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 "markdown": "# My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Digital Series\n\n**My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Digital Series** is an animated web series of short episodes based on Hasbro's Equestria Girls toyline and media franchise, itself a spin-off of the 2010 relaunch of the [My Little Pony](https://www.edgepedia.org/my-little-pony) toyline. It refocuses the main characters of *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*, re-envisioned as human teenagers attending high school, and premiered on YouTube on November 17, 2017.<sup>[1](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_Digital_Series?hl=en&id=BE164874A11EC76ESH)</sup> The first season was marketed under the theme \"Better Together,\" and the series ended its run following its second season on June 23, 2020, after DHX Media Vancouver had left its production in 2019.<sup>[1](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_Digital_Series?hl=en&id=BE164874A11EC76ESH)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Animated web series of shorts, each around 2 to 3 minutes long, released on Hasbro's YouTube channel<sup>[2](https://www.themarysue.com/REVIEW-MLP-EQUESTRIA-GIRLS-DIGITAL-SERIES/)</sup> |\n| Premiere | November 17, 2017, on YouTube<sup>[1](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_Digital_Series?hl=en&id=BE164874A11EC76ESH)</sup> |\n| Planned output | 45 episodes announced at launch, with a new episode each Friday<sup>[3](https://kidscreen.com/2017/10/20/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-gets-new-series-dolls/)</sup> |\n| Season 1 theme | Marketed as \"Better Together\"<sup>[1](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_Digital_Series?hl=en&id=BE164874A11EC76ESH)</sup> |\n| Animation | Done by DHX Media, according to Equestria Girls co-director Katrina Hadley<sup>[4](https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Equestria_Girls_animated_media)</sup> |\n| Companion segment | *Choose Your Own Ending*, \"choose your own adventure\"-style episodes, premiered on YouTube December 17, 2017<sup>[5](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/equestria-girls-choose-your-own-ending)</sup> |\n| End of run | Second season concluded June 23, 2020, after DHX Media Vancouver left production in 2019<sup>[1](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_Digital_Series?hl=en&id=BE164874A11EC76ESH)</sup> |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Choose Your Own Ending\n\nA companion segment, *My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Choose Your Own Ending* (also called *You Choose the Ending*), presented \"choose your own adventure\"-style episodes in which viewers pick which character helps resolve each situation. It premiered on YouTube on December 17, 2017, with the first short uploaded to Hasbro's official channel on December 5, 2017, and subsequent shorts on the Discovery Family GO! app from December 23.<sup>[5](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/equestria-girls-choose-your-own-ending)</sup> The format was directed by Ishi Rudell and Katrina Hadley, with music by William Anderson, and produced by Hasbro Studios and DHX Media.<sup>[9](https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls%3A_Choose_Your_Own_Ending_%28season_1%29)</sup> Its first season ran 40 episodes in December 2017, and its second ran 36 episodes from June to August 2019.<sup>[5](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/equestria-girls-choose-your-own-ending)</sup>\n\n## Background and launch\n\nBefore the digital series, Equestria Girls existed as an alternate-universe branch of *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* told through films and standalone shorts, beginning with the 2013 premise of a pony pursuing a stolen crown through a magic mirror into a world where she becomes a teenage girl navigating high school.<sup>[3](https://kidscreen.com/2017/10/20/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-gets-new-series-dolls/)</sup> The digital series turned that setting into a regularly updated web series of 2 to 3 minute episodes, launched on November 17, 2017, shortly after the October 2017 release of *My Little Pony: The Movie*.<sup>[6](https://www.player.one/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-youtube-show-121754)</sup>\n\nHasbro announced the series in October 2017 with 45 episodes planned and a new episode rolling out each Friday after launch.<sup>[3](https://kidscreen.com/2017/10/20/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-gets-new-series-dolls/)</sup> Although the YouTube premiere date was November 17, the first four shorts of season 1 were uploaded to the Discovery Family GO! app on November 2, 2017.<sup>[4](https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Equestria_Girls_animated_media)</sup> The opening episodes included \"School of Rock,\" \"A Fine Line,\" \"Pinkie Sitting,\" and \"Queen of Clubs,\" written by Gillian M. Berrow.<sup>[4](https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Equestria_Girls_animated_media)</sup>\n\nThe launch was paired with a revamped line of Equestria Girls fashion dolls, developed in partnership with Laura Shuffman, the official Equestria Girls stylist. The dolls gave new outfits to [Sunset Shimmer](https://www.edgepedia.org/sunset-shimmer), Twilight Sparkle, [Applejack](https://www.edgepedia.org/applejack-my-little-pony), Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity, and these new looks were reflected in the digital series. The dolls went on sale in the United States in December 2017 and globally in January 2018.<sup>[3](https://kidscreen.com/2017/10/20/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-gets-new-series-dolls/)</sup>\n\n## Distribution strategy\n\nHasbro Studios positioned Equestria Girls as a digital-first property. A studio executive described the approach as creating a digital series with a new episode on YouTube every Friday, while reversioning the material so broadcasters could still carry it on linear television.<sup>[7](https://worldscreen.com/tvkids/mega-brands-innovation-in-focus-at-hasbro-studios/)</sup> This was not Hasbro's first digital-first experiment that year; *[Hanazuki: Full of Treasures](https://www.edgepedia.org/hanazuki-full-of-treasures)* had also premiered on YouTube in early 2017.<sup>[6](https://www.player.one/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-youtube-show-121754)</sup>\n\n## Format and content\n\nEach short is a self-contained comic or musical vignette set around Canterlot High: after-school clubs, beach days, music festivals, theme parks, and a spring break on a yacht appear in Hasbro's official description, with the seven lead characters, Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity, learning what it means to be superheroes while facing their \"biggest challenge yet: high school.\"<sup>[2](https://www.themarysue.com/REVIEW-MLP-EQUESTRIA-GIRLS-DIGITAL-SERIES/)</sup> Sunset Shimmer, a former antagonist in *Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks*, joined the core group in the series even though she had not appeared in the *Friendship Is Magic* television show.<sup>[6](https://www.player.one/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-youtube-show-121754)</sup>\n\nThe shorts use the characters' \"geode powers,\" magical abilities introduced in the films; for example, the opening short \"School of Rock\" has [Pinkie Pie](https://www.edgepedia.org/pinkie-pie), Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle use their geode powers to liven up a museum lecture by Maud Pie.<sup>[8](https://thetvdb.com/series/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-web-series/allseasons/official)</sup> Reviewers noted that the very short runtime suited younger viewers and that newcomers might want the main television show for context on the characters.<sup>[6](https://www.player.one/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-youtube-show-121754)</sup>\n\n## Music\n\nHasbro partnered with the YouTube singer Angelic for the series' launch. She performed the opening theme song and lent her voice to \"Equestria Girls Forever,\" an original dance-pop track about friendship, released on digital service providers in English and Spanish on the premiere day, with its music video launching on Hasbro's YouTube channel on November 24, 2017.<sup>[10](https://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbro-premieres-the-first-episode-of-its-brand-new-my-little-pony-equestria-girls-series-on-youtube1/)</sup>\n\n## Later seasons and end of the series\n\nThe second season of the digital series began in January 2019, with new shorts such as \"Reboxing with Spike,\" \"DIY with Applejack,\" and \"The Art of Cookies\" appearing weekly on YouTube.<sup>[8](https://thetvdb.com/series/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-web-series/allseasons/official)</sup> DHX Media Vancouver left the production in 2019, and the series ended its run following its second season on June 23, 2020.<sup>[1](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_Digital_Series?hl=en&id=BE164874A11EC76ESH)</sup> Related one-off specials continued alongside the shorts during this period, including *Forgotten Friendship* (February 17, 2018), *Rollercoaster of Friendship* (July 7, 2018), *Spring Breakdown* (March 30, 2019), *Sunset's Backstage Pass* (July 27, 2019), and *Holidays Unwrapped* (November 2, 2019).<sup>[11](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/31753/my-little-pony-equestria-girls/episodes)</sup>\n\n## Reception\n\nReviews at launch were mixed but generally favorable toward the target audience. [The Mary Sue](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-mary-sue)'s reviewer found the series less charming than *Friendship Is Magic* but a useful bridge for children aging out of that TV-Y7 show into their tween years, singling out \"Pinkie Sitting\" and \"The Finals Countdown\" as standouts.<sup>[2](https://www.themarysue.com/REVIEW-MLP-EQUESTRIA-GIRLS-DIGITAL-SERIES/)</sup> Player.One called it \"cute, fun and definitely MLP,\" praising how much humor and plot the tiny web clips packed in, while advising that viewers new to the franchise start with the television show for context.<sup>[6](https://www.player.one/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-youtube-show-121754)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Digital Series – TV on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_Digital_Series?hl=en&id=BE164874A11EC76ESH)\n2. [Review: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Digital Series Perfect for Die-Hard Fans, The Mary Sue (November 17, 2017)](https://www.themarysue.com/REVIEW-MLP-EQUESTRIA-GIRLS-DIGITAL-SERIES/)\n3. [My Little Pony: Equestria Girls gets new series, dolls, Kidscreen (October 20, 2017)](https://kidscreen.com/2017/10/20/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-gets-new-series-dolls/)\n4. [Equestria Girls animated media, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Wiki](https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Equestria_Girls_animated_media)\n5. [My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Choose Your Own Ending, TheTVDB.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/equestria-girls-choose-your-own-ending)\n6. [My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Humanoid Hijinks For The Attention-Challenged, Player.One (November 20, 2017)](https://www.player.one/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-youtube-show-121754)\n7. [Mega Brands & Innovation in Focus at Hasbro Studios, TVKIDS / Worldscreen](https://worldscreen.com/tvkids/mega-brands-innovation-in-focus-at-hasbro-studios/)\n8. [My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Better Together – All Seasons, TheTVDB.com](https://thetvdb.com/series/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-web-series/allseasons/official)\n9. [My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Choose Your Own Ending (season 1), My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Wiki](https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls%3A_Choose_Your_Own_Ending_%28season_1%29)\n10. [Hasbro Premieres the First Episode of its Brand New My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Series on YouTube, Action Figure Insider (November 20, 2017)](https://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbro-premieres-the-first-episode-of-its-brand-new-my-little-pony-equestria-girls-series-on-youtube1/)\n11. [My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Episode List, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/31753/my-little-pony-equestria-girls/episodes)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Web-native and streaming-original series › Comedy, drama, and general-genre web series › Premiered 2017 to 2021*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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