s plot; Funtasia doesn’t do that type of thing in storytelling).

How the tables have turned!

Just so you know, this isn’t what Filly Funtasia’s 2D art style would look like. At all.
 
Someone from Filly’s fandom apparently learned that Filly Funtasia is also planning on having its own merchandise sometime later this year. The same fandom found previews of it, and I, not knowing what it looks like at the time, saw it out of curiosity. Even though the merchandise art style is 2D, it’s still mostly different from G5 (including usage of a more cel shaded look rather than vectors).

@Chopsticks  
I know that. Can’t wait to see her work!

Ah, there’s the “comparison” image I was expecting to see. Took them long enough.

@Background Pony #10B3
 
@GoodVibesGorgeous  
That’s probably because Imalou is working on G5 as a character designer.

@GoodVibesGorgeous  
They took lmalou’s art and simplified it as much as possible.

@SJArt117  
It isn’t. Matches Imalou’s style (with some modifications) and one of the main characters was seen in a leaked animatic.

@GoodVibesGorgeous  
There really isn’t, people are just trying to rile others up.

They look absolutely gorming.  
I really hope it’s a knock off

At least they don’t have that ridiculous bat.

Tfw someone copies from you and then accuses you of copying from them.

@GoodVibesGorgeous  
Me neither.

Filly really isn’t a rip off

I literally see no resemblance between the two styles.

not again!!