My Little Pony: Make Your Mark
Five ponies reunite magic and face a fire alicorn.
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark is an animated television series tied to the fifth incarnation of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline. Set after the 2021 Netflix film My Little Pony: A New Generation, it follows five ponies on their adventures across Equestria. The series was developed by Gillian Berrow for Netflix and produced by Entertainment One with animation by Atomic Cartoons.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Fantasy; Comedy
- Developer
- Gillian Berrow
- Director
- Will Lau
- Voices
- Jenna Warren
- Ana Sani
- J.J. Gerber
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
- AJ Bridel
- Rob Tinkler
- Athena Karkanis
- Bahia Watson
- Theme music
- Igor Correia; Jeff Milutinovic
- Opening theme
- "Make Your Mark"
- Composer
- Sean James Boyer; Ben Pinkerton
- Country
- United States; Canada
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Premise
Many generations after the events of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the New Mane Six—Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, Hitch Trailblazer, Pipp Petals, Zipp Storm, and later Misty Brightdawn—live in Maretime Bay after restoring magic to the world. Sunny's home, the Crystal Brighthouse, holds the Unity Crystals, magical objects created by Twilight Sparkle to protect Equestria from the fire alicorn Opaline Arcana. The three pony types have reunited but still face challenges living together and managing their magic. The immortal Opaline, weakened and forgotten, seeks to take all magic for herself and rule Equestria. She sends her unicorn assistant Misty to spy on Sunny and her friends, promising Misty a cutie mark in return. Misty rarely succeeds but sometimes enjoys life in Maretime Bay and begins to realize the outside world is larger than Opaline described. Opaline devises plans to strengthen her magic for an assault on Equestria.
Voice cast
Jenna Warren voices Sunny Starscout, an earth pony who runs a smoothie stand and seeks to improve the world. Ana Sani voices Izzy Moonbow, a unicorn from Bridlewood who enjoys arts and crafts. AJ Bridel voices Philomena 'Pipp' Petals, a pegasus princess and pop singer who owns the Mane Melody salon and is Zipp's younger sister. J.J. Gerber voices Hitch Trailblazer, an earth pony sheriff with an affinity for critters. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan voices Zephyrina 'Zipp' Storm, an athletic pegasus princess and detective, Pipp's older sister. Rob Tinkler voices Sparky Sparkeroni, a baby dragon adopted by Hitch. Bahia Watson voices Misty Brightdawn, a timid unicorn taken in by Opaline; in Chapter 5 she is revealed to be Alphabittle's long lost daughter. Athena Karkanis voices Opaline Arcana, a fire alicorn who seeks to control Equestria; she is trapped in The Together Tree at the end of Chapter 6. Julie Lemieux voices Allura, a winged snow leopard with hypnotic powers. Rob Tinkler also voices Twitch, Allura's bunny sidekick. Amanda Martinez voices Queen Haven, ruler of Zephyr Heights and mother of Pipp and Zipp. Kimberly-Ann Truong voices Posey Bloom, an earth pony who grew to like magic. Sara Garcia voices Dahlia, a florist and baker. Ana Sani voices Windy, a pegasus. Samantha Bielanski voices Jazz Hooves, a manicurist and singer. Jonathan Tan voices Rocky Riff, a mane stylist and singer. Joshua Graham voices Sprout Cloverleaf, former deputy sheriff. Tara Strong voices Twilight Sparkle through a hologram. Elley-Ray Hennessy voices Figgy, Hitch's grandmother.
Production
After My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic concluded in 2019, Hasbro began work on a fifth incarnation. Entertainment One Vice President Emily Thompson stated the core cast would represent more peer groups to fit Generation Alpha's higher emotional intelligence; main character Sunny Starscout is an activist. The production team aimed to expand the franchise's world rather than create a new one, setting the series in Equestria many years after the fourth incarnation and exploring its lore. In February 2021, a computer-animated series was green-lit for Netflix as a follow-up to My Little Pony: A New Generation. Atomic Cartoons confirmed in May 2021 it would produce the series, and its parent company Thunderbird Entertainment disclosed that 27 episodes were in the pipeline. The title My Little Pony: Make Your Mark and the 2022 content plan were revealed by Entertainment One on February 17, 2022. The new voice actors for the five main ponies were announced on social media the same day. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stated she was immediately on board upon learning it was My Little Pony, having been a fan of Friendship Is Magic.
Release
A 44-minute special titled Make Your Mark premiered on May 26, 2022. Chapter 2, with eight 22-minute episodes, was released on September 26, 2022. A double-length special, Winter Wishday, served as the first season finale on November 21. The second season (Chapter 4) released on June 6, 2023, with six episodes and a special, Bridlewoodstock. Chapter 5 (third season) of six episodes released on September 18, 2023. The sixth and final chapter, with three episodes and the special Secrets of Starlight, released on November 23, 2023.
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