"Sci-Twi").Īllspark Animation (previsiously credited as Hasbro Studios), a subsidiary of Hasbro responsible for non-toy multimedia strategies, commissioned the productions. Friendship Games formally introduced the parallel world counterpart of Twilight Sparkle ( a.k.a. Later works put Sunset Shimmer, introduced in the first film as the major antagonist who betrayed her former teacher Princess Celestia but later reformed, in a reading role in place of Equestria's Twilight Sparkle. Together, with the counterparts of her pony friends, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy, along with her assistant Spike, Twilight will have to deal with the various magical happenings in Canterlot High that originate from the mirror portal.
The first film, Equestria Girls, follows Equestria's Twilight Sparkle in the parallel world, which is accessed through a magic mirror.
The media additionally features alternate humanoid versions of pony characters in roles similar to the counterparts in Equestria characters as depicted in the Friendship Is Magic television series who travel between worlds assume similar forms in the alternative setting. 2.3.3 Better Together shorts (2017–2020)Īs with the toy line, the animations are primarily set in a fictional world parallel to the pony-inhabited fantasy setting of the 2010 incarnation of My Little Pony, accessible via a magic mirror.2.3.1 Rainbow Rocks and Friendship Games complementary shorts (2014–2015).2.2.3 Rollercoaster of Friendship (2018).