My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Logo for the final three seasons
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Adventure
Created by	Lauren Faust
Based on	My Little Pony by Hasbro
Developed by	Lauren Faust
Showrunners	Lauren Faust (season 1) Jayson Thiessen (season 2) Meghan McCarthy (seasons 3–5; 8–9) Asaph Fipke (season 6–7)
Directed by	Jayson Thiessen (seasons 1–5) James Wootton (seasons 1–3) Jim Miller (seasons 4–5) Denny Lu (seasons 5–9) Tim Stuby (seasons 6–7) Mike Myhre (seasons 7–9)
Voices of	Tara Strong Ashleigh Ball Andrea Libman Tabitha St. Germain Cathy Weseluck
Theme music composer	Daniel Ingram
Composer	William Anderson
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	221 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	List Stephen Davis Kirsten Newlands Sarah Wall Lauren Faust (season 1) Chris Bartleman (seasons 1–3) Blair Peters (seasons 1–2) Beth Stevenson (season 1) Meghan McCarthy (seasons 3–5; 8–9) Jayson Thiessen (seasons 4–5) Asaph Fipke (seasons 7–8) Nicole Dubuc (seasons 8–9)
Producers	List Devon Cody (seasons 3–9) Josh Haber (seasons 8–9) Eliza Hart (seasons 8–9) Colleen McAllister (season 9)
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	DHX Media[a] Allspark[b]
Original release
Network	Discovery Family[c]
Release	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10) – October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)
Related
My Little Pony (1986–1987) My Little Pony Tales (1992) My Little Pony: Pony Life (2020–2021) My Little Pony: Make Your Mark (2022–2023)
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated television series based on Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise. The series follows a studious pony named Twilight Sparkle (Tara Strong), her dragon assistant Spike (Cathy Weseluck) and her friends, Applejack (Ashleigh Ball), Rarity (Tabitha St. Germain), Fluttershy (Andrea Libman), Rainbow Dash (Ball) and Pinkie Pie (Libman). They go on adventures and help others around Equestria, solving problems with their friendships.

Animated in Flash, the series aired on Discovery Family (formerly The Hub) from October 10, 2010, to October 12, 2019. Hasbro selected animator Lauren Faust to head the show. Faust created deeper characters and adventurous settings, seeking a show resembling how she had played with her toys as a child, and incorporated fantasy elements. However, due to a hectic production schedule and a lack of creative control, she left the series during its second season.

Friendship Is Magic became one of the highest-rated productions in The Hub's history. Despite its target demographic of young girls, the series attracted an unexpectedly large following of older viewers, mainly adult men, known as "bronies". The series gave Hasbro new merchandising opportunities. A spin-off franchise (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls) was launched in 2013 and ran alongside the series for six years. A feature-length film adaptation based on the television series, My Little Pony: The Movie, was released in October 2017 in the United States. My Little Pony: Pony Life, a spin-off comedy series, premiered on Discovery Family in November 2020.
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