The My Little Pony Movie

Amethyst_Crystal
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Dream Come True! - Participated in the MLP 9th Anniversary Event
A Tale For The Ages - Celebrated MLP's 35th Anniversary and FiM's 8th Anniversary
Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice
Birthday Cake - Celebrated MLP's 7th birthday
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Goth Hippie Nerd Pony
So, I’m trying to get an MLP fan friend to see the movie sooner than later. Their concern was that they’d have to play catch up on alllll of the seasons up until 8 before watching.
 
But I told them basically that the only stuff they ‘must’ watch before that is up through season 3, and maybe season 4. I haven’t decided yet whether the s4 premiere/finale fits better before or after the movie in terms of twilight’s character progression.
 
Bear in mind too, Allspark / DHX had been working on the movie for a very long while, that’s why it ‘feels’ like an earlier season in terms of canon. The only thing beyond s4 is, they spent a little time doing animated cameos of some s5 characters (such as Tree Hugger, Moondancer, & Starlight) for a few seconds during the first big musical number. That’s it.
 
So would you guys say the only ‘required’ viewing to catch up on the movie’s ‘backstory’ is up through s3? or s4 too?
Amethyst_Crystal
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Dream Come True! - Participated in the MLP 9th Anniversary Event
A Tale For The Ages - Celebrated MLP's 35th Anniversary and FiM's 8th Anniversary
Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice
Birthday Cake - Celebrated MLP's 7th birthday
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Goth Hippie Nerd Pony
@QuasarNova  
Good thing I brought it up instead of the movie, lol
 
If we wanna get really technical, Twilight had an even earlier ‘origins’ home in the very first episode of MLP FIM,  
with a return to it for one s5 episode. Her ‘magic studies tower dorm’ or whatever it was.  
Even that wasn’t in the movie. Or at least unrecognizable in that version of Canterlot.
Hollowfox, Always The Worst Person
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Est. 2012
Do I have to revive this thread by myself by searching through the forums?
 
Why do I have the feeling that the MLP movie won’t be considered timeless anymore and it won’t age very well after almost two years?
 
The comment section in >>1787439 just shows coming from other people’s criticisms of the movie.
Amethyst_Crystal
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Dream Come True! - Participated in the MLP 9th Anniversary Event
A Tale For The Ages - Celebrated MLP's 35th Anniversary and FiM's 8th Anniversary
Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice
Birthday Cake - Celebrated MLP's 7th birthday
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Goth Hippie Nerd Pony
Finally got the japanese version of mlp movie! Was quite pricey, but worth it for a nerd.
 
I hate that they cropped the edges of the video, definitely leaves characters out of sight sometimes, mostly or entirely. Now I know what it must feel to have random anime titles cropped, heh. At least I can always mix the japanese track with an NA source video.
 
None of the songs are dubbed, but that’s fine and expected.
 
All of the original mane 6 & spike from the japanese season 1 & 2 are in it, so that makes me very happy.  
I especially love the Japanese voices for Twilight and Rainbow Dash.
 
I like most of the other voices too, and have put up a bunch of examples of Tempest Shadow for now.
 
Her Japanese VA is Sanae Kobayashi.
 

 

 
Background Pony #9CD0
How weird is a criticism of the MLP 2017 movie is that the animation is too fluid from the show’s animation?
Amethyst_Crystal
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Dream Come True! - Participated in the MLP 9th Anniversary Event
A Tale For The Ages - Celebrated MLP's 35th Anniversary and FiM's 8th Anniversary
Magical Inkwell - Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice
Birthday Cake - Celebrated MLP's 7th birthday
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Goth Hippie Nerd Pony
The movie has the same Japanese VAs / Seiyū since season 1.  
Although, I’m not sure if they’ve gone beyond season 2 for dubbing in Japan,  
but they’ve done most or all the Equestria Girls media too.
 
 

 
 
Twilight Sparkle - Miyuki Sawashiro { example }
 
Pinkie Pie - Suzuko Mimori
 
Applejack - Sora Tokui
 
Rainbow Dash - Izumi Kitta
 
Rarity - Mikoi Sasaki
 
Fluttershy - Emiri Katō
 
Spike - Motoko Kumai
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