Now the MLP: FiM movie which actually features ponies and not the human versions from Equestria Girls doesn't come out until 2017. So with MLP movies the only ones we have are the Equestria Girls ones from G4 and there's one from G1 from 1986 but I haven't seen it so I can't judge it. But Equestria Girls series while I thought was okay was too cliche and just not very good.

But I would like to talk about a movie that's not from the MLP franchise but still technically pony related, and is IMO better than Equestria Girls. I'm not talking about Spirit.

The movie I'm talking about is the 15th Pokémon movie: Kyurem vs. the Swords of Justice from 2012.

Now why am I comparing this movie to the Equestria Girls series?

Well first of all both this movie and Equestria Girls are pony related in some way. Equestria Girls takes place in the MLP universe with human versions of ponies in a high school setting. Kyurem vs. the Swords of Justice is pony related because the main protagonist Pokémon Keldeo is a pony, not a G4 MLP pony but still a pony character and if you think about it Keldeo kind of resembles a G4 My Little Pony. Now before you say Keldeo is a rip off of G4 MLP, I'd like to mention that Keldeo first appeared in Pokémon Black & White which originally came out in September 2010 which was a month before FiM first aired and the brony fandom boomed, so Keldeo is technically not a rip off from G4 MLP but Keldeo does kind of resemble G4 MLP ponies with features like big round eyes etc.

Another thing is that this movie has some friendship themes to it and Keldeo has friends as well which aren't ponies but still based on hoofed creatures such as Virizion, Terrakion, and Cobalion which are based off an antelope, ox, and goat respectively. Also there are inspirational messages in this movie too similar to FiM

This movie stands out from other Pokémon movies because Ash isn't given too much focus in this movie, instead most of the movies focuses on Keldeo and I've also gained an emotional bond with him in this movie. In this movie Keldeo wants to be a member of the Swords of Justice so he fights the Ice Dragon Kyurem, Keldeo does it recklessly though and Virizion, Terrakion, and Cobalion get frozen in ice and has to save them but Keldeo runs away and has to rematch Kyurem.

I feel this movie does certain aspects better than Equestria Girls, I like the plot better, it's got more action, I feel it's more emotional than Equestria Girls series and even a lot of FiM episodes as well, It's more tense and serious, decent character development, it's a lot less cliche, and it's got some inspirational morals that I feel are better than the morals from Equestria Girls. It's not an MLP movie and there aren't many ponies but this movie centers around a pony or more specifically a Ponymon.

As a Pokémon movie it's actually my favorite Pokémon movie (That's right I enjoyed this more than Mewtwo Strikes Back, my favorite anime movie, and one of my Top 10 movies of all time and I feel this movie is better than the Equestria Girls movies. Pokémon movies are usually a mixed bag for me and don't turn out to be very great but this one was surprisingly great. And this movie and Keldeo was my biggest motivation to get into MLP:FiM. Similar to how I get into a game series because of Super Smash Bros. The actual MLP:FiM movie comes out in 2017 and I will probably enjoy that, but this movie will always hold a special place in my heart. And also Keldeo was voiced by Vic Mignogna who is to me the Tara Strong of anime because he played many roles in lots of anime such as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, and he's also got a cool voice.

I give this movie a 9/10