My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 8
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The eighth season of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, developed by Lauren Faust, is currently airing on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or "G4", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 8 of the series premiered on March 24, 2018, on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro.
| My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | |
|---|---|
| Season 8 | |
| No. of episodes | 26[1] |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Family |
| Original release | March 24, 2018 – present |
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| List of episodes | |
The show follows a pony named Twilight Sparkle as she learns about friendship in the town of Ponyville. Twilight continues to learn with her close friends Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. Each represents a different face of friendship, and Twilight discovers herself to be a key part of the magical artifacts, the "Elements of Harmony". The ponies share adventures and help out other residents of Ponyville, while working out the troublesome moments in their own friendships.
Development
On May 25, 2017, supervising director Jim Miller announced via Twitter an eighth season for the series.[2] At Hasbro's first self-themed convention (aptly named HasCon) on September 9, a new character was revealed[3] along with an animatic from an upcoming episode.[4]
On February 8, 2018, Discovery Family's March press release states that this season, "viewers will witness major milestones featuring the introduction of Starlight Glimmer’s parents and Princess Celestia's big acting debut. Additionally, the Mane 6’s Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are accompanied by six new creatures including Ocellus the Changeling, Silverstream the Hippogriff/Seapony, Smolder the Dragon, Gallus the Griffin, Yona the Yak and Sandbar the Pony, joining them on epic adventures throughout new and familiar lands such as Mount Aris, Everfree Forest, Las Pegasus and more. Fan-favorite characters Maud Pie, Spike, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Queen Chrysalis and Discord return with exciting storylines and a whole lot of magic!"[1]
Season 8 is the first season of the show that was not executive produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment's co-founder Asaph Fipke; instead, Nicole Dubuc served as the executive producer, while Meghan McCarthy returned as co-executive producer after her departure at the end of season four. Season 8 is also the first season of the show which writer Josh Haber serves as producer alongside Devon Cody, while Eliza Hart serves as co-producer.
Cast
Main
- Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle
- Rebecca Shoichet as Twilight Sparkle (singing voice)
- Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity
- Kazumi Evans as Rarity (singing voice)
- Ashleigh Ball as Applejack and Rainbow Dash
- Andrea Libman as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie
- Shannon Chan-Kent as Pinkie Pie (singing voice)
- Cathy Weseluck as Spike
Recurring
- Kelly Sheridan as Starlight Glimmer
- Nicole Oliver as Princess Celestia
- Tabitha St. Germain as Princess Luna
- The Cutie Mark Crusaders
- Michelle Creber as Apple Bloom
- Madeleine Peters as Scootaloo
- Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle
Minor
Single roles
- Vincent Tong as Sandbar
- Richard Ian Cox as Grampa Gruff
- Garry Chalk as Prince Rutherford
- Shannon Chan-Kent as Smolder
- Ali Milner as Ember
- Kyle Rideout as Thorax
- Tabitha St. Germain as Granny Smith
- Peter New as Goldie Delicious
- Ian Hanlin as Sunburst
- Kathleen Barr as Queen Chrysalis[1]
- John de Lancie as Discord[1]
- Mark Acheson as Lord Tirek[5]
Multiple roles
- Ingrid Nilson as Maud Pie, Limestone Pie, and Marble Pie
Guest stars
- Maurice LaMarche as Chancellor Neighsay
- Gavin Langelo as Gallus
- Katrina Salisbury as Yona
- Lauren Jackson as Silverstream
- Christopher Gaze as Seaspray
- Devyn Dalton as Ocellus
- Adam Kirschner as Mudbriar
- Rachel Bloom[6]
Episodes
Notes
Songs
References
- ^ a b c d Albert, Jared (2018-02-08). "the school of friendship is officially open! season eight of my little pony: friendship is magic premieres saturday, march 24 on discovery family" (PDF). Discovery Family. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ Miller, Jim (2017-05-25), ["Friendship is Magic: Season 8" coming in 2018 confirmation], Twitter, retrieved 2017-05-25
- ^ We Are Borg (2017-09-09). "HASCON: My Little Pony Season 7 & 8 Panel - Spoilers Galore!". Equestria Daily. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ Sethisto (2017-09-09). "Season 8 of My Little Pony - Major Animatic Released!". Equestria Daily. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ Acheson, Mark (2017-09-15). "[Acheson reprising as Lord Tirek confirmation]". Facebook. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ Disney Television Animation News (2018-03-15), [Rachel Bloom guest stars in "Friendship is Magic: Season 8" confirmation], Twitter, retrieved 2018-03-15
- ^ a b My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Season 8. Episode 1–26. 2018. 22 minutes in. Discovery Family Channel.
- ^ a b c d Albert, Jared (2018-02-28). "Discovery Family: April 2018 Programming Highlights" (PDF). Discovery Family. Retrieved 2018-02-28.