I wonder if Gen 6 will be its own thing or if they're gonna try to keep the "G4 Expanded Universe" thing going. Kinda hope they go back to each Gen being its own canon, G4 has gone through enough with Gen5 killing off the entire cast through the ravages of time (or, in Twilight's case, plot-based character assassination).

So from the beginning of Gen5, especially after they started referencing the G4 era, I've been hoping Starlight Glimmer (my favorite pony) would appear or get a reference somewhere. To my delight, it would appear that happened!



Discord appeared in one of the comics, and Sunny Starscout said this line referencing the events of "To Where and Back Again." This is good enough for me, at least best pony is remembered by history.

(Just for brownie points, she also appears in an official Gen5 toyline.)

So is Pony Life just dead? I was still hoping Starlight Glimmer might make an appearance later down the line.

Decided to look this up too while I'm at it, Starlight never appeared in Pony Life but once again she DID appear in the toyline. I'll take it!

Happy starday!!

Happy starday!!

I was excited (and still am for the XD rerelease, I've wanted a shadow lugia for literally over a decade, it's my primary pokemon white whale) but ye gods, not $500 excited! I've waited this long, I can wait another 5 years and see if the price ever drops to something reasonable, especially since Pokemon Z has been confirmed to still be playable on Switch 1.

Happy Starday!

Oooh this is so cool. Incredible find! Storyboards are so cool, I love seeing in-development work like this (animatics and alpha game builds similarly)

Wow, these are really good! Incredible thread from start to finish, great work

Does anyone remember that one guy who never did anything but post the most esoteric franchises in the crossover thread. Every single post, hundreds of them over years, that were all exactly like this:

Beyblade X LBT

Never any detail on how on earth it would work, or make any sense. Annoyed me at the time, but now I miss him sometimes

Thanks all! Busy as hell day at work, they did a wave of downsizes and a bunch of my teammates got let go which is really sad, but I wasn't one of them so I'm considering that my secret birthday present haha. Definitely gonna do something fun with my polycule after work, though I haven't decided what yet!

Hmm, interesting. My main concern is whether Disney direct-to-video sequels count, because they'd be able to coattail, say, Aladdin's theatrical gangbucks with the $4.50 or so they made off the sequels from Walmart bargain bins. If we don't count theatrical releases among the series box office, I will admit I can't find evidence of a longer-running animated film series from that era, stuff like Tinker Bell and Alpha & Omega hadn't hit their stride yet.

Possible counterpoints I'd check if I weren't at work: My Little Pony, GI Joe, Transformers, Pokemon. Perhaps those mostly made their dosh off their television series and not their films?