Dreamstar Moonlight

This is something about the Season 10 comics that has been bugging me for a while now, so I decided to put this out here In regards to the various ‘teams’ discovering Trees of Harmony in the lands beyond Equestria, I've noticed this strange pattern. In Applejack’s, Rarity’s and Fluttershy+Pinkie’s case, the native, indigenous folk of Farasi, Abyssinia and Caninia were unaware of the existence of their own Trees of Harmony. And the Mane 6 (well, in this case, four of them) only guessed which element might belong to which creature. They arbitrarily assigned them the Elements they were familiar with (Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty and Magic). Honesty Kindness Laughter Generosity Loyalty Magic Tree of History Marini Dust Devil Medley Brook Cactus Rose Crystal Zecora Tree of Family Indiana Embereyes Ambrosia Muffinbuns Fiona Floppyears Jennino Lanternlight Katherina Proudpaws Moonbeam Twinkletail Tree of Purpose Max Admiral Fluffington Molly Capper Chummer Shadow It never crossed their minds that the elements of other lands might stand for something else entirely – and why should it? The Elements worked, after all. So no such question was raised. Note that in all these cases, there’s one common factor – no creature knew the history behind or the origins of the Trees. Then we come across something strange in Rainbow Dash’s “Tree of Harmony” arc. The Ornithians knew the origins of their Tree. And they even had a name for theirs - the Tree of Love. And – this is the important part – only two of their Elements of Love shared the same values as Equestria’s…Tree of “Friendship” (let’s call it that): Generosity and Kindness. King Thaumas - protection Queen Ozomene - generosity Prince Aello - kindness Zephyra - trust Ocypete - hope Captain Celaeno - perseverance Ocypete’s Element of Hope is the only exception, as it mirrors one of Equestria’s older Elements (which has evolved to stand for “laughter” in the modern era. The rest of Ornithia’s Element of Love are unique, and all closely associated with the concept of “love”. The only other species, besides the Ornithians who had any knowledge of the Trees (or rather, 5 of them) are the Cunabulans, the Knights of Order (formerly, Knights of Harmony). Their Tree stood for Patriotism, and the Elements (kinda) reflected that. Take a look: Danu - loyalty Ceridwen - equity Taranis - pride Mannah - acceptance Balor - magic Morrigan - faith Again, notice the strange pattern? Two of the Elements of Patriotism are same as two of Equestria’s Tree of “Friendship”: Loyalty and Magic. We never get any information on the other Trees. There’s nothing to confirm that the Trees of History, Family and Purpose actually are exact copies of the Tree of Friendship. We only have four of the Mane Six’s guesses, which somehow, miraculously worked. Which makes me wonder… Shouldn’t the Trees of History, Family and Purpose each possess their own unique set of elements that are associated with the concept of Harmony they stand for? Maybe they may share a couple of similar Elements with Equestria, but surely not all of them? And what if the reason they worked was because…the values these elements represent are analogous to Equestria’s Elements of Friendship? I made some calculations. Considering there are 6 Elements of Friendship, and if we are to group them in pairs for each Tree, there are 15 possible combinations: (H,G), (H,K), (H,La), (H,Lo), (H,M) (G,K), (G,La), (G,Lo), (G,M) (K,La), (K,Lo), (K,M) (La,Lo), (La,M) (Lo,M) Of these, (G,K) & (Lo,M) have already been taken by the Trees of Love and Patriotism respectively. So assuming no repetitions can occur, we have 13 pairs of Elements to go around for the three other Trees. What do you guys think? Any headcanons as to what those Elements could stand for? Would really love you tguys' thoughts on this! Peace out! - Dreamstar

Let's hope it doesn't end up being bad! The movie at least seems promising!

Thank you so much! That means a lot!

As soon as Hasbro or Netflix releases the trailer, I'm guessing!

[Note: Here are the links to my previous entries. Part 1 | Part 2| Part 3] [Edit 1: Updated on July 7, 2021 to include information on the singing Izzy toy, the new composer, Sunny's 'Alicorn' toy, movie runtime & rating and also added some new pictures. Edit 2: Updated on July 12, 2021 to include links to the videos of the singing Izzy & Pipp toys. Also, because of the limit of 20 images per post, a few of the images and videos I originally had on my Tumblr post have not been included here. But you can check them out on my Tumblr. Edit 3: Updated on July 13, 2021 to add new info about Hitch Trailblazer, and also updated the "Voice Cast" section. Edit 4: Updated on July 18, 2021 to include time of release of the MLP G5 Movie] Edit 5: Updated on July 25, 2021 to include the names of the Pegasi ponies from Zephyr Heights; and also to update information about the movie's theatrical release in Russia Edit 6: Updated on September 23 , 2021 to include new info about the music, cast & characters etc.] Welp, I don’t even know where to start. For a while it seemed as though we were never getting any updates regarding the G5 movie – then suddenly, the past couple of weeks have been nothing but updates! So much information has popped up - from G5 merchandise to VA reveals – I’ve barely been able to keep up. I planned to make a timeline of sorts, but with the amount of stuff I’d have to cover, most of which contain the same information, it’d be an unnecessarily lengthy post. And besides, such a thing already exists. Here. Just scroll down the posts – the older the news, the further down you’ll need to scroll. Also, if anyone’s interested in a timeline of the appearance of MLP G5 merch, Overcast has got that covered. Just take a look at this superbly detailed spreadsheet! So instead I’m going to compile all the info we have and categorize them in into 4 sections: The Title Cast and Crew The Characters New Locations THE TITLE On May 18, 2021, the Netflix Malaysia’s Twitter page posted a listing of titles for releases later this year. One of those was My Little Pony: Pony Tale. This seemed like a weird choice, because a previous generation of My Little Pony was so similarly titled. The reaction to this title was…lukewarm. Some disliked it immensely, others were indifferent towards it, yet others maintained that it was probably just a region specific title for Southeast Asia. As some fans noted, this ‘title’ diverged quite a bit from the book title we got some time back: “My Little Pony: A New Adventure. Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait too long to know the actual title of the movie. On May 28, 2021, Boulder Media's own website, the folks behind the animation of the movie announced the official title of the MLP G5 movie - My Little Pony: A New Generation. CAST & CREW THE DIRECTORS & PRODUCERS On February 24, 2021, Entertainment Tonight announced that Rob Cullen (Transformers: Cyberverse, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera) and Jose Ucha (Bernard, Invizimals) directed the MLP G5 movie with Mark Fattibene; and that Cecil Kramer and Peter Lewis had produced it. In an interview with Animation Magazine, Cullen remarked: “We wanted to make the movie accessible to people who probably aren’t familiar with the world of My Little Pony. And we’re also paying respects and homage to the older films and TV shows. We want fans to appreciate it and see it and for the comedy to be effective. There are Easter eggs in the movie as well for fans. But we definitely kept the DNA of ‘Friendship Is Magic.’ It’s still there in the presence of the main ponies in the movie as they go through the story. So, it was kind of a balancing act.” THE MUSIC On June 27, 2021, thanks to our fandom’s sleuthing skills, it was discovered that a musician named Alan Schmuckler had listed up on his website the upcoming My Little Pony G5 Movie on Netflix as a project he both worked the lyrics and music for, along with another musician called Micheal Maher. “We knew that we wanted to have an eclectic range of genres in the songs,” says Cullen. “We wanted to mix things up a bit and set out to make this as unpredictable as we can because some people might go into the movie with preconceived ideas. No one would expect a punk rock, Nirvana-esque song in this movie. We were so lucky because we have two fantastic songwriters, Michael Mahler and Alan Schmuckler. We just loved their lyrics, and they came in with brilliant, super catchy, airborne songs.” A piece of ‘Pipp Petals’ merch mentioned the title of one of the songs as Glowin' Up which Canadian songwriter Jenna Andrews later confirmed she'd composed. Jenna Andrews is a big name in the pop scene with credits with BTS and Noah Cyrus to name a few, and the song she wrote for Pipp is definitely…ahem, very much "pop"-styled, maybe overly so. Barely four days later, Equestria Daily reported that a fan called 'Horizon Spark Sunrize' had got their hands on a talking plush of Izzy which sings a snippet of a song called Fit Right In from the movie. They posted the video to their Instagram channel. The full song Glowin’ Up (performed by Sofia Carson) was uploaded to the official My Little Pony YouTube channel on September 2nd. A snippet of the song Gonna Be My Day can be heard on Sunny Starscout's new "Sing and Skate" toy that was released on September 9th. Over on another video website, the full Korean version of Izzy’s song Fit Right In was released on the 15th of September. The trailer song It’s Alright was uploaded by the singer Johnny Orlando to his YouTube channel on September 17th. The full song Gonna Be My Day was uploaded to the official My Little Pony channel on the 20th of September. The complete soundtrack for the movie was released on the 23rd of September. Following is the list of songs included in the OST: "Glowin 'Up" - Performed by Sofia Carson (Pipp) "Gonna Be My Day" - Performed by Vanessa Hudgens (Sunny) "I'm Lookin' Out For You" - Performed by Vanessa Hudgens (Sunny) & Kimiko Glenn (Izzy) "Danger, Danger" - Performed by Alan Schmuckler (Sprout) "Fit Right In" - Performed by Kimiko Glenn (Izzy), Vanessa Hudgens (Sunny) & James Marsden (Hitch) "Together" - Performed by Callie Twisselman "It's Alright" - Performed by Johnny Orlando THE VOICE CAST Way back in April 2020, Tara Strong announced in one of her Instagram live streams that she won’t be reprising her role as Twilight Sparkle in G5. More recently, in an MLP Voice Actor Q&A session hosted by Gabriel C. Brown aka Black Gryph0n on his YouTube channel on 29 May, 2021, Kelly Sheridan (who voiced Starlight Glimmer, Sassy Saddles, Misty Fly, Indigo Zap and a bunch of other bits and bobs in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) went on record saying that none of the voice work for MLP G5 was being done in Vancouver, B.C. (where all of MLP: FiM was recorded). You can watch the clips here and here. Around 28 June, 2021, speculations about the High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens being involved in G5 popped up on Reddit when someone dug up this post from the actress’s Instagram profile. On 30 June, 2021, Netflix finally announced the voice cast for the MLP G5 movie, along with a short video (which I’ve already posted here), besides officially confirming the release date to be September 24, 2021. YouTube.mp4 However, despite Tara’s and Kelly’s claims that none of the original cast members were returning, audiences who either a) saw the early screenings in theaters or b) had the special privilege of being invited to an early special screening reported that the OG Mane 6 – Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity – make an extremely unexpected and surprising cameo appearance. The original VAs return to reprise their roles in a brief scene at the very beginning of the movie. The Mane Six as they appear in the movie Twilight Sparkle – Tara Strong Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy – Andrea Libman Rainbow Dash, Applejack – Ashleigh Ball Rarity – Tabitha St. Germain Other cast members include: Toots/Thunder/Jasper/Pegasus Guard – Arturo Hernández Sweets – Brooke Goldner Zoom – Gillian Berrow Sprout Singing Voice – Alan Schmuckler Dazzle Feather/Mayflower/Confused Mom – Heather Langenkamp Anderson Skye Silver/Commercial VO/Glitter Cupcake/Comet Tail – Will Friedle Sparkle Chaser/Rob the Pony/Wings – Robert Cullen Kid Earth Pony 1/Pippsqueak 1 – Laura Bailey Pegasus Fan – Kari Wahlgren Balloon Pony/Unicorn Father/Worker Pony 1 – Tony Matthews Beatnik Unicorn/Pegasus Concert Goer/Pippsqueak 2/Tram Driver – Lisa Linder Silver Announcer Pony – Thomas Rickert Bunnies – Inbal Elazari Unicorn Kid – Maggie Cullen Notes: Additional voices have provided by Will Friedle, Arturo Hernández, Heather Langenkamp Anderson and Lisa Linder Silver All the actors seem to have been hired out of LA, except Mane Six VAs, Boulder employees, Maggie Cullen (child of director) and Brooke Goldner (child of Hasbro CEO). THE LOGO Plus, we got our first look at the sleazy new official logo for G5! What’s curious is that this logo looks nothing like the one that appeared on some MLP G5 merchandise on Taobao way back in January, 2021 despite using the same font style. Whether or not the MLP G5 series keeps the new logo or switches to the 'merch' version remains to be seen. THE WRITERS Following the MLP G5 VA reveal, Gillian M. Berrow (who had previously written several episodes for Friendship is Magic and most of the officially licensed MLP: FiM chapter books) tweeted that she’d penned the script for the movie with Tim Sullivan. You can find their tweets here and here. MOVIE RATING & RUN-TIME According to the film rating website, My Little Pony: A New Generation has been given a PG rating, similar to the 2017 G4 My Little Pony movie, for some ‘thematic elements’. The runtime for this movie was confirmed to be exactly 90 minutes by Netflix. MOVIE RELEASE DATE & TIME We've known the date for the MLP G5 movie for quite a while now, but Netflix on July 17, 2021 announced the exact time of release. Tune in to watch the movie on Netflix on the 24th of September, 2021 at 07:00 AM UTC, which would be 08:00 AM in BST (London) or 11: 00 PM in PST (North America) 12:00 AM in MST (North America) 01:00 AM in CST (North America) 02:00 AM in EST (North America) Just use this UTC Time Converter to figure out what time the movie releases for you. (It's 12:30 PM GMT +5:30 for me, at any rate!) Keep an eye on these fantastic countdown timers: Pony Station & Simple Ponyclock - these might come in handy! Some Russian cinemas held early screenings of My Little Pony: A New Generation on September 18th. The movie will also get a full-blown theatrical release on the 23rd of September in Russia on the 23rd of September. Besides Russia, early screenings were also held in Hong Kong and Singapore on the 19th of September. A special screening was also held in London on the 20th of September. THE CHARACTERS On the 1st of March, 2021, Hasbro filed trademarks for the following names: Princess Petals, Pipp Petals, Izzy Moonbow, Hitch Trailblazer and Sunny Starscout. This day marked the first time the full names of the mane cast of G5 characters were revealed officially. Sunny, Izzy and Hitch were previously officially revealed at the Hasbro Investor Event that was held on February 25, 2021, following the infamous ‘bedsheet leak’ (still can’t get over the fact that G5 hype began with frickin’ bedsheets!) A vague blurry picture of Zipp had already been spotted on some merch, although we didn’t have conformation at the time that that was the name - the leaks were all we had to go off of. A plushie of Zipp Storm later appeared on the Chinese Taobao website on April 2, 2021. But it wasn’t until April 9, 2021 that Hasbro officially revealed Pipp Petals and Zipp Storm to the world in all their fluffy glory! Check out this short animation below. mylittlepony_1617989233837161.mp4 So there you go. Say hello to the Star 5 (or Mane 5, whichever term you prefer)! Besides the Star 5, we got our first look at some of the supporting cast members on some G5 merch (more specifically, a blindbag in advent calendar form) listed up on the A.B.Gee website, one of UK’s leading toy distributors. While the names for some of these supporting characters wouldn’t be revealed till much later, we did get little tidbits of information about the main cast from the tons of merchandise that have popped up over the past couple of weeks. Let me list them down below. [Sources: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |] Sunny Starscout Sunny lives in Maretime Bay. She owns a small business making smoothies. Her favourite hobby is roller-skating. A curious and courageous young Earth Pony, Sunny is an idealist determined to make the world a better place. Her tireless and sometimes hilarious efforts to spread the idea ofunity among all ponies led her to be considered strange by the townsfolk of Maretime Bay. But that doesn't stop Sunny from trying to bring friendship back to their fractured world. When Sunny was a young earth pony, her father Argyle Starshine told her stories about Ancient Equestria and Princess Twilight Sparkle who, with her friends taught everypony about the magic of friendship. They were the Guardians of Harmony. Sunny’s element is Hope. Quote: “We’ll do our part. Hoof to heart! Note: There have been a couple of hints that Sunny may either temporarily gain Alicorn powers or permanently ascend to Alicorn-hood. Firstly, if you look at the video of the VA reveals, you’ll notice that her voice actress Vanessa Hudgens briefly skips across the screen in an Alicorn get-up, complete with wings and a horn (at the 0:45 mark). Also, a toy of Sunny listed on Hasbro’s website showed Sunny as an Alicorn, with a golden horn and yellow wings. The fact that the listing for said toy has since been taken down from the Hasbro website, and that Equestria Daily was asked to take down their post on the topic lends credence to the belief that that was something we were not supposed to see (or know), which means that Alicorn Sunny in the movie might be a definite possibility. You can still view the archived thread here. Edit: The rumour turned out to be true, after all! Izzy Moonbow Izzy lives in the enchanted Bridlewood forest. In the calm forest of unicorns, Izzy can't help but stand out, not only with her sparkling horn, but also with her ingenuity and creativity. Her passion is to create beauty out of ordinary things. She is an energetic unicorn who and loves handicrafts (especially uni-cycling i.e. unicorn up-cycling) and taking care of woodland critters. She makes her own jewellery. Just like Sunny, she does not feel satisfied with the status quo and asks: “Is there something else beyond the familiar world?” She has the unique ability to read other ponies’ “luminescence” (or ‘sparkle’, as she calls it). Eternal optimism and enthusiasm sometimes makes Izzy feel a little lonely. When Sunny was a kid, she and her dad wrote a note addressed to unicorns and pegasi telling them they are welcome. They attach the note to a floating balloon and set it off which found its way to Bridlewood. It was this note that Izzy found and which prompted her to visit Maretime Bay in search of friends. Izzy's desire to find true friends leads her to Maritime Bay. Izzy’s element is Creativity. Quote: “We’re all in this together, right?” Hitch Trailblazer Hitch is the caring sheriff of Maretime Bay. His favourite hobby is listening to music. Hitch and Sunny are foalhood friends. They played with Sprout when they were foals. Hitch is a total critter magnet – they follow him wherever he goes! As sheriff of Maretime Bay, Hitch is a stickler for rules. He is driven by an incredible sense of duty and dedication, and he believes that the best way to keep everyone safe is to follow the rules. When Sunny embarks on a dangerous and unknown adventure, his dedication to the law conflicts with caring for a childhood friend…and Hitch follows Sunny and becomes an unwitting participant in the most important task of his life. He has to cooperate with former enemies, work undercover and even find an unexpected ally in a mission that will question everything he once believed in. Hitch’s element is Kindness. Quote: “I’m here to uphold the law and keep everypony safe.” Pipp Petals Pipp lives in Zephyr Heights. She is a talented pop star. Pipp is a triple threat - singer, dancer and influencer! She has a flying Pomeranian named Cloudpuff She treats the whole world as her stage. She performs not only in order to gain the attention of her many fans (who are called “Pippsqeaks”) but also so as to give vent to her inexhaustible cheerfulness. She always has a microphone or her cellphone within hoof’s reach While the whole country of Equestria adores Pipp, she tries to get the attention of her older sister Zipp, who seems to be barely aware of the existence of her younger sibling. Pipp’s element is Confidence. Quote: “Pipp Pipp Hooray!” Zipp Storm Zipp Storm is Pipp's sister and lives in Zephyr Heights. Her full name is Princess Zephyrina Storm. She’s a rebellious Pegasus princess that likes athletics and science. Princess Zipp wishes she could fly. But since the magic disappeared, the Royal family use wires to pretend. This dazzling daredevil would rather leave all the "princessy" stuff to her younger sister Pipp (with whom she seems to share nothing in common). This adventurous pegasus has a sneaky side and she knows all the secret passages in the castle. Her parkour skills are so insanely good that they they almost make up for her inability to fly. Athletic, fiercely independent and stubborn, this thrill-seeking rebel thinks life in a palace sucks. Zipp secretly fears that she, as the heiress to the throne, does not have what it takes to one day become queen. It's a role she never asked for, and, Zipp is pretty sure, she never wanted. Zipp’s element is Courage. Quote: “I can be pretty sneaky when I want to be.” Argyle Starshine Argyle Starshine is Sunny’s dad, as is evident from this screenshot where he’s seen telling Sunny stories of the OG Mane Six. He seems to be just as big of a fan of the OG Mane Six (aka the Guardians of Harmony) as his daughter Sunny, considering he wears a pendant with Princess Twilight’s cuite mark around his neck. Phyllis Cloverleaf Proud and strict Phyllis is a chief/manager at the Canterlogic fabric. Canterlogic products have been keeping earth ponies “safe and stylish” for 20 moons. She doesn’t believe in magic or friendship between ponies. Sprout is her son. Queen Haven Queen Haven is the leader of the Pegasi. Her majesty lives with her daughters Pipp Perals and Zipp Storm in a luxurious and modern palace. Sprout He is the son of Phyllis Cloverleaf Sprout he has a power-hungry streak in his nature He is a Deputy working under Hitch Trailblazer. Alphabittle In the Crystal Tea Room works clever Alphabittle. He is a real trickmaster - he can win every bet. Other Characters from the Movie Some of the Pegasi ponies from Zephyr Heights include: the royal guard Zoom Zephyrwing, paparazzi pony Shutter Snap, TV host Dazzle Feather & Skye Silver, and stage manager Ruddy Sparks. NEW LOCATIONS Maretime Bay A Ravensburger Kinderpuzzle showed a picture of Maretime Bay in the background. Equestria Daily advertised said merch on the 23rd of May, 2021. A promo image for the MLP G5 movie included in a brand magazine also featured this location on the 8th of June, 2021. Bridlewood Forest Besides Maretime Bay, the Ravensburger Kinderpuzzle also featured a background of Bridlewood Forest. Home to the unicorns, Bridlewood glows with a gorgeous light from gemstones and bioluminescence. Here’s a look inside Izzy Moonbow’s house-in-a-tree: Zephyr Heights Home to the Pegasi princesses, Zephyr Heights was first seen in the May issue of Toy World Magazine. The official My Little Pony website also features colouring pages of all these locations. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Well! That’s all I’ve got for now. Hopefully whenever they decide to release a trailer, we’ll get some more information! Thanks for reading! Peace out! ~~Dreamstar Moonlight

I actually intended to make a Part 3, but I figured I'd wait for a teaser to drop, because we've only been getting minor details so far in the form of Instagram posts. But you did a fantastic job summing everything up on your own! Kudos!

That's a misconception. The comics are continuing well after #100 and #101 only marks the end of the first arc of Season 10. The IDW comic artist Pencils confirmed the fact on his Discord server. Here's proof:

Hey---give it good writing, a nice conflict to drive the plot, and actual uses for each form in-story, and the concept of ponies-turning-into-humans could actually work Totally!

Now, that - I can get on-board with! Also, maybe G5 will turn out really well, after all! Let's be optimistic. @HereComesTom

Wow....that was insightful! @SharpWit That's some interesting info! Also, I don't somehow think the Mane 6 will make too much of a cameo appearance...at least, not to that extent. But that's just my theory! @HereComesTom

@C. Thunder Dash Maybe they will earn their cutie marks throughout the course of the movie? Maybe! @Happy Heart

Now that's an interesting observation, @Califorum Thank you, @CloudMistDragon Well, it is set in the distant future, after all. Maybe it will be more of its 'own thing' than you think, even with its loose connection to G4, @eddeams

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[This post is a direct continuation of my previous post. Initially, I intended to keep editing my original post by adding 'updates', but I soon realized that it would only get overly cluttered, messy and disorganized. So I made a fresh new post instead. Also, if you'd like to see video clips (with sound) of the reveals made at Hasbro's Investor Event, head over to my Tumblr post! Part 1 | Part 2| Part 3] Updated on 27 February, 2021 An exclusive first-look at the 5th generation of the 'My Little Pony' Netflix movie was revealed by Entertainment Tonight in the late hours of Wednesday, the 24th of February. What's even more surprising than the reveal of the main character - Sunny Starscout - was how uncannily the synopsis matched the 4chan leaks! Read the excerpt from the article below: “In the new movie, the pony world of Equestria has lost its magic. Friendship and Harmony have been replaced by paranoia and mistrust, and Ponies now live separated by species. Sunny – a feisty and idealistic young Earth Pony – is convinced there’s still hope for this divided world, but her slightly misguided and often hilarious efforts to change hearts and minds have led to her being branded a misfit. When Sunny befriends a lost Unicorn named Izzy, who wanders innocently into the Earth Pony town of Maretime Bay, the town has had enough. Izzy and Sunny must embark on an epic adventure that will include a daring jewel heist, outrageous conspiracy theories, elaborate musical numbers, and the world’s cutest flying Pomeranian. Their adventures will take them to faraway lands and force them to challenge the status quo by facing their fears and making new friends out of old enemies. The world Sunny has dreamed of her entire life could finally become a reality as Sunny and her newfound friends fight to prove that even little ponies can make a big difference.” Check out our new 'mane' character - Sunny Starscout! Of course, the fandom went nuts (as expected) and began doing what they're best known for: "Over-Analysis"! Equestria Daily even featured a special page dedicated to this topic, detailing all the numerous MLP G4 references and cameos eagle-eyed fans were able to spot out. Here you go. It seems Sunny Starscout is a bit of a 'Brony'/'Pegasister' herself. There appears to be posters of Rainbow Dash's and Princess Celestia's cutie marks on the wall behind her; her saddle bag has an imprint of Princess Twilight's cutie mark, which also appears along with Fluttershy's and Rainbow Dash's cutie marks in the beads she's wearing around her neck. Not to mention the figurines of our beloved Mane Six on a ledge right next to her bed. All this seems to fit the character description that Sunny is a pony who dreams of the good old days of friendship and harmony when everypony got along (regardless of their tribes) and she wishes to bring those kind of days back to her world. We still haven't gotten any casting announcements, but Entertainment Tonight's article also revealed that this feature film (which is being animated by Hasbro’s Boulder Studio in Dublin), is directed by Rob Cullen and Jose Ucha while Mark Fattibene served as its co-director. Now, we don't know what exactly went behind the scenes, but according to popular MLP fan-artist Imalou, who's had the pleasure of working with both the directors, Rob and Jose know that they're apparently working on 'something really big' and so they put their heart and soul into the project. Imalou further went on to say that she struck up a particularly good friendship with Ucha, who invited her over often to talk about MLP and the Brony fandom in general. Robert was just as passionate and had a blast directing the movie by making enjoyable and funny pitches. Unfortunately she never got to interact with Mark as much, as he arrived much later on the scene. So I guess we can be optimistic that the movie will turn out just fine, considering how much heart went into it. You can find a screencap of Imalou's messages below: But that wasn't all. the article also revealed that Netflix has green-lit the new MLP G5 animated series which is set after the events of the movie and will focus on the adventures of Sunny Starscout and her friends - the main protagonists of the movie. The next big reveals came from Hasbro's Investor Event, which was held the following day, on the 25th of February, 2021. Hasbro sent Equestria Daily an exclusive screenshot from the movie (pictured below) which features another new 'mane' character - Izzy Moonbow, the unicorn - along with a spoiler filled press release detailing the synopsis of the upcoming film - the same article which Entertainment Tonight had posted a day earlier. Behold! Izzy Moonbow and Sunny Starscout (with what appears to be two Pegasus pony guards) Not long afterwards, Imalou tweeted that she specifically help design these two 'mane' characters, earning her the praise of the fandom as well as big-names like Matt Braly (creator of Disney's Amphibia), Rebecca Dart (character designer for MLP: FiM) and Jim Miller (storyboard artist/supervisor and co-director for MLP: FiM). Check out the tweets below: But the main flood of news came from the investor presentation panel - a three-hour event that ran from 10 AM EST till 1 PM EST. You can read Equestria Daily's article on it here or watch the full panel here. I'll jot down the main points below: There's been a 139% increase in viewership for "My Little Pony" content. The upcoming G5 movie will introduce the first male pony to be a part of the 'mane' cast. (Turns out the 4chan leak was right about that too! According to the, his name is Hitch. His full name was later confirmed to be Hitch Trailblazer by the "My Little Pony" official Facebook page, as reported by Equestria Daily). Meet Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow and Hitch Trailblazer! The 2021 MLP G5 feature film will be followed on Netflix by a 44-minute special, a brand-new CGI series, as well as made-for YouTube content throughout 2022-23, supporting the roll-out of a brand-new line of toys and consumer products. Speaking of... New MLP G5 toys and merchandise were revealed! What's curious is that there was no sign of the new logo spotted on the Secret Ring Blindbag packs that I discussed about in my previous post. Maybe they're saving it for a big reveal at a later point? After all, it's absurd to assume that we won't get any more updates on the movie until it suddenly drops on Netflix. I do hope they put some effort into marketing the movie,, when poor marketing was one of the reasons the 2017 movie didn't perform so well at the box-office. If we look at previous patterns, we should be getting a teaser trailer sometime in late March, and a full trailer around July (approximately 6 months and 3 months before the movie's actual release). Book publisher Harper Collins have already put out two brand-new listings for future "My Little Pony" books, titled "My Little Pony: Cinematic I Can Read #1" and "My Little Pony: Cinematic 8x8 Plus" with an August 24th sale date. And while we may not have any 'official' information about the writers or the voice actors involved, a 4chan user had this to say: Source Now, as far as any of us can tell, these may just be baseless rumours. But keep in mind that the other leaks that came from 4chan turned out to be almost 100% accurate - so there's still a 50-50 chance this could be true too. But until we get further information, let's take this 'leaked info' with a grain....no, wait...a pound of salt. What's even more curious is that another artist seems to have been involved with the MLP G5 movie, besides Imalou, based on these threads: (You can find the individual threads, in the order that they appear in the image above here, here, here, here and here) If this is true, then why hasn't that person revealed themselves? I mean, it's no surprise that Hasbro hired fan-artists for the movie - they'd previously hired another extremely popular fan-artist to do covers for the IDW comics. And you'd think that whoever this 'mystery artist' was would have announced themselves after all the big reveals yesterday. But thankfully, Imalou stepped in and confirmed the fact that another fan-artist was indeed involved in the project, and was in fact responsible for designing "our handsome new ponyboi" Hitch Trailblazer! Take a look at her messages below: Meanwhile, someone over on Derpibooru has spotted our fourth main character: Zipp the Pegasus! The image is super-blurry, but hey, at least it matches the description the leaks provided! Yet another 'leaker' who has claimed to have worked on the MLP movie has 'leaked' some 'information on Ponychan, of all places. The post contained some highly unlikely, but oddly specific details which, for all we know, could be someone's idea of a fanfic instead. So unless Hasbro, Imalou or anyone we know who definitely worked on the movie confirms the authenticity of said leak, I will not be posting it here. I only ever posted about the previous leaks (after a long time they were originally posted) because they were beginning to match the official information. If and when any credible source confirms the latest leak, expect to see Part 3 of "What we Know So Far!" Well, that's all for today. I'll keep an eye out for any updates or information, and keep you guys posted! Thanks for reading! Peace out! ~~Dreamstar Moonlight

Omygosh, THANK YOU so much for that kind commen, @Twilight Sparkle ✨! And thank you for your suggestion to move my blog to the forums - it's really getting noticed and I feel so warm and fuzzy inside to see it being appreciated like this! I'm glad you found tout about lmalou's involvement through my post. It is indeed an honour! "Seeing how all the puzzle pieces that were dropped over the months and years come together to paint the big picture of what's coming our way - I expect to look back at this day fondly in a few years as the moment the G5 hype train left the station." I've often wondered about that myself.... But that was the point of the whole post - to compare the leaked stuff with the official announcements and see if they add up. It wouldn't have been possible to do that if I'd separated the 'leaked' info from the official bits. As it is, we haven't had any official news except what was revealed earlier today. Pretty much everything else that have cropped up have been leaks or speculations, nothing more. Maybe I can do something like what you suggested once we get more official info...

You're welcome! It was a bit of a challenge, but the end result was worth it. Figured it would be helpful to have everything in one place rather than having to dig this stuff up from rabbit holes. Also, that part confused me too. Maybe the 'leaker' got mixed-up? Lol, to think they got everything right - except for that little bit of crucial info about the pony's race. Either that was a typo, or they deliberately put a bit of wrong info (why though?) That's my guess! Thank you for your kind words! Glad to see my hard work being appreciated! :-)