My Little Pony: A New Era of Friendship

My Little Pony: A New Era of Friendship is an American-Canadian animated series created by Darren Bachynski, and animated by Atomic Cartoons. This series is based on the "My Little Pony" franchise. It takes place after the events of My Little Pony: A New Generation, and the unnamed specials. It premiered on Discovery Family and Netflix on October 10, 2022. It is rated TV-Y7.

Premise
The series follows the adventures of Sunny Starscout and the rest of the "Mane 5"—as they go on adventures in Maretime Bay, Bridlewood, and Zephyr Heights to make new friends, defeat enemies, and resolve problems by proving that friendship is the most powerful Magic there is.

Production
On September 17th, 2020, Hasbro allegedly attended an online Russian licensing summit where it was announced that a 44-minute special would premiere in Spring 2022, followed by the release of season one of an untitled G5 television show in Fall that year, and season two of that same show the following year.

On February 2nd, 2021, The Motley Fool published an article that said that My Little Pony would be getting a television series, giving us further confirmation of the show following the licensing summit.

On February 24th, 2021, ETOnline published an article that says the animated show will debut on Netflix and take place after the Movie.

On February 25th, 2021, Hasbro held an investor event which reported that the upcoming series would be computer-animated. Further confirmation of the release date from Hasbro's Newsroom reiterated that the series would premiere in 2022.

On March 17th, 2021, Cort Lane made a tweet where he announced that he was an Executive Producer on the upcoming series.

On May 7th, 2021, a job listing was posted for a CG Designer on the series by Atomic Cartoons, confirming the animation studio for it.

On September 17th, 2021, slots reopened for the animation of the series.

On October 13th, concept art was shown by Edward Davis. He is the storyboard artist for Atomic Cartoons. He is most likely the storyboard artist for the show.

On October 14th, 2021, Atomic Cartoons, and it’s parent company, Thunderbird Entertainment released a PDF for upcoming and currently released shows. My Little Pony was picked up for 23 episodes with 22 minutes in length.

On October 17th, concept art for two episodes were revealed: The one for "Royal Bond", another one for "Heart and Style".

In November, the show title and the rest of the staff were revealed.

On December 24, The premiere date was revealed to be October 22 for both Discovery Family and Netflix.

Seasons

 * Season 1
 * Season 2
 * Season 3