My Little Pony: Magical Warriors is a Japanese action-adventure-fantasy anime based on My Little Pony by Hasbro, being created by TBD. It is produced by TMS Entertainment, Takara Tomy and Allspark Animation and it will premiere on Nippon TV on December 29th, 2019.
An English dub is produced by Viz Media and airs on Netflix on April 6th, 2020.
Synopsis
When the land of Equestria is in grave peril due to dark magic spreading like wildfire, Princess Celestia assigns her protegée to form a group of ponies to travel around the extensive Equestria and to stop all of the dark magic from taking over.
Characters
Main
- Twilight Sparkle (voiced by Kira Buckland) - an extremely intelligent unicorn (later alicorn) who is Celestia's protegée and wants to stop darkness from engulfing Equestria forever.
- Spike (voiced by Benjamin Diskin) - Twilight's rather TBD adoptive dragon brother who is her closest companion and helps her to fight some of their challenges while also dealing with TBD.
- Rainbow Dash (voiced by Cherami Leigh) - a tomboyish and competitive pegasus who often TBD.
- Rarity/Nightmare Rarity (voiced by Kate Higgins) - a vain but friendly unicorn who works as a fashion designer and is known for her crush on Spike. During the second part of Season 2, she was corrupted by dark magic into becoming a nightmarish being, leading to the remaining Mane Six to rescue her before her transformation became permanent.
- Applejack (voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris) - a hard-working Southern-accented Earth pony who works at a farm with her family as TBD.
- Pinkie Pie (voiced by Laura Bailey) - a ditzy and rather jokey Earth pony who works as a baker as she TBD.
- Fluttershy (voiced by Cindy Robinson) - a rather shy pegasus who is the oldest of the group and usually TBD.
Supporting
- Princess Celestia (voiced by Erica Lindbeck) - TBD
- Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon (voiced by Veronica Taylor) - TBD
- Prince Shining Armor (voiced by Max Mittelman) - Twilight and Spike's older brother who is the ruler of the Crystal Empire and is a trusted ally to TBD.
- Princess Cadance (voiced by Michelle Ruff) - Celestia's adoptive niece and Shining's wife who is TBD.
- The Cutie Mark Crusaders, consisting of:
- Apple Bloom (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - TBD
- Sweetie Belle (voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard) - TBD
- Scootaloo (voiced by Caitlin Glass) - TBD
- Big "Mac" McIntosh (voiced by Wally Wingert) - TBD
- Granny Smith (voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) - TBD
- Trixie Lulamoon (voiced by Tara Platt) - TBD
- Starlight Glimmer (voiced by Erika Harlacher) - TBD
- Sunset Shimmer (voiced by Stephanie Sheh) - TBD
- Princess Ember (voiced by Ashly Burch) - TBD
- Thorax (voiced by Matthew Mercer) - TBD
- Pharynx (also voiced by Max Mittelman) - TBD
- Cheese Sandwich (voiced by Jason Spisak) - TBD
Antagonists
- The Dark Queen (voiced by Wendee Lee) - a TBD being of darkness who wants to engulf the world TBD.
- Discord (voiced by Christopher Corey Smith) - a mischievous draconequus who wants to TBD.
- Sombra (voiced by Patrick Seitz) - TBD
- Cozy Glow (voiced by Melissa Fahn) - TBD
- Flim and Flam (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal and Robbie Daymond, respectively) - TBD
- The Dragons, consisting of:
- Garble (voiced by Sam Riegel) - TBD
- The Dazzlings, consisting of:
- Adagio Dazzle (voiced by Marisha Ray) - TBD
- Aria Blaze (also voiced by Kate Higgins) - TBD
- Sonata Dusk (voiced by Colleen Villard) - TBD
Episodes
See List of My Little Pony: Magical Warriors episodes.
Trivia
- Despite using Generation 4 characters, the series attempts to be rather unique.
- The series doesn't use the moral of the day format as it instead focuses more on action.
- According to the series' crew, this decision was made to both diverge from the main series and attract male viewers as well.
- Despite being a new character, many fans theorized that the Dark Queen might be either the series' version of Queen Chrysalis or maybe even Tempest Shadow.
- Some characters feature some design tweaks to differentiate and make them more unique, including:
- Twilight wears glasses.
- Spike is slightly taller and has a more teen-like voice, although still shorter than the Mane Six.
- Rainbow wears goggles and a pink scarf.
- Rarity has a bun hairstyle and wears a golden necklace with a heart-shaped ruby.
- Applejack has tangled hair and wears a red scarf.
- [Pinkie]
- [Fluttershy]