Pony History of the Day: PONIES - The Anthology Series

A long time ago, in a galaxy that just happens to be our own, the Golden Summer of 2011 was just beginning and a flood of pony art, media, and more was spreading across the internet. Among the wave of content came a particular piece that hadn't quite been seen before in the pony fandom: an anthology.

While edits to the show content had been made before they were typically singular works, lasting a few minutes if not a little longer. PONIES - The Anthology turned that all on its head by taking the efforts of several talented Youtubers and combining them into a nearly half hour long, high quality endeavor.

Amazing for its time the production became highly acclaimed and was eventually continued in PONIES - The Anthology II and further installments, installments that last to this day. Not many things from our past can be said to still be going strong five years after pony began, but Anthology bucks that trend and doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon!

Check on after the break for all the main Anthology videos and thanks to the various folks that have suggested this series over the past several history posts.

Music of the Day #622

Spotlight Splash unleashes: More music! The music never stops! Get more music below, or else!

Animation: The Mythical Water Horse

We water horse now. Get your water hose below. How watery. How liquid.

What Other Editorials and Posts Would You Like to See, or Topics Covered? How Are You Liking the Current Ones?

As normal for the beginning of the year, we look for new things to do as the months truck on. Some of the new posts we have added include:

• Pony Spotlights - Diving into a pony each week, from fandom creations to show appearances!
  Episode Rewatch - Exploring past episodes, and dropping some nostalgia on how people reacted to them.
• Pony History of the Day - Digging into past major events or fandom releases 
• ABagOVicodin Editorials - Pretty open to anything there, give him topic ideas!
• We Are Borg Editorials - An collector of all things pony and explorer of even more things pony
• Debates - EQD peoples battle it out over a topic
• Weird Pony Trends - Exploring some of the stranger sides of the SFW fandom 
• New interviews -  We took a break on these for a while, but have plans to continue them. Expect M.A. Larson next.

We have a few other plans in the works, including an ask blog for Spotlight Splash and Rocket Tier starring our new artists, Allyster Black and Pinipy. The mascots seem to be getting some love lately, and we are always open to more!

We are always looking to do anything else interesting, and improve the current ones. Feedback is valuable. Anything you didn't like about any of these, feel free to express it. We won't bite!

If you have any topics you would like any of those to cover, or ideas for new posts, toss it in the comments.

Season 6 is right around the corner, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun in the meantime. Suggest things!

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Nightly Discussion #609

We may all have our favorites, but in the the end the show wouldn't be the same without our main six and Spike! Heck, the show wouldn't be the same with even a single character missing, main, secondary, one shot or otherwise.

So here is to all our lovable pony friends! Woo!

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Children of the Night 2 Coming Soon!

The incredible Children of the Night animation that landed way back in 2013 during the peak of pony will be seeing a followup from the team over at Duo Cartoonist! This one will close the story off, with the cast of characters introduced in COTN.

Expect to see The Forgotten Mountains some time soon in animatic form. It won't be going for the full animation version this time, but their animatics were always awesome too weren't they?

You can find Children of the Night below the break if you want a refresher. Or to just watch it again. It's totally worth it.

Drawfriend Stuff #1790

Mega-wide doesn't usually work too well for the top of these posts, but how could I not header it with that?! Look how epic these princesses are!

NOW GO GET ART!

(Same warning at yesterday. New season 6 pony at the very bottom after a spoiler gap. Don't scroll all the way down if you don't want to see her) 

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Equilibrium by Bra1nEater

Story: Long Road to Friendship (Update Sequel Part 19-21!)

[Slice of Life][Comedy][Human]

Author: The Albinocorn

Description: After putting on the Element of Magic, Sunset Shimmer was shown just how much of a monster she really is. But that wasn't all the Elements did to her. Sunset has now been forced to serve penance by answering any question truthfully and by doing anything asked of her, whether she wants to or not. And she really doesn't want to. Until all of the hatred in her heart is gone, Sunset is at the whim of her peers, unbeknownst to them of course. Can her new "friends" help her down the road to redemption? If not, there's always that other Twilight Sparkle she keeps running into.

Long Road to Friendship
Spectacular Seven (New Sequel Part 19-21!)

Additional Tags: The journey of a thousand miles...

Comic: Alicorn Magic / Crush 17 / Improving Skills 33 / Besties / Perfect Storm 25 / Star Mares 1.4.1

Now that is some smart thinking Celestia! All of Equestria is now saved I'm sure, heh.

Comic time guys! Get the rest after the break.

Livestream Sundays and Drawfriend

It must be a really slow day today as we only have on artist streaming for you guys this Sunday. But even if there is only one artist, the show must go on!

Check out our dedicated artist after the break!

As always with this event, if you want to partake in the madness make sure to send an email to me at[email protected] with your name, the type of art you'll be doing, a gallery link (optional) a link to your livestream and a banner (also optional). Make sure that your stream follows our content guidelines as laid out under our submit tab and also make sure to that you can be ready to stream at our standard time of 4:30pm EST / 1:30pm PST on Sunday. Also, if you participated in this week's stream event please send me the art you made so I can include it in next week's Livestream Drawfriend.

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More High Fashion Pony Stuff on The Way From Spanish Designer Maria Escoté and Others

We've seen random European fashion companies hop on the pony bandwagon a few times over the last few years, some with... slightly confusing Scootaloo inspired designs, and it looks like the train isn't stopping any time soon. A new release by Key4communications has revealed Hasbro's 2016 plans,  with designer Maria Escoté and others all putting in their 2 bits on what makes Friendship is Magic trendy. Apparently interest for this is pretty high, as various fashion chains have expressed interest in getting in on it.


Go get the google translate below!

Pony Spotlight #4 - Dr. Hooves (with Peter New Interview!)

Howdy, folks! TheSlorg here once again with another Pony Spotlight, highlighting the in-show personalities of your favorite ponies, and facts you may not have known about them.

This week's pony might take a bit of time to explain. Or perhaps it's: this week's pony might explain a bit of time? Enough punny business. It's time to Spotlight Dr. Hooves!

Furthermore, the main voice actor behind the Doctor has been kind enough to spare a bit of his time for a short interview as well. Head on down below the break to learn more about the Doc, including info from Mr. Peter New himself!

Poll Results: Should Princess Cadance Be Shown Pregnant in the Show?

I guess with the release recently, we really don't need this poll anymore do we? It hit 10k votes anyway already, so might as well move on!

I do wonder if that will be part of the future episodes or not. Seems like you all wouldn't care.

NEXT POLL:

What do you think of the new pony revealed earlier in the week? 

Go vote! And get the results of candybutt with a baby bump below.

My Little Portal Gets a Teaser Trailer for Next Episode

For all of you out there following the My Little Portal animated series, a new teaser trailer has been released showing off what you can expect.

Head on down below for it!

Ted Cruz Endorses Applejack for Best Pony

Regardless of what party you support, it's always funny to see a presidential candidate say anything at all about cartoon horses. Over on Ozy.com, someone did a bit of investigative journalism into Ted Cruz's likability. One part in particular was fun:

I’ve just jumped from a hay bale to the upper rung of a bleacher seat — it’s the only way I can see Cruz, surrounded by fans, cameras and boom mics. Now I’m looking down, and the Texan with slicked-back hair, a rugged outdoorsman’s jacket and hiking shoes is talking about ponies. “What’s your favorite My Little Pony?” Cruz asks his tiny supporter, a little girl who is wearing a Rainbow Dash beanie. ”Twilight,” she says. “I have two daughters, and they love Twilight,” Cruz says, before adding, with a grin: “My favorite, though, is Applejack. I just think she’s funny.”

I wonder who Bernie Sanders supports? I know Trump is undeniably Trixie.

Thanks to Euphgeek for the heads up!

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Early Morning Discussion #409

To fly off into the winter wilderness must be a nice and calming experience. If only humans could fly without a machine.

Morning guys! Ready for some chatter?

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