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Directed by Jayson Thiessen. Starring Tara Strong, Tabitha St. Germain, Ashleigh Ball.
Genre: Kids & Family
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC
Contributor: Ashleigh Ball, Jayson Thiessen, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong
Language: English
Number Of Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio : 1.781
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number : 32974680
Director : Jayson Thiessen
Media Format : Animated, Box set, Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC
Run time : 9 hours and 30 minutes
Release date : December 4, 2012
Actors : Ashleigh Ball, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong
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The story of my love for this show is a complex one. I watched the original My Little Pony as a kid because I had two sisters and was the only boy. To me there was nothing strange about watching Lady Lovely Locks, Rainbow Brite (the movie rocked!), and Strawberry Shortcake. It was just what we were watching. It wasn't until much, MUCH later that I discovered Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the like (my mother didn't like all the violence). Fast forward to my 30's and a funny thing happened at work. Discovery A co-worker of mine had a name that sounded a bit like "pony" so people so some teasing occurred based on his last name. Then another co-worked mentioned that there was indeed a growing phenomenon of "bronies" watching My Little Pony. Knowing only the original show from the 80's and it's immediate sequel shows (having completely missed the brain-dead recent ones) I assumes he was talking about the originals. I looked it up on search engines and started to read article after article on the phenomena. My reaction was immediate "I must watch this show and know what this is all about." Backlash I couldn't believe how good this show was. Just watching the first two episodes, which were clearly heavily influenced by Sailor Moon, the circuits in my nerd brain were blown. It was so incredibly well done! I begged and pleaded with my wife (a big Sailor Moon fan) to watch JUST THE FIRST TWO EPISODES. She resisted, then relented. Eventually she ended up watching every season so far (four as of this writing) with me. While she enjoyed watching the show ONCE, she's no fan-girl or brony. And my friends and acquaintances are even worse. I don't really understand why so many people have such a strong aversion to things that target a different demographic, other than perhaps that propaganda has thoroughly washed their brain. Rejecting something ONLY because it appears childish...is a mark of immaturity (Or as C.S. Lewis once said "Now that I am an adult I have put away childish things such as the need to appear very adult."). So ironically, many people appear to be too childish to give a kids' show a chance. Go figure. Genius I've been a fan of animation from all over the world my entire life. I grew up watching every Disney animated feature and every cartoon on the Disney Channel in the 80's. As an adult I discovered anime classics animated shows and films from the 80's that I missed as a kid. I'm here to tell you, this show is not good. It is a work of genius. I can't count how many people I told to watch this show said they "can't stand the singing". It's hard for me to choke down my gut reaction, which is to call them all sorts of intelligence insulting names. This show has songs that rival the best Disney ever put in a show or on film. Its songs are better than ANY songs currently on the radio. The lyrics are downright brilliant. The melodies are infectious. The song structures are brilliantly executed and wildly inventive. Even songs that I wasn't crazy about at first slowly embedded themselves into my brain until I wanted to listen to them on repeat for hours. And yes, I have finally gotten to the point where I listen to "At the Gala" in French and "Winter Wrap-Up" in German. The songs are that good. The only music with lyrics I can think of recently that is that good would be the soundtrack from the Disney film Frozen (which I also have international versions of songs for). If you strip away the iconic characters, gorgeous flash animation (yes, that is possible), catchy songs, adult and pop-culture references, etc, you still would have an exceedingly clever show, which is thoroughly self-aware, and tells an absolutely wonderful story. Our real world is filled with negativity, sex, violence, and hate. I can't watch shows on TV designed for adults that aren't based on cooking or some everyday activity, because modern TV drama for adults makes me sick. The explanation for this programming has always seemed to be that people are simply dark, evil, twisted creatures who crave nothing but these base things for their amusement. But then, out of nowhere something like Friendship is Magic emerges which exceedingly proves that no matter how dismal and dark things get in our modern world, good things come from within the hearts of good people, and simply cannot be suppressed. This is not mindless entertainment. It is a show about growing, and showing love for others on a very deep level. It encourages embracing your identity, cherishing the things that make us different, and true loyalty (to name only a few of the reoccurring themes). The world NEEDS shows like this desperately to teach children (and adults) the life lessons that are constantly being undermined by the screams of mainstream media to be selfish and self-centered. Aside from that, the characters really are truly outstanding archetypes with amazing depth and goodness, even to the point of being profound. Through the course of the show into the later seasons, you'll see a tomboy who loves sports embrace reading a good book, a refined woman get dirty to make a child happy, a shy mousy animal-lover overcome her fears, an independent spirit learn to rely on others, and an extreme attention-deficit character learn to focus on what truly matters in life. There is something deeply moving about a protagonist who sacrifices for others, a person who gets their entire self-worth of seeing others become happy, and a character who creates art but is only joyous when the creation is for the benefit of others. This is great stuff people. Conclusions This is where it all starts. Watch this show and fall under the spell of something truly good that springs from a love of people and everything that makes friendship the wonderful thing it is. If like me you are a shy nerd who struggles to make friends, this show may make you feel like more as a person. If you have no interest in such things and appreciate a good cartoon you will at the very least find it wildly entertaining. And if you think cartoons are for children, singing is stupid and only weirdos and perverts would want to watch a show for little girls when they are an adult male, I feel deeply DEEPLY sorry for you.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2015 by Strategos
Putting aside the whole "brony" phenomenon, this show is still well worth the price, for a number of reasons: - The characters: This is where the show really shines. The characters are all very well-rounded and surprisingly complex for a show aimed at this age group; it avoids lumping the characters into stereotypical roles. For example, in just about any other show, Rarity would be a stereotypical girly-girl, obsessed with boys, shopping, and hair. Here, she's certainly a fashionista, but she's also a competent businesswoman, something of an artist, and knows how to handle herself in dangerous situations. All the cast members have a similar level of development, which lends itself really well to the slice-of-life nature of the show. - The character designs and animation are great. It's cute and endearing, but not to the tooth-rot degree of previous generations, and it's still good for the occasional action sequence. As a bonus it's very expressive and surprisingly detailed for a flash-based cartoon. - Ditto for the music; it doesn't necessarily stick out, but it definitely enhances the show as a whole. - Good writing: On the whole, the show avoids most of the pitfalls of kid shows by using lots of character-based humor and self-awareness that can appeal to viewers of any age and rarely feels patronizing towards the adult audience. You don't need to be a kid to find it funny. At the same time, the plots are generally executed well enough that they don't feel like rehashes of common plotlines, and even when the plots are quite simple they're still entertaining due to the charm that the characters bring to everything. - Good Acting: There's some serious voice talent here; Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle) is basically the patron saint of voice acting, Andrea Libman displays some impressive range (voicing both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, two characters who have almost opposite personalities), Ashleigh Ball gives Rainbow Dash and Applejack very distinct voices, and Tabitha St. Germain does a great of job making Rarity into an entertaining and balanced character. This isn't to say that Season 1 is totally without fault; like all things, it has a few rough spots (In particular, the Cutie Mark Crusader based episodes can seem a bit same-y due to the characters having the same motivation in each), but overall it's consistently high quality and well worth checking out, even if you aren't a kid. I've found that it has a degree of quality and subtlety that sets it apart from a lot of other children's programming. EDIT: Now that I have the DVD, I'm just going to throw in a few comments about the physical media aspects. I haven't had time to watch everything yet, but I've watched a few episodes worth on the various discs and they look good so far. 1. The commentaries are very entertaining and interesting. They aren't particularly ground-breaking, but it's fun to hear about some of the behind-the-scenes stuff from the show's staff. There's a good selection of people from actors, to writers, to producers, and they definitely offer some interesting insights into the show. 2. The audio and video quality are great. It's not hi-def, but it's still perfectly good quality that really demonstrates the skill of animators and composers. 3. The physical DVD box itself is sturdy, if without frills. The only things I can really complain about are rather insubstantial, but in the interest of fairness I'll include them anyway: 1. The box artwork. They use some of the same stock vectors that they use for 90% of the merchandise, which isn't bad in and of itself, but having seen it everywhere else it feels a bit lazy when it would have been fairly easy to use something new. Also, one of the DVD's has an image of Princess Cadance, who doesn't actually appear in the series until the end of the second season. It doesn't bug me, but I guess a kid could get confused wondering who the pink pony on the DVD is. 2. The menu music. It's a loop of the "My Little Pony" line from the show's theme song, and if you listen to it for more than about 20 seconds it starts to get a bit annoying. Again, an extremely minor issue, but one that could have been really easily solved by just sticking in some of the show's (excellent) BGM instead of a 10-second loop. So basically, the show itself is awesome, the DVDs maintain the quality, and the only issues are so insubstantial that they're barely worth mentioning. They certainly aren't important enough to knock any stars off the rating. If you were on the fence about buying the DVD, do it, it's completely worth it. (Note: I haven't checked out all the special features, like the coloring pages and whatnot on the fourth disc, but I doubt those will really factor much into the rating either)
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Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2012 by Japanese Teeth
I'm not going to waste time talking about the show. If you want to know what it's about, read any of the other 80+ reviews lavishing praise on the series, or, better yet, record a few episodes from the Hub on your DVR or Tivo. I'm going to discuss the stuff people reading these reviews actually care about: picture/sound quality, packaging, and extras. Picture/Sound Quality = This set looks as good as any of the other MLP:FiM DVDs released by Shout! Factory. Really, this show can only look so good on DVD. The picture quality is great for a Flash-animated show on DVD, but it won't look great if you're used to the 1080p iTunes releases of the episodes. Packaging = This set contains four DVDs in one case. Each disc is well-protected and easy to access. The art on the front and back of the case is pretty good. I'm less thrilled with the illustrations on the third and fourth discs (third disc has an illustration of Princess Cadance, a character not introduced until the Season Two finale! while the fourth disc has a questionably illustrated Princess Celestia). This is all nit-picking, though. Everything is bright and colorful. The case comes with a slip-cover illustrated the same as the case. The case itself is see-through, and the opposite side of the paper with the cover art displays a very pretty layout of various characters walking around Ponyville while also listing the various episodes in the set. Extras = I counted six episodes with full commentary tracks (Friendship is Magic parts 1 and 2, Winter Wrap-Up, Suited for Success, The Show Stoppers, and The Best Night Ever). Commentators for these episodes include a couple of Hasbro execs, Jayson Thiessen, James Wootton, Nicole Oliver, Cathy Weseluck, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, and Daniel Ingram. The commentators have a lot of fun talking about these episodes, although, far and away, my favorite commentary so far is the one for "Suited for Success," in which Daniel Ingram talks quite a bit about the difficulties in finalizing the songs in that episode. There's nothing mind-blowing in these commentaries, but it is fun to hear Ingram talk about the music and the voice actors talk about the various characters. Beyond the commentaries, there are short "Pony Profiles" in which the Mane Six are briefly introduced, downloadable coloring sheets, and two sing-a-longs (for the extended version of the title theme and At the Gala, respectively). These are mainly for children, but the sing-a-longs are definitely cute. All-in-all, this is a solid set, and well worth investing in if you want to support the show's official release. Let's buy enough of these that Shout! Factory releases high quality Blu-Rays of these eps.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012 by M. Richardson
Some might think that this is just a kids show and others might think it only attracts Bronies. But I really think it's great for the whole family. There are a lot of things that kids will enjoy about it and it's also great for keeping adults entertained as well. Just little funny quips here and there, little moments in the show where you laugh because they show homage to something, especially in the sci fi/fantasy world. Definitely a great show for the inner geek in all. I grew up in the generation that had the original MLP and I was never a super huge fan of it. But this revamp of it is awesome! The kids (a boy and a girl) and I started watching this show on the HUB a while back and they loved it. I think it is very well put together, humorous, and taught some great life lessons. The songs in it are really good and great for singing along with. They even slightly joke about the cheesiness of song singing in shows in a few episodes but I will happily say that all the songs are well written, catchy and funny at times. It's in my opinion a great learning show for kids rather than just a show for simple entertainment like other kid shows are that have been revamped, i.e pound puppies, strawberry shortcake. My husband has also gotten into watching the show with the kids and we have watched through season 3, which we were very excited even when they started season 2. I was very happy to see that they have started putting the actual seasons out on DVD rather than just a few of the episodes together on random DVD's collections. I can not count how many times my kids have sat inside on rainy days to watch this DVD. I would highly recommend this show to anyone! I have on a few occasions tuned some of my other adult friends onto the show simply by having it playing in the background for the kids when we have company and you just can't help but be drawn in at times. :) I will add that while it does have the commentaries and a few other bonus features on it, that's not the reason I purchased this. I know that there are some folks who feel like this should have more bonus stuff and be in Blue Ray. I purchased this because my kids love the show and I wanted to support the show with my purchase thus maybe encourage the creators to make more seasons, release more seasons on DVD and maybe hopefully one day put out all that extra stuff that hardcore fans want.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2013 by Book Imp
I never liked the old animated series of My Little Pony, even when I was a kid. I thought that they were ugly and very boring. At the beginning, I didn't want to watch "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic" and I thought "What? a remake of one of the worst cartoons of the eighties? I will never watch this nullity!" Then, I learned that Lauren Faust was working on this new series and I liked a lot one of her previous cartoons "The Powerpuff Girls" (Craig McCracken was the creator but Lauren Faust was one of the best writers and directors of the Powerpuff Girls). I was also very impressed by the huge success of Friendship is Magic on the web. Finally I have decided to give it a chance... And I don't regret it: "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic" is AWESOME! The draws are beautiful, the animation is excellent, the heroines are lovable and the stories are exciting and very entertaining. And above all, the humor is absolutely hilarious! the slapstick gags, the misunderstandings and the pun makes me laugh a lot! My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is the best remed against the depression! It's also a cartoon very clever, and there is a real evolution of the heroines during the series. Many stories are also very touching. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is one of the best cartoons that I have ever seen, It's a real gem! It's cute, funny, intelligent and absolutely great. Everyone can enjoy this wonderful cartoon. I highly recommend it! The edition DVD is very good. The image and the sound are good and the audio commentaries are interesting. My only regret is that there are no french subtitles (I am French), fortunately, the dialogs of the characters are very understandable (and congratulations to the voice actresses and actors, the dub is fabulous!). I hope that the edition DVD of the season 2 will come very soon!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2013 by Xamot
First off, this show is fantastic. The writing is top notch, the animation is beautiful and the voice acting is fantastic. I'm a new "brony", only coming to the show as it starts it's third season. I finally decided to see what the fuss was about and caught it on netflix and was very pleasantly surprised. The message of love, tolerance and friendship is really uplifting in this day of enmity and general nastiness, especially on the Internet. I always feel better after watching an episode and it continues to make me laugh and smile (I'm looking at you Pinkie pie!). It's more than just the standard children's sugar show though, with really good writing and characters that you will instantly love. I recommend the show to both children and adults who want a fun good time show with good messages like tolerance and friendship. As far as the DVD itself goes, it's okay. The quality of the video is decent coming from a DVD and the art style works okay even on a HD tv. There are several episodes with commentary and a few small extras on the last disk. My few nitpicks are I wish there was subtitles included on the DVD, both for the actual content and the commentary as the commentary can sometimes be hard to hear. I wish we could have also gotten Lauren Faust, the original creator of MLP to provide commentary, not really sure why that didn't happen. I personally would have preferred a blu-ray with many more features. For example, more commentaries or even two commentary tracks. One from the actors and one for the developer/writers/etc maybe? Making of videos or content created especially for the blu-ray. Video interviews with cast and crew. Maybe a look at the brony/pegasister culture. Overall though, it's a great show and this is the only hard copy you can get for the entire first season. I'm greatly looking forward to more MLP content, especially the second season DVD.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2012 by Matthew Miller
I bought this because my oldest two daughters ( 6 and 3 ) really seem to love watching My Little pony on Netflix so I figured I would start buying the series so they would have something they love to watch if the internet ever went down or if for some reason Netflix wasn't working .. which happens from time to time. Anyway Im pleased with it and I haven't seen any issues with the DVDS so far even the case seems to be of decent quality unlike some of the other DVD cases that I have received containing other kids shows. That being said I definitely recommend buying these if your kids like the show , because as far as the show goes its cute and has a good storyline.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2025 Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2025 by SqueakylittleDragon
It's interesting to find a show that's got great FLASH animation, good voice acting and surprisingly well written characters. it seems with most shows aimed at young girls, producers always shoot for vapid, shallow and flat, cardboard cut out uninteresting characters with the basic problems of "what should I wear' or "does he like me?". Really, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is a perfect representation of a nonsexist show for young females. Each character is a strong character who has a personality all there own. An unlike past kid shows each of the mane six are in fact adults. They have jobs and actually work to provide for themselves which is such a change from many of the other shows out there. The content of the show works on a lesson an episode basis where the cast will learn something of value. This however doesn't come off as something that insults the intelligence of the viewer, nor does it come off as a redone concept. In the past there are cartoons that have done the P.S.A. at the end of an episode but this isn't the case here. This doesn't do the P.S.A, at least not in the traditional sense. The characters don't talk to the audience at the very end to see if you got the lesson but rather do a real brief summary in the form of a letter written to their friend and mentor the princess of the kingdom which they all reside in. The work on this series is top notch and only progresses to get better with each passing season. Flash animation is rarely good and usually done on the cheap to squeeze out something to sell kids on a product. See "Shezow" if you want a prime example of why flash animated shows are usually trash. MLP however, has amazing animation arguably the very best I have ever seen for flash animation. in fact its really raised my bar and for me to even begin to respect an animated flash show it better be somewhere near the caliber of MLP. We can all hope for a season two release to follow soon for those of us who enjoy this series.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2013 by Nero Angelus