Harmony Unleashed: Equestria Campus Supremacy (ハーモニーアンリーシュド エクエストリアキャンパススプレマシー, Hāmonīanrīshudo: ekuesutoriakyanpasusupuremashī) is an American-Japanese animated television series produced by Hasbro Studios, DHX Media, Aniplex, and Hollowfox Television Productions, with animation provided by Titmouse, Trigger and Production I.G.
The show is a spin-off of the Anthro Bunraku animated series based on the Equestria Girls universe taking place in an alternate reality that diverges a bit from the original source material and it shares the same universe as the Anthro Bunraku universe, as part of the Hasbro/Hollowfox Humanoidverse.
The series is developed by Aaron Montalvo and Greg Weisman and it started on April 3, 2015, with a 115-minute full-length pilot telefilm on AM-Pony (and a Japanese theatrical release in May 2nd, 2014) alongside the Anthro Bunraku series finale films and a series premiere set to release in June 19 of the same year with an order of 26 episodes. The series ran for five seasons from June 19, 2015 to January 22, 2021.
The Japanese version is set to release the same day as North America as it is produced by Aniplex, Kadokawa, Bushiroad, and Takara Tomy and it will air on TV Tokyo, AT-X, BS Japan, and TV Aichi. The dub will also stream on Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and Crunchyroll as co-licensed by Aniplex of America, which it also involves in the English version with both the TV Voicebox dub and the Streaming Bang Zoom! Dub.
The series is rated TV-MA for pervasive language, strong violence, sexual themes, and mature situations.
Amid the end of the series, a spin-off starring the Young Six and Cutie Mark crusaders, named The Crusadin' Years, will be airing on Montalvo Allspark in October 8, 2021. Alongside the spin-off, two sequel series, one based on the children of the characters and other based on My Little Pony's fifth generation (which is connected to Generation Four) is in the works, knowing to name Equestria Campus Supremacy the first installment of the Humanoidverse's Equestria Campus Saga.
About the Show[]
Due to the success of the Anthro Bunraku/Equestria Girls crossover mini-series, Hollowfox Entertainment and Hasbro Studios talked about a spin-off to the Anthro Bunraku series in the Equestria Girls Universe with the same crew that worked on the Anthro Bunraku animated series. Production I.G's Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Arad Production's Avi Arad (who is also chairman of the American Production I.G branch) proposed Trigger X Titmouse to collaborate with them. Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci will be involved in the staff as writers and executive producers alongside Montalvo, Weisman and Arad. During development, Montalvo thought that Kurtzman and Orci's friendship died when they split up in the film industry, but Orci helped him realize that they are keeping their friendship alive by working together on TV shows such as Matador, Hawaii Five-O and Sleepy Hollow. Which the latter was his older brother's favorite show according to Montalvo, and he is glad that their friendship didn't die at all.
Montalvo described the series as an "parallel universe" similar to Anthro Bunraku in the Equestria Girls universe due to the idea of Applejack and Rainbow Dash being genderswapped in terms of subtle pairing situations and as a solution to Flash Sentry and Sunset Shimmer's reinstated relationship in the series, unlike in the official Equestria Girls spin-off film series universe. Montalvo stated: "Like in the Anthro Bunraku media franchise, We decided to make it realistic, even though the setting based on Equestria Girls is very stereotypical for bronies who, no offense, are contradicting themselves if they liked Kill la Kill for its dystopian High School setting done right in a crazy way or Adventure Time for its romantic episodes that the next episode isn't a continuity of another and have realistic character and/or romantic development." The genderbent of Dash and Jack, could be the same reason as for the development of the Anthro Bunraku comic book and HPCS series due to his fear about homophobic bronies and their statement about Rainbow Dash not being a lesbian, canon or not.
Bang Zoom! Entertainment co-operates for the post production of the series alongside Voicebox Productions, and announced to have a different english dub exclusively for streaming services like Hulu and Netflix (also releasing the television dub uncensored) with Tara Strong, John De Lancie, Eric Bauza, Aaron Montalvo and other American/American-Canadian Voice Actors keeping their roles while it will include a new cast that consisted voice actors reprising roles from shows from Harmony Unleashed produced by either Studiopolis, NYAV Post or Bang Zoom! Studios.
Montalvo describes the series as:
"Gintama meets Young Justice in terms of action comedies, Persona 4 meets Digimon Frontier in terms of romance, friendship and super powers, All meets Equestria Girls in terms of having an alternate reality with different writing, themes and pacing than the ones Bronies tend to lose faith in humanity for."
After Season 1's production ended, Joss Whedon left the series to work on his own projects. Later in September, Hiroyuki Imaishi stepped down from his position as supervising director alongside Thiessen, while remaining consulting director and CG supervisor for Sanzigen, for the show after Episode 13, his reason is because of the untitled anime Imaishi works for Trigger as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block airing on Tokyo MX in Japan. (Nope, Kiznaiver doesn't count. It is later revealed as Space Patrol Luluco) Gurren Lagann character designer and Idolmaster anime director Atsushi Nishigori will take Imaishi's place starting on episode 14 while he still remains as chief animator.
As of November 28, 2015, Jayson Thiessen stepped down as supervising director months after production ended and the season finale of Friendship Is Magic to work on the 2017 My Little Pony movie for Lionsgate and Hasbro Studios. Thiessen becomes executive creative consultant. As of Season 2, Atsushi Nishigori and Rob Renzetti become supervising directors with Rebecca Sugar to be the show's executive story editors for Season 2 and beyond. Sugar will temporarily work with the crew as she dedicated to develop characters and relationships on the show in both Steven Universe and the show. Renzetti takes Thiessen's place as executive producer and Rough Draft Studio will co-operate with Top Draw.
After the crew's re-position, The series has been renewed for a second season after the "Twilight/Sunset Double Episode" shift on AMPony. Montalvo explained how the series is renewed for another season as a way to "pull out the middlefinger" to executives who cancel every single show made by Weisman. Renzetti claimed that his position as director for a mature-audienced cartoon, it was his second try after working on Gravity Falls after Weirdmageddon and his directing works on Family Guy. Montalvo claims that they will try to take control of his work with Weisman, just like the latter takes control of his "Rain of the Ghosts" novels.
Due to Hasbro's acquiring of Irish animation studio Boulder Media on July 2016, they will take part on future seasons, including the movies and specials.
After Season 2 ended and the production for the miniseason "Siege on the Crystal District" ended, Renzetti left the series due to his committment on Disney Television Animation's DuckTales reboot and Country Club, but he would promise to remain as consultant alongside Montalvo if he could.
Speculations for a produced miniseason and plans for a third season led to the series been renewed for a third season, with series writer Dan Harmon and Asaph Fipke replacing Renzetti as story editor (for the former, alongside Alex Hirsch and Dan Sterling), supervising director (for the latter) and executive producer (for both) alongside Weisman, Montalvo, Arad, Kurtzman and Orci, with Weisman now acting as executive story editor. Imaishi is set to return as supervising director alongside Fipke with Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja director Shaun Cashman replacing Ishi Rudell as series director while Juno Lee still remaining as series director and Trigger, Titmouse, Production I.G will co-operate with Boulder Media and Rough Draft Studio in place of Top Draw Animation.
In September 2016, David X. Cohen will be contributing to the series as a co-writer and third executive story editor alongside Dan Harmon, Alex Hirsch and Greg Weisman.
On November 7, 2016, due to the announcement of Young Justice's long-hoped renewal for a third season by Warner Bros. Animation, Weisman stepped down as executive producer and story editor after writing a few episodes for next year's miniseason "Siege on the Crystal District", season three and the planned feature film's story likely due to his return to commitment towards the former show. However, he will stay in touch as story editor consultant and partially a writer in a few episodes.
The third season will have its first half premiered in 2017 alongside the miniseason, which the latter will air on the first weekend of January as a full hour 3-night event. Its second half premiered in July 2017 for a few weekends with the exception of the season finale, which it is set for a January 2018 airing. DHX Media member Kimberly Small will produce the series and Shu Nishimoto will be replacing Goto as executive producer due to the latter promoted for a role at Aniplex Japan.
The series is now expanded for yet another season as the series is now planned for six seasons. Roberto Orci, is announced to step down as executive producer to work on Transformers: CrossAnthrophy, However, Alex Kurtzman is still involved as an executive producer and writer and his production company, Secret Hideout will be producing the series starting with the season 3 finale in 2018. Aaron Baiers will be involved as a producer alongside Small, Bland and Tsukamoto.
Prior to the season finale, due to alleged sexual harassment accusations, episode writer Andrew Kreisberg is considered suspended after his accusation. Montalvo and Harmon expressed disappointment towards the news. A year later, sexual harassment allegations against Vic Mignogna has been surfaced and had agreements in public opinion to go against him, and because of this, Mignogna was replaced by Griffin Burns for the Aniplex dub as Flash Sentry's new voice. Despite this, Montalvo agrees with the allegations being false.
In 2020, a sequel series and a spin-off series have been teased through social media alongside the details for the final miniseason "Age of Darkness" and an epilogue film. It has been later confirmed.
Differences from Equestria Girls[]
- Female characters like Applejack and Rainbow Dash are genderswapped, as similar to Anthro Bunraku. Reasons were because of people's overwhelming distaste over Yaoi and Yuri on the internet, while being mistakenly compared to Shonen-ai and Shojo-ai.
- Spike are two separate species, Human and Dog, the former specie is a teenager being around the same age as the Mane 9, while the latter is Spike's pet instead of Twilight's.
- Twilight Sparkle is born in this universe, except she won't be studying at Crystal Prep Academy, nor won't be a deuteroganist/antagonist as she was in Friendship Games.
- The universe is bigger than the Equestria Girls one. As similar to any country in the world.
- Wizardry is allowed in the country of Equestrian States and other countries besides it.
- As similar to Steven Universe and Young Justice, Character development equality is allowed in the show, as in developing both male and female characters. (That means more character development for Flash Sentry to be more than a love interest)
- Cadance will be the president of the Crystal District instead of a dean at Crystal Prep Academy (which is located in the same district).
- In Crystal Prep Academy, Abacus Cinch is currently replaced by Fleur De Lis and Fancy Pants as principals. (Cinch will still lead the Shadowbolts Team as rogues)
- Friendships will not break over relationship, while vice versa, relationships will not break over friendships. (aka Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer's friendship not being ruined over the latter's love for Flash Sentry)
- Like Anthro Bunraku: The Animation, The show has adult content as well as mature humor. (Which it could probably save adult animation)
- This is the first Greg Weisman-involved show to have Tara Strong voicing an important/main character, as shows like Young Justice had Tara Strong in the background or minor roles or no role at all.
Premise[]
Concept LineUp
Taking place in a parallel universe separate from, but similar to the Equestria Girls universe and shared with the Anthro Bunraku universe (hence a spin-off from the AB series), The new student, Jasper Geronimo, who was a young teenager coming from a hispanic state known as Equinedor (a ponified version of Aaron’s birth home country, Ecuador) enters Canterlot High School and meets new friends who reminds him of the Mane Six. Twilight Sparkle, a smart girl and a studious, friendly and determined person, Applejack, a dependable, honest, hard-working but sometimes stubborn and hotheaded farm boy, Rainbow Blitz, a radical athlete (yet being an anti-jock) and loyal guy, Pinkie Pie, an energetic and hyperactive party-loving, fun-loving and cake-making girl, Rarity, a lady-like fashionista and the generous type, Fluttershy, a sweet and kind girl who cares about animals and the environment, and Spike, Twilight Sparkle’s adoptive brother with a pet as a puppy of the same name and same personality of a clueless, often self-centered, and yet friendly and noble person. As Principal Celestia knows the truth behind the magic, as Jasper found out about its magical powers, she might fear that chaos will affect Canterlot High School because some certain evil found out too, she assembles Jasper and his friends to be the protectors of the Equestrian States. While living everyday lives as normal teenagers and high school students, they are dedicated to use weapons within their magic to defeat evil.
Characters[]
- Main article: Characters
| Character | English Cast (TV) | English Cast (Streaming) | Japanese Cast | Latin Spanish Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twilight Sparkle | Tara Strong | Aya Hirano | Carla Castañeda | |
| Sunset Shimmer | Rebecca Shoichet | Lauren Landa | Ayumi Fujimura | Circe Luna |
| Applejack | Matt Hill | Tetsuya Kakihara Mitsuki Saiga (Young) |
Victor Ugarte Emiliano Ugarte (Young) | |
| Ashleigh Ball (Young) | Erin Fitzgerald (Young) | |||
| Flash Sentry | Vincent Tong | Vic Mignogna (Seasons 1-3) Griffin Burns (Season 4+) |
Masakazu Morita | Javier Olguín |
| Rainbow Blitz | Drew Nelson | Josh Keaton | Ryota Osaka | Moises Ivan Mora |
| Pinkie Pie | Andrea Libman | Stephanie Sheh | Aya Suzaki | Melissa Gedeon |
| Rarity | Tabitha St. Germain | Cristina Vee | Aki Toyosaki | Elsa Covian |
| Fluttershy | Andrea Libman | Christine Marie Cabanos | Aoi Yuki | Lupita Leal |
| Spike | Brad Swaile (Human) Cathy Weseluck (Dog) |
Darrel Guilbeau (Human) Marianne Miller-Billany (Dog) |
Noriaki Sugiyama (Human) Sachi Kokuryu (Dog) |
Eduardo Garza (Human) Cecilia Gómez (Dog) |
| Jasper Geronimo | Aaron Montalvo | Yuki Kaji | Memo Aponte Mille | |
| Azure Quartz | L.C. (Season 3-4) <br> Emily Ivette Torres (Season 5-Miniseason) | Ai Kayano | Christine Byrd (Season 3) Desiree Gonzales (Season 4+) | |
| Streak Rider | Gabriel Montalvo | Hiroshi Kamiya | Jose Antonio Toledano | |
| Principal Celestia | Nicole Oliver | Wendee Lee | Kikuko Inoue | Dulce Guerrero |
| Vice-Principal Luna | Tabitha St. Germain | Carrie Keranen | Ami Koshimizu | Leyla Rangel |
| Counselor Discord | John De Lancie | Yosuke Akimoto | Enrique Cervantes | |
| Shining Armor | Andrew Francis | Roger Craig Smith | Mamoru Miyano | José Antonio Macías |
| Twilight Velvet | Lisa Ann Beley (Season 1-3) Patricia Drake (Season 4+) |
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Kotono Mitsuishi | María Fernanda Morales |
| Night Light Sparkle | Eric Bauza | Keiji Fujiwara | Mario Arivizu | |
| President Cadance | Britt McKillip | Kira Buckland | Haruka Tomatsu | Romina Marroquín Payró |
| Flurry Heart | Tabitha St. Germain | Alanna Ubach (Season 3) Jeannie Tirado (Season 4+) |
Yuki Kuwahara | Jocelyn Robles |
| Pear Butter | Felicia Day | Rina Sato | Lupita Leal | |
| Bright Mac | Bill Newton | Ezra Weisz | Kenji Kitamura | Tommy Rojas |
| Apple Bloom | Michelle Creber | Lara Jill Miller | Kaori Ishihara | Susana Moreno |
| Babs Seed | Brynna Drummond | Sarah Williams | Hisako Kanemoto | Nycolle González |
| Sweetie Belle | Claire Corlett | Cherami Leigh | Yukari Tamura | Carolina Ayala |
| Scootaloo | Madeleine Peters | Laura Bailey | Aki Kanada | Roxana Pastrana |
| Big Macintosh | Peter New | Matthew Mercer | Katsuyuki Konishi | Hector Moreno |
| Granny Smith | Tabitha St. Germain | Mona Marshall | Masako Nozawa | Diana Alonso |
| Grand Pear | William Shatner | Takashi Nagasako | Alejandro Villeli | |
| Goldie Delicious | Peter New | Susanne Blakeslee | Kujira | Rocio Prado |
| Bow Hothoof | Jason Deline | Anthony Sardinha | Ryotaro Okiayu | Humberto Solorzano |
| Windy Whistles | Sarah Edmundson | Laura Bailey | Yuko Minaguchi | Irene Jimenez |
| Trixie Lulamoon | Kathleen Barr | Cassandra Lee | Kaori Mizuhashi | Hiromi Hayakawa (Season 1-2)† Xochitl Ugarte (Season 3+) |
| Braeburn | Michael Daingerfield | Todd Haberkorn | Kaito Ishikawa | Benjamin Rivera |
| Little Strongheart | Erin Matthews | Erica Mendez | Eri Kitamura | Monserrat Mendoza |
| Chief Thunderhooves | Scott McNeil | Kaiji Tang | Banjo Ginga | Humberto Solorzano |
| Zephyr Breeze | Ryan Beil | Grant George | Hiro Shimono | Beto Castillo |
| Mr. Shy | David Godfrey | Nolan North | Jurota Kosugi | Gerardo Garcia |
| Ms. Shy | Colleen Winton | Nancy Cartwright | Yukana | Xochitl Ugarte |
| Cheerilee | Nicole Oliver | Philece Sampler | Megumi Han | Rosalba Sotelo |
| Mr. Carrot Cake | Brian Drummond | Mike Henry | Shinobu Matsumoto | Carlo Vasquez |
| Ms. Cup Cake | Tabitha St. Germain | Cree Summer | Yu Sugimoto | Gaby Cardenas |
| Pound Cake | Tabitha St. Germain | Lani Minella | Sora Tokui | TBA |
| Pumpkin Cake | Andrea Libman | Kira Buckland | Eri Inagawa | TBA |
| Derpy Hooves | Tabitha St. Germain | Grey DeLisle-Griffin | Yurin | Leyla Rangel |
| Lyra Heartstrings | Brittany Wilson | Melissa Fahn | Asami Yoshida | Andrea Orozco |
| Sweetie "Bon Bon" Drops | Andrea Libman | Sandy Fox | Yumi Uchiyama | Paula Arias |
| Time Turner | Brian Drummond | Avan Jogia | Ryou Kuratomi | Arturo Catano |
| Steven Magnet | Lee Tockar | Benjamin Diskin | Hiroshi Iwasaki | Moises Ivan Mora |
| Octavia Melody | Kazumi Evans | Eileen Montgomery | Minami Takayama | Liliana Barba |
| Vinyl "DJ PON-3" | Kelly Sheridan | Jessi Nowack | Yui Ishikawa | Cristina Hernandez |
| Spitfire | Kelly Metzger | Michelle Ruff | Asami Seto | Gabriela Guzman |
| Soarin' | Matt Hill | Bryce Papenbrook | Koki Uchiyama | Carlos Hernandez |
| Fleetfoot | Shannon Chan-Kent | Julie Ann Taylor | Rumi Okubo | Hiromi Hayakawa (Season1-2)† Lupita Leal (Season 3+) |
| Bulk Biceps | Michael Dobson | Patrick Seitz | Tessho Genda | Salvador Reyes |
| Cheese Sandwich | Weird Al Yankovic | Tomokazu Seki | Ricardo Silva | |
| Coco Pommel | Cathy Weseluck | Kate Higgins | Kana Hanazawa | Angelica Villa |
| Moon Dancer | Kazumi Evans | Courtenay Taylor | Kanako Kondo | Alondra Hidalgo |
| Minuette | Cathy Weseluck | Brina Palencia | Ikumi Nakagami | Carolina Ayala |
| Lemon Hearts | Ashleigh Ball | Jennifer Hale | Sora Amamiya | Lizette Sotorriba |
| Twinkleshine | Brenna O'Brien | Xanthe Hunyh | Yumi Uchiyama | Maggie Vera |
| Iron Will | Trevor Devall | Richard Epcar | Akio Otsuka | Miguel Angel Ghligiazza |
| Tree Hugger | Nicole Oliver | Amanda Winn Lee | Marina Inoue | Cristina Hernandez |
| Maud Pie | Ingrid Nilson | Knimilh Tran | Miyuki Sawashiro | Jessica Ortiz |
| Limestone Pie | Lisa Ann Beley | Alicyn Packard | Ayahi Takagaki | Betzabe Jara |
| Marble Pie | Stephanie Anne Mills | Melissa Hutchinson | Misaki Kuno | Maggie Vera |
| Igneous Rock Pie | Terry Klassen | Tom Kane | Shuichi Ikeda | Ricardo Mendoza |
| Cloudy Quartz | Stacey DePass | Hynden Walch | Yukari Fukui | Erica Edwards |
| Blueblood | Vincent Tong | Kirk Thornton | Tomokazu Sugita | Idzi Dutkiewics |
| Mayor Mare | Cathy Weseluck | Laura Post | Mami Horikoshi | Alma Delia Perez |
| Student Council President Starswirl III | Nick Wolfhard | Zach Aguilar | Kengo Kawanishi | Omar Soto |
| Stonehenge Rock | Bill Newton | Nolan North | Hiroki Yasumoto | Arturo Cataño |
| Magnus Opus | Dan Petronijevic | Robbie Daymond | Yuichi Nakamura | |
| Brooke Meadows/Meadowbrook II | Alyson Court | Brina Palencia | M·A·O | Alejandra Delint |
| Breezy Tempest | Caitlynne Medrek | Ali Hillis | Sayuri Yahagi | Constanza Lechuga |
| Sphinx Saddle | Lalainia Lindbjerg | Liliana Mumy | Mariya Ise | |
| Gloriosa Daisy / Gaea Everfree | Enid-Raye Adams | Mamiko Noto | Toni Rodriguez | |
| Timber Spruce / Famine Everfree | Brian Doe | Adam McArthur Alex Hirsch (Famine form) |
Yuki Tai | Jose Angel Torres |
| Sandbar | Vincent Tong | Billy Kametz | Yusuke Kobayashi | |
| Gallus | Gavin Langelo | Griffin Burns | Ayumu Murase | |
| SIlverstream | Lauren Jackson | Reba Buhr | Kana Ichinose | |
| Smolder | Shannon Chan-Kent | Katie Leigh | Kaori Nazuka | |
| Yona | Katrina Salisbury | Faye Mata | Mutsumi Tamura | |
| Ocellus | Devyn Dalton | Melissa Fahn | Kei Kobayashi | |
| Principal Fleur Dis Lee | Nicole Oliver | Kimberly Brooks | Mamiko Noto | Mariana Ortiz |
| Fancy Pants | Trevor Devall | Kenyu Horiuchi | Jesús Barrero (Season 1)† Ricardo Tejedo (Season 2) | |
| Gilda | Maryke Hendrikse | April Stewart | Akeno Watanabe | Rossy Aguirre |
| Countess Coloratura | Lena Hall | Eir Aoi | Marisol Romero/Marianne | |
| Songbird Serenade | Sia | Aimer | TBA | |
| Starling Bravura | Ariana Grande | Clara (ClariS) | TBA | |
| Princess Ember | Willa Milner | Kana Hanazawa | Karen Vallejo | |
| Princess Skystar | Kristin Chenoweth | Shoko Nakagawa | ||
| Queen Novo | Uzo Aduba | Atsuko Tanaka | ||
| Captain Celaeno | Zoe Saldana | Shizuka Ishigami | ||
| Sparrow Cloud | Steven Yeun | Jun Fukushima | ||
| Blaze Grey | Norman Reedus | Junichi Suwabe | Jose Gilberto Vilchis | |
| Chancellor Neighsay | Maurice LaMarche | Koji Ishii | ||
| Starlight Glimmer | Kelly Sheridan | Deedee Magno Hall (Season 3) Ashly Burch (Season 4) |
Arisa Ogasawara | Annie Rojas |
| Sunburst | Ian Hanlin | Ray Chase | Shinji Kawada | Manuel Campuzano |
| Juniper Montage | Ali Liebert | Jessica DiCicco | Nao Toyama | Nalelly Solis |
| Double Diamond | Brian Drummond | Bobby Thong | Shintaro Asanuma | Sergio Morel |
| Sugar Belle | Rebecca Shoichet | Mela Lee | Juri Kimura | Jocelyn Robles |
| Night Glider | Rebecca Shoichet | Kath Soucie | Sachika Misawa | Jahel Morga |
| Party Favor | Samuel Vincent | Chris Niosi | Takuma Terashima | Gerardo Velazquez |
| Chrysalis | Kathleen Barr | Erika Harlacher | Romi Park | Irina Indigo |
| Altima Skrein | Adam DeVine | Shuhei Sakaguchi | Alejandro Mayen | |
| Principal Abacus Cinch | Iris Quinn | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Laura Torres | |
| Adagio Dazzle | Kazumi Evans | Dorothy Elias-Fahn | Rumi Okubo | Diana Alonso |
| Sonata Dusk | Maryke Hendrikse | Shelby Lindley | Ryoko Nagata | Hiromi Hayakawa (Season 2-3)† Melissa Gedeon (Season 4+) |
| Ouvertis Grandioso | Cole Hanson | Dante Basco | Hikaru Midorikawa | Daniel Lacy |
| Suri Polomare | Janyse Jaud | Rachel Ramras | Sayaka Ohara | Isabel Romo |
| Thunder Dust | Matthew Erickson | David Vincent | Kenji Nojima | Alan Prieto |
| Sour Sweet | Peter Kelamis | Max Mittelman | Kanata Hongo | Hugo Nuñez |
| Lemon Zest | Shannon Chan-Kent | Amanda C. Miller | Chie Nakamura | Toni Rodriguez |
| Indigo Zap | Kelly Sheridan | Amanda Lee | Nana Mizuki | Carola Vasquez |
| Sunny Flare | Britt Irvin | Brianne Sidall | Erii Yamazaki | Constanza Lechuga |
| Sugarcoat | Sienna Bohn | Alanna Ubach | Ayane Sakura | Romina Marroquín Payró |
| King Sombra | Jim "Big Jim" Miller | Crispin Freeman | Takuya Kimura | Dan Osorio |
| Lord Tirek | Mark Acheson | Patrick Seitz | Norio Wakamoto | Victor Hugo Aguilar |
| Scorpan | Scott McNeil | Charlie Adler | Kosuke Okano | Germán Fabregat |
| Grogar | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| The Storm King | Liev Schreiber | Shun Oguri | Ricardo Tejedo | |
| Tempest Shadow | Emily Blunt | Sanae Kobayashi | Cony Madera | |
| Grubber | Michael Peña | Takamasa Mogi | Oscar Flores | |
| King Vorak | Alan Tudyk | Yuya Uchida | Mario Castañeda | |
| Queen Haydon | Lori Alan | Emi Shinohara | Erica Edwards | |
| Captain Blackbird | Dan Castellaneta | Akio Otsuka | ||
| Starswirl The Bearded (I) | Patrick Stewart (film) Christopher Britton (series, TV) Brent Pendergrass (series, Streaming) |
Tessho Genda | Blas García | |
| Equestrian States Senator Starswirl II | Michael Donovan | Unsho Ishizuka (Miniseason 2)† Kenji Sugimura (Season 4+) |
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| Rockhoof | Matt Cowlrick | Corey Burton | Kotaro Nakamura | |
| Flash Magnus | Giles Panton | Christopher Smith | Jin Yamanoi | |
| Mage Meadowbrook | Mariee Devereux | Natalie Hoover | Shizuka Ito | Betzabe Jara |
| Mistmane | Ellen-Ray Hennessy | Marianne Miller | Kujira (older) Marina Inoue (Younger) |
Andrea Orozco |
| Somnambula | Murry Peeters | Veronica Taylor | Yuri Amano | |
Genderswapped Cast[]
| Character | English Cast (TV) | English Cast (Streaming) | Japanese Cast | Latin Spanish Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dusk Shine | Yuri Lowenthal | Tasuku Hatanaka | Arturo Castañeda | |
| Sunset Luster | Kirby Morrow | Johnny Yong Bosch | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Bruno Coronel |
| Starlight Gleam | Alex Zahara | Zach Aguilar | Yuki Ono | Eduardo Garza |
| Applejack | Ashleigh Ball | Erin Fitzgerald | Mitsuki Saiga | Claudia Motta |
| Flare Warden | Brenna O'Brien | Cherami Leigh | Chiwa Saito | Karina Altamirano |
| Sunspout | Caitlynne Medrek | Jessica DiCicco | Suzuko Mimori | Romina Marroquin Payro |
| Rainbow Dash | Ashleigh Ball | Erica Mendez | Misuzu Togashi | Analiz Sanchez |
| Bubble Berry | Scott McCord | Robbie Daymond | Daiki Yamashita | Oscar Flores |
| Elusive | Brad Swaile | Arin Hanson | Hiroki Takahashi | Luis Daniel Ramirez |
| Butterscotch | Samuel Vincent | Derek Stephen Prince | Tsubasa Yonaga | Jose Antonio Macias |
| Barbara | Shannon Chan-Kent | Grace Rolek | Chiaki Omigawa | Liliana Barba |
| Principal Solaris | Peter Cullen | Akio Otsuka | Gerardo Vasquez | |
| Vice-Principal Artemis | Brent Miller | Matthew Mercer | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Irwin Daayan |
| President Bolero | Michael Adamthwaite | James Arnold Taylor | Kisho Taniyama | Alfredo Gabriel Basurto |
| Gleaming Shield | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Kira Buckland | Mamiko Noto | Mireya Mendoza |
- [†]The sign says that the VA has been deceased.
Episodes[]
There will be a total of 26 episodes per season. In SDCC'14 on the Harmony Unleashed Showcase Panel, Montalvo confirmed that the show's project will start in April of 2015 with a movie releasing in North America in the week of Easter/Spring Break and in Japan during Golden Week. The films will be released by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, while the TV show is distributed by Entertainment One, except in Japan. Which it will be released by Kadokawa Pictures and Aniplex.
In 2015, the crew plans for a miniseason between seasons 2 and 3 and another one to end the series after the fourth season, as a result of five seasons. However, in 2017, it has expanded into yet another season with the fifth planned to be the last and a miniseason after it.
International Airings[]
AM-Networks International, with the distribution partnership of Entertainment One, airs the show in many countries with AM-Pony, AM-Atomix and AM-Bushidox in North America, AM-Bushidox in Japan, AM-Spark in North America, AM-Zone in South Asia, AM-97 in Australia, New Zealand, PonyCanal in Latin America and AM-Atomix in all of Europe. In streaming services worldwide, Hulu, Crunchyroll and AM-Stream simulcast the series, while Netflix releases all episodes per season.
On 2018, due to a controversy regarding an anime-inspired cartoon named "High Guardian Spice", Crunchyroll and Hasbro decided to remove all of the Japanese and English dubs of ECS and Blythe X due to the art style not being anime. However, they made a deal to move the shows to VRV under VRV select, with both languages and both versions of the English Dub with the Aniplex airing.
- Japan - TV Tokyo, AT-X, BS Japan, TV Aichi, Animax, NicoNico
- United States - Adult Swim (Toonami), TBS, Crackle, Netflix
- Canada - Teletoon (Teletoon At Night), Telétoon (Telétoon la Nuit) (2015-2019); Adult Swim (2019-present)
- Europe - E4 (United Kingdom, Ireland), FOX Animation (Italy), Game One (France), ProSieben (Germany), Neox (Spain)
- Latin America - MTV, Netflix
- South Africa - e.tv
- Asia - Animax (All Asia), Okto (Singapore), ABS-CBN (Phillipines), Tooniverse (Korea), TVB Jade (China)
- Australia - ABC3, The Comedy Channel (Adult Swim)
- New Zealand - TV2
Ratings[]
- Japan - R15+
- United States - TV-14, TV-MA
- Canada - 14+
- Latin America - B
- Australia - M
- United Kingdom/Ireland - 18
Media[]
Comics and Manga[]
Oni Press will collaborate with Hollowfox Entertainment and Hasbro to publish the comics for Equestria Campus Supremacy. The show's writing crew will collaborate with Joe Kelly from the Man of Action crew and Katie Cook from the MLP comics with illustrations by Rob "Robaato" Porter from the Bravo-chan portion of the Bravoman webcomics by ShiftyLook. The comics will be launched in August 2015.
A seinen manga adaptation illustrated by Atsushi Nishigori and written by Kazuki Nakashima and Aaron Montalvo will be published in Young Ace at Kadokawa Shoten in August 2015 alongside the Japanese version's release. Kadokawa will also translate the Oni Press/Hasbro comic book series. Greg Weisman promised spin-off comics from the series as well as crossovers after the announcement of continuing the Anthro Bunraku series with prequels to a possible sequel and alternate universes by other people (except the animated series' creative team) despite the animated series' ending.
Shorts[]
- Main article: ECS Mini Adventures,
- Main article: Tie-in Shorts
and
- Main article: Humanoidverse Club
In New York Comic Con, it has been announced that there will be 2 separate short series from the series to be released in Hasbro Studios ' YouTube Channel. The two series of shorts are developed by the creative team, although for the first short series, the character designs will be inspired by the Equestria Girls Minis dolls, as it is a chibi short series, and it's non-canon to the franchise. And the second short series will tie in to the television series and film events.
In Anime NYC, A non-canon short-form series is announced for a 2020 launch as a crossover between Transformers: CrossAnthrophy and Littlest Pet Shop: Blythe X set to be animated by Trigger and Digital eMation and produced by Aniplex, Kadokawa, Ultra Super Pictures, Hollowfox Digital Media, Entertainment One and Allspark Animation.
Films[]
The pilot film, Welcome to Canterlot High was released on Spring 2015, before the TV series started airing in June. There was also direct-to-video films, such as The Peninsula Project, Secret Origins of a Day Princess, and Neverfree 2 released around 2016-2018. A feature film is produced by Ivanna The Movie, MGM and 20th Century Fox with David Silverman, Asaph Fipke and Hiroyuki Imaishi directing the film and is released on June 28, 2018.
On WonderCon 2019, they have revealed a trailer for a new theatrical ECS spin-off film centered around the Crystal family directed by Atsushi Nishigori, Shaun Cashman and Charlie Kaufman set for a "Hearts and Hooves" 2020 release date until it was delayed for a June 26, 2020 release date. Also, they are developing another ECS movie at Allspark Animation, Hollowfox Toonimation Workshop and MGM for a future release as an "extended series finale" standalone film. Previously set to release in theatres, it has been retooled to be streaming on Netflix with the "finale" film set to release both on streaming and in theatres.
Video Games[]
During development of the TV show, A.M. Games and Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that there will be a videogame based on the series with Wayforward Technologies and Inti Creates, which they made later Shantae and the Pirate's Curse and Half-Genie Hero.
Anime Spin-offs[]
- Main article: Harmony Unleashed: Equestria Campus Supremacy (anime spin-off series)
At Licensing Expo, Hasbro and Aniplex announced three anime spin-off miniseries named "Harmony Unleashed Equestria Campus Supremacy R&R", "Harmony Unleashed Equestria Campus Supremacy DXZ" and "Harmony Unleashed Equestria Campus Supremacy Magicast" set for a Fall 2019 Release on HolCom Networks and later on Netflix and HCN+ under a partnership deal in association with MGM, Allspark Animation and Aniplex of America.
The series will have Atsushi Nishigori as chief director at Trigger, CloverWorks and Production I.G, but both spin-offs will be directed by three directors, Kazuya Murata (Fullmetal Alchemist: Sacred Star of Milos, Code Geass, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet) will direct R&R, while Itsuro Kawasaki (Transformers: CrossAnthrophy, Cardfight Vanguard G) will direct DXZ and Hiroshi Ikehata (Robot Girls Z, Akiba's Trip The Animation) will direct Magicast.
Aaron Montalvo will be an executive producer and creative consultant with Dan Sterling, Erica Rivinoja (The Last Man on Earth), Josh Hamilton, May Chan (Voltron: Legendary Defender, MLP: Friendship is Magic) as story supervisors and James W. Bates (Power Rangers, Sailor Moon) will be an executive story editor alongside Yoji Enokido (FLCL, Bungo Stray Dogs) and Yasuyuki Mutou (Gundam UC, Rolling Girls). Nishigori and Shigeto Koyama will provide character designs as supervisor and will join Asako Nishida (LoveLive!, Active Raid), Masaru Sakamoto (SSSS.Gridman) and Satoshi Kadowaki (Attack on Titan, Seraph of the End) as character designer, Koyama also as art director and Sushio and Chikashi Kubota as animation director. Koichi Hatsumi will be an assistant director and Hiroyuki Imaishi will be a chief supervisor.
Crossover with Disney Properties[]
Simpsonized Drift[]
- Main article: Harmony Unleashed: Equestria Campus Supremacy & The Simpsons: Simpsonized Drift
In 2017, a Simpsons/ECS crossover special is in development in association with Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox and animated by Titmouse, Trigger and Production I.G. The special is written by Matt Selman, Jon Vitti, Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt, Dan Harmon and Aaron Montalvo and directed by Akira Amemiya, Lance Kramer and Shaun Cashman. After production ended in 2019, the special is set to air in December of this year.
CrossMore Crossovers[]
- Main article: [[Humanoidverse/CrossMore: The StarSpark Dimensional Crisis and Humanoidverse/CrossMore: Quadruple Trouble Mayhem]]
During the development of CrossMore, a crossover between the Humanoidverse and CrossMore is planned by making a new arc of special events animated by Trigger and Titmouse.
The first of the Humanoidverse/CrossMore project is a crossover between Equestria Campus Supremacy and Star vs. the Forces of Evil (CrossMore continuity) featuring Deadpool and Squirrel Girl. It is written by Aaron Montalvo, Dan Sterling, Erica Rivinoja, Kevin Burke & Chris "Doc" Wyatt, Tyler Chen and Judah Miller and directed by Allison Craig and Yoshihiro Miyajima. Shaun Cashman and Atsushi Nishigori will be supervising directors.
A second crossover, set to include characters from The Owl House from the CrossMore Universe and Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Blitz and Flurry Heart is announced. Later on, they will also include Power Rangers characters. It is set for a Fall 2021 release and will take place between the time frame before the series' epilogue and during CrossMore's third season.
Followups[]
CMC/Young Six-centric Spin-off[]
- Main article: [[The Crusadin' Years: A Harmony Unleashed: Equestria Campus Supremacy Story]]
A spin-off series animated by Boulder Media and Trigger is in development at eOne Animation and Hollowfox Television Animation set to be aired on Montalvo Allspark. The series will be centered around the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the Young Six in their years in Canterlot High School.
The series will be developed by Aaron Montalvo and Christopher Amick & Ben Mekler, with Mekler and Amick as story editors, showrunners and executive producers. Joining the EPs will be eOne's Haven Alexander and Mike Lombardo, original series developers Aaron Montalvo and Greg Weisman, Arad Productions' Avi Arad and Ari Arad, and Starburns Industries' James A. Fino and Joe Russo II. Co-executive producers will be supervising director Paul O'Flanagan, Hollowfox's Brian Ash, Aniplex's Shu Nishimoto and eOne's Mikiel Houser.
Sequels[]
Two sequel series is in the works, with the first sequel being a futuristic time-skip series starring the children of the gang, while the second sequel will be based on the fifth generation of My Little Pony, and set to be a space-opera style series. Weisman and Montalvo are set to develop the shows.
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During the planning of the series and its success with the Anthro Bunraku/Equestria Girls crossover, Aaron Montalvo was inspired by Greg Berlanti's DC television universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in terms of having shared universes, and he created many stories. He became the creative consultant of the shared universe and will bring more stories shared in the same universe. Montalvo asked himself about what would happen if Equestria Girls, Friendship Is Magic and Littlest Pet Shop shared its universe together due to Kora Kosicka being involved as character design for two shows and a film series.
Harmony Unleashed: Anthro Bunraku[]
During the panel for the announcement of the series, it is confirmed that they greenlighted on a third Anthro Bunraku X Equestria Girls movie that includes ECS characters known as the "ABXEG Triple Threat Project" as well as a special 2-part episode of an ECS/AB crossover.
Littlest Pet Shop: Blythe X[]
Prior to the ending of the Anthro Bunraku television series and the release of Equestria Campus Supremacy, Hasbro Studios and Hollowfox Entertainment announced a non-Harmony Unleashed related spin-off taking place in the same universe as Equestria Campus Supremacy and Anthro Bunraku based on the Littlest Pet Shop television series with Dallas Parker (Littlest Pet Shop), Simon Kinberg (CHAPPiE, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Adam Beechen (HiHi Puffy AmiYumi) and Drew Goddard (Daredevil, Sinister Six) involved as executive producers, with Beechen and Montalvo as show developers. While Titmouse is becoming involved in animation and unlike Equestria Campus Supremacy, the show will be co-animated by Titmouse, Ordet and Wit Studio with Parker and Yutaka Yamamoto as supervising director alongside series director Ishi Rudell.
Montalvo also talked about the possibility of a future potential crossover between both Blythe X and Equestria Campus Supremacy.
Transformers: CrossAnthrophy[]
In the series, Principal Celestia's toyline/cartoon crush and favorite Transformer is Optimus Prime. She owned an Optimus Prime plushie in an episode. The potential crossover movie will be a prequel to CrossAnthrophy.
The series will be an anime mecha series produced by Trigger and Production I.G. and it will have Steven Spielberg and John Rogers (who worked in the first Transformers movies) as co-developers and executive producers with Montalvo and Steven S. DeKnight, Atsushi Nishigori as character designer, Shigeto Koyama as mechanic designer, Itsuro Kawasaki as series director and Frank Marshall as executive creative consultant. DeKnight is confirmed to be the showrunner and story editor alongside Rogers and Jordan Roberts with Spielberg being supervising director. This will be AM-TV's first original animated series, as well as a semi-crossover series.
Barbie Mason & The MoonDreamers[]
Barbie Mason & The MoonDreamers will be a cartoon/anime hybrid considered as a revival for Hasbro's MoonDreamers toyline, who was part of My Little Pony back in the 1980's. And Montalvo, Chuck Lorre and J.J. Abrams will develop the series with Montalvo, Lorre, Abrams, Bryan Burk and David Alpert as executive producers. Ultra Super Pictures, Titmouse and Boulder Media will animate the series. Kora Kosicka and Bruce W. Smith will design the concept for the series' characters and Anthony Lioi will be the supervising director and story editor alongside Abrams.
Possible Humanoidverse Franchise Installments[]
Anthroverse is set with a Littlest Pet Street/LPS 2017 spin-off of Blythe X and a CrossAnthrophy Beast Wars-style spin-off.
Music[]
- Music Composed by: Bear McCreary, Mick Gordon
- Music Supervisor/Executive Producers: Steffan Andrews, William Anderson
- Music Work: Aniplex, Sparks and Shadows
- Music Co-operation: TV Tokyo Music
Music Group: PoniGArlz[]
During the production of the series, creator and executive producer Aaron Montalvo, Japanese localization director Hiroto Ishikawa and SonyMusic Japan producer Keiichi Tonumura has plans for an all-girls idol music group for the soundtrack of the series consisted of 5 female members, Aya Hirano as Twilight Sparkle, Aki Toyosaki as Rarity, Aoi Yuki as Fluttershy, Ayumi Fujimura as Sunset Shimmer and Aya Suzaki as Pinkie Pie.
Gallery[]
Staff[]
- Main article: Harmony Unleashed: Equestria Campus Supremacy (TV Series)/Credits