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| Anime series information | |
| Genre: | Fantasy/Sci-Fi Supernatural Comedy-drama Action/Adventure Coming of Age Time-skip |
| Format: | Anime Series |
| Created by: | Hasbro Aaron Montalvo |
| Developed by: | Aaron Montalvo Tatsunoko Production I.G. |
| Directed by: | Tetsuro Araki |
| Produced by: | Yutaro Ikegaya Atsushi Noguchi Masato Matsumoto Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Shoichi Yoshida Kiyoshi Yahashi |
| Story by: | Aaron Montalvo |
| Written by: | Kazuki Nakashima |
| Music: | Taku Iwasaki |
| No. of Episodes: | 48 (12 OVA's per season/arc) |
| Animation Studio: | Tatsunoko Production Production I.G. |
| Duration of Episodes: | 50 minutes |
| Studio: | Bandai Channel Bandai Visual |
| Network: | Bandai Channel NicoNico |
| Original Run: | February 17, 2014 - ongoing |
| International information | |
| Distributor/Licensor: | FUNimation Entertainment (NA) Televix Entertainment (LA) Anime Limited (UK) Siren Visual (AUS) Hollowfox Entertainment Hasbro Studios |
| English Network: | Hulu Netflix Crackle NicoNico |
| Related Shows: | Harmony Unleashed: Human Ponidox Continuum Shift Harmony Unleashed: Equestrian Trinity |
Harmony Unleashed: Spirit Brony High (ハーモニーアンリーシュド スピリットブロニ高校学園, Hamonianrishudo Supiritoburoni Kōkō Gakuen; lit. Spirit Brony High School Academy) is a Japanese anime OVA series and the 7th animated Harmony Unleashed series produced by Bandai Visual, Takara Tomy, Bushiroad, Production I.G. and Tatsunoko.
The anime series is directed by Tetsuro Araki (Death Note, Highschool of the Dead, Attack on Titan, Guilty Crown) with structure by Aaron Montalvo as the storywriter and Kazuki Nakashima as the story editor with original character designs by MLP manga's illustrator Akira Himekawa, adapted by Shingo Adachi and Takahiro Kishida and music by Taku Iwasaki.
The anime takes place in the future 15 years in an alternate universe where the Mane Six's children are the protagonists of the series. The episodes will stream for 2 eps for 7 days at Bandai Channel and NicoNico in Japan starting from February 17, 2014 thru February 22nd, 2014 and releasing on Blu-ray and DVD from Bandai Visual in the Spring.
The series is licensed by FUNimation in North America, Anime Limited in the United Kingdom, Televix in Latin America and Siren Visual in the Oceania for a home video and a worldwide English Subbed/English Dubbed streaming release with an english dub produced by Hollowfox Entertainment and it will simulcast the series in Crunchyroll, Hulu, NicoNico and Crackle the day after Japan, as well as releasing the complete season on Netflix the week after.
About the Show[]
The series will take place 15 years into the future where the main characters had all grown up and had some of their children who, in the future setting, they are teens. The story will be written by Aaron Montalvo himself with structure by Kazuki Nakashima (Gurren Lagann, Kamen Rider Fourze, Oh! Edo Rocket, Kill la Kill) and character designs originally by Akira Himekawa and adapted by Shingo Adachi (Sword Art Online, Megaman Star Force) with pony designs by Takahiro Kishida (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) and animated by Tatsunoko and Production I.G. It's Tatsunoko and Production I.G's first series in 27 years since Zillion due to Araki being currently anime director in few of Production I.G.'s titles and the first of the Harmony Unleashed series to be animated by I.G. and Tatsunoko. ShiftyLook will collaborate with both Bandai Visual and Funimation for production due to Yutaro Ikegaya's involvement in the staff, as Rob Pereyda and Erik Ko will be part of the English and Japanese Staff, as well as making references to old school Namco Bandai games in some OVA's.
When planning began for an ONA/OVA series, After planning for a sequel series for Anthro Bunraku, they decided to go prototype for the future children of the Mane Six as protagonists of the show. Montalvo stated that, since the Anthro Bunraku series is still going on for the first, and not release the sequel while planning for the OVA, they decided that this will be the start of the "Future Legacy Era" of the Harmony Unleashed series, marking an incarnation spin-off to Human Ponidox Continuum Shift and Equestrian Trinity in an alternate universe different from HPCS and EQT.
Plot[]
In the future on 20XXIII (2023) AD, dedicating Aaron's days as leader of the Spirit Brony Resistance, there was an academy high school named Jasperger High School Academy founded by Aaron himself before his departure, which his niece, now 14 years old, named Ivanna got signed up. Twilight Sparkle, now a princess and principal of the academy (and wife to Applejack), signs up her son Magic Seed, known for his human name as Marcus Sid Sparks and the main protagonist of the series (like in Anthro Bunraku) and becomes Ivanna's classmate. In the school, it doesn't only teach the students about stuff they did in regular High school, However, they also teach the history of the resistance, how My Little Pony was created and the events behind the brony fandom as the class is called "Spirit Brony 101". Suddenly, chaos occured when an exchange student turns out to be King Sombra and Nightmare Moon's ash-borned (Nightmare Moon is out of Luna's body forever, so No Lunbra Allowed.) son named Crystal Fear and causes the school to have fear towards him, being the villain of the school that he wants to be destroyed, Now Ivanna, living the legacy for his uncle, teams up with Magic Seed and his new friends to save not only the school but humanity too, as they fight enemies and investigate what the takeover destruction was for. And thus, the Pony Alicor-knights Incorporated Society was born.
Characters[]
| Characters | Japanese VA | English VA |
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| Magic Seed/Marcus Sid Sparks-Smith | Hiro Shimono | Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Ivanna | Yuki Matsuoka | Alexa Vega |
| Accelebratia/Selene Blatz-Perabo | Megumi Hazeyama | Erin Fitzgerald |
| Gem/Jeremy Carson | Yuki Kaji | Samuel Vincent |
| Ruby/Ruby Belle | Yui Horie | Anna Cummer |
| Sweet Cider/Shina C. Shay | Emiri Katou | Kelly Metzger |
| Pumpkin Cake/Pamela Cecil | Aoi Yuki | Andrea Libman |
| Pound Cake/Paul Cecil | Tsubasa Yonaga | Richard Ian Cox |
| Crystal Fear | Takeshi Kusao | Vincent Tong |
| Gleaming Flare/Glenn-Flynn Shelby | Daisuke Sakaguchi | Kirby Morrow |
| Princess Skyla/Student Council President Skyla Cadance-Sparks | Kei Shindo | Jocelyne Loewen |
| Prince Aidan/Student Council Vice-President Aidan Sparks | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Scott McCord |
| Princess Twilight Sparkle/Principal Thalia Sparks-Smith | Mie Sonozaki Aya Hirano (Young) |
Tara Strong |
| Princess Applejack/Vice Principal Alex Jackson Smith | Takako Honda [Older] (Pony) Sora Tokui [Young] (Pony) Toshiyuki Morikawa (Human) Jun Fukuyama (Young Human) |
Ashleigh Ball (Pony) Alistair Abell (Human) Matt Hill (Young Human) |
| Rainbow Dash/Raine "Rainbow Blitz" Blatz | Izumi Kitta [Pony] Jurota Kosugi (Human) Hiroyuki Yoshino (Young Human) |
Ashleigh Ball (Pony) Colin Murdock (Human) Drew Nelson (Young Human) |
| Pinkie Pie/Penelope Diane Perabo-Blatz | Yukari Fukui Rie Kugimiya (Young) |
Kathleen Barr |
| Rarity/Rebecca Belle-Carson | Masako Katsuki Asami Seto (Young) |
Tabitha St. Germain |
| Fluttershy/Flora Shay-Smith | Mamiko Noto Kaori Ishihara (Young) |
Venus Terzo Andrea Libman (Young) |
| Spike/Spencer Carson | Haruka Tomatsu (Kid/Baby Dragon) Takuya Sato (Young Human) Rikiya Koyama (Human) |
Cathy Weseluck (Young/Baby Dragon) Michael Adamthwaite (Young Adult Human) Michael Donovan (Adult Human) |
| Sunset Shimmer/Susan Shelby-Shepard | Mayumi Yamaguchi Yuko Sanpei (Young) |
Rebecca Shoichet |
| Flash Sentry/Bradley Flynn Shepard | Jouji Nakata Noriaki Sugiyama (Young) |
David Kaye Vincent Tong (Young) |
| Shining Armor/Shane-Armand Sparks | Fumihiko Tachiki Yuichi Nakamura (Young) |
Scott McNeil Andrew Francis (Young) |
| Princess Cadance | Kotono Mitsuishi Aki Toyosaki (Young) |
Cathy Weseluck Britt McKillip (Young) |
| Aaron | Hiroaki Hirata Miyu Irino (Young) |
Gabriel A. Montalvo Aaron Montalvo (Young) |
Episodes[]
- Main article: Harmony Unleashed: Spirit Brony High/Episodes
There will be 12 OVA episodes per 4 arcs, such as the Freshman arc, The Sophomore Arc, The Junior Arc, and finally, the Senior Arc, as in the total of 48.
The OVA episodes will stream for 2 eps for 7 days at Bandai Channel and NicoNico in Japan starting from February 17, 2014 thru February 22nd, 2014 and releasing on Blu-ray and DVD from Bandai Visual in the Spring.
The series is licensed by FUNimation in North America, Anime Limited in the United Kingdom, Televix in Latin America and Siren Visual in the Oceania for a home video and a worldwide English Subbed/English Dubbed streaming release with an english dub produced by Hollowfox Entertainment and it will simulcast the series in Crunchyroll, Hulu, NicoNico and Crackle the day after Japan, as well as releasing the complete season on Netflix the week after.
The Home Video release is expected to be released in North America in the Summer.
Ratings[]
- Japan - PG-12
- United States - TV-14
- Canada - PG
- United Kingdom - 12
- Australia - M
Films[]
- Main article: Harmony Unleashed: Spirit Brony High (film series)
Bandai Visual and Hollowfox Entertainment announced that 2 films are in the works, to be released back to back starting in Spring 2014.
The film series will start with an OVA called Harmony Unleashed: Spirit Brony High - The Movie: The Crystal Island of Atlantic City to release in April 17 in Home Video, and Harmony Unleashed: Spirit Brony High/ZERO - Canterlot High Complex to release in theatres and simultaneously release on home video in June 2014.
Montalvo talked about a feature film about the future Pony Alicor-knights Incorporated going back in time to meet the Spirit Brony Resistance in a contemporary year.
Manga Adaptation[]
Shogakukan and Hollowfox Entertainment announced that the Spirit Brony High manga is in the works to be published the same day as the premiere of Spirit Brony High.
Since Akira Himekawa provided original character designs for the anime OVA series, as well as providing illustrations of the Puccigumi My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic manga, they will return to illustrate the manga.
The SBH manga will include 4-koma strips at the end of a chapter. The manga will be published in the Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine and separatedly in form of Graphic Novel.
Music[]
- Composer: Taku Iwasaki
- Music Work: Harmony Unleashed Music Joint, Lantis
Opening Theme[]
Ending Theme[]
Production[]
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| Original Story: Aaron Montalvo | ストーリー原案: アーロン·モンタルボ | |||
| Series Structure: Kazuki Nakashima | シリーズ構成：中島かずき | |||
| Original Character Design: Akira Himekawa | キャラクター原案：姫川 明 | |||
| Character Design: Shingo Adachi | キャラクターデザイン：足立慎吾 | |||
| Animation Pony Design/Set Design: Takahiro Kishida | アニメーションポニーデザイン/セットデザイン：岸田隆宏 | |||
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| Color Design: Yoko Watanabe | 色彩設計：渡邊陽子 | |||
| Art Director: Yuuho Taniuchi (KUSANAGI) | アートディレクター：谷内優保 (KUSANAGI) | |||
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| CG Scenery/Animation Director: Yusuke Yoshigaki | CG風景/作画監督：安洋祐介 | |||
| Storyboard Artist: Shin Itagaki | 絵コンテ：板垣伸 | |||
| Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami | 音響監督: 岩波良和 | |||
| Sound Production: Dax Production | 音響制作: ダックスプロダクション | |||
| Music: Taku Iwasaki | 音楽：岩崎琢 | |||
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| Director: Tetsuro Araki | 監督：荒木哲郎 | |||
Production: Pony Alicor-Knights Incorporated Club
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制作：ポニーアリコーンナイツコーポクラブ
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| DVD Distribution: Bandai Visual | DVDの配布：バンダイビジュアル | |||
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| Distributor/English Dub Production: | Hollowfox Entertainment | |||
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| Voice Director: | Aaron Montalvo | |||
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| Subtitles: | Laura Wyrick | |||
| Broadcaster: | Hulu, Netflix, Crackle, NicoNico | |||
| Harmony Unleashed |
| Main Series |
| Harmony Unleashed | Nightmare Night of the Dead | The Equestrian Princess Promenade |
| Film Series |
| Evolution (2012) | Xtreme Friendship (2013) |Harmony Unleashed Z (2013) | Cutie Doll Fighters (2014) | All Stars DX: S.U.T.H.M.C.B (2014) | Equine Judgement Day (2015) | Potential Spike/SA/Big Mac Film (TBA) |
| Other Media |
| Guardians of Equestria (2013-present) | Rise of Robo-Bebe (2013) | YouTube Poop: The Series (2009-2013) | Animated: The Origin Story | MAD: Harmony Un-Bleach'd | Toyline | Terminology |
| Animated Shows |
| Human Ponidox Continuum Shift (NeoWave) | Uprising | Anthro Bunraku: The Animation (THE NEXT Animated, ABXEQG: Prelude to Blood) | Equestrian Trinity | AppleSpark Chronicles | Dramatic Ascension | Spirit Brony High | Jaegermeisters | Pegasister Rangers: The Animated Series | Harmony Jaeger: Rising Judgement | Equestria Campus Supremacy | PoniFight | All-Stars: Trigger Factor |
| Other Films |
| Spin-off Film Series and Individual Films |
| HPCS Films | AB Films | EXI Films | SBH Film Series | Jaegermeisters Films | Anime Crossover Movie Great Battle Films | Uprising: Limitless Agression (2014) | Equestrian Trinity in Akihabara! (2014) | Gears of Magic Craft (2015) | Rainbow Dawn Dissidia: Tournament of All-Stars (2013) |
| Crossover Films |
| Eternal Cross X Harmony Unleashed: Guardians of Equestria (2013) | Harmony Unleashed x WWE All-Stars: Battle Against Corruption (2014) | ABXEG: Mirror Raiders | ABXEG: Dual Equine Blood | LDXHUEQT: Project Ultimatum | EQTXEG:HC - Attack on Crossdome | PR Strikeforce X HUHPCS | CRWxEQT: Spirit Brony Extremis | XJxSBH: Wings of Change | JMxCS: Mecha vs. Human |
| Videogames |
| Rainbow Dawn Series |
| Rainbow Dawn | Dissidia | Blazing Signs |
| Individuals and Crossovers |
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| Book Series |
| Anthro Bunraku | Sigma |