/co/ - Comics & Cartoons

MLP 425/426: Twilight's Kingdom (1080p HD)
Oh yeah, the finale.
Here it is I guess.

>>227328

>that stare

Dammit, now I have Friendship is Witchcraft songs in my head.

♪ IT’S NOT – CREEPY ♫

It was very exciting and fun. The only thing that wasn't good were the mane 6's super-forms, which while I could see toy-wise how they were designed (Lots of hair for more brushing/braiding/styling), didn't seem to look very good from the character design point of view. It reminded me of when the old Marvel comic made a transformer look 100% exactly like his toy model, and it looks really awkward.

I remember /mlp/ did a straw poll and 80% of the folks liked the episode, even though the thread was full of complaints. Just goes to show you can't really judge the reception of the episode by who posts about it. But good job on dragging me back into the show, Season 4.

>>227366
4=2 > 1 > 3

The Rainbow Powers seriously did not look good. Their manes were ok in a glam rock 80s sort of way, but the random cutie marks everywhere was offputting.

Considering that it defeated Tirek with 4 alicorn magics + Discord's magic + magic of all of Equestria, it seems to be several factors more powerful than the Elements of Harmony; I hope the power creep doesn't become DBZ level ridiculous. Or maybe it's too late.

>>227387
Looked to be a Super Move that is only used once and maybe all the power went into the creation of Twilights Treehouse Castle Library.

>>227885
>wEll I mean

Also did this arc go:
1#: set up
2#: the reveal
3#: exposition
Leaving 4#: CLIMAX

Be neat if the mirrors had the ability to also quick travel

http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/hub-president-ceo-margaret-loesch-to-exit/

So new blood. Or will they just pack it up and join Disney.

>>227999
Word so far is that its going to be another who has worked with her on past networks. Moreover she's stepping down due to some personal injuries that she sustained a few months back than anything else. Also Hub has been trending up steadily since the start so I don't see any real danger of a network shutdown. Hopefully more content both original and licensed.

Let's Go and Meet John de Lancie
Yup. Totally not creepy, at all!

Cartoon - Vinyl and Canni go to GalaCon '14
Are the european cons better than the american ones?

>>228063

wouldn't know off the top, don't see much coverage of them.

http://www.themarysue.com/hasbro-tries-for-brony-control/
>Hasbro may be claiming creative control over brony stuff
Yeah, sure.
Tell me another one.

seriously? DOG SPIKE?

no i know about EQG and dog spike

i just dont get it how HE could manage to ring that bell and none of the strong girls

whatever , this who EQG thing is an abomination and MH ripoff

>>228204
I don't get it.

>>228221
What's to get? The punchline is right there.

>>228240
Yeah that was fun.
>Like a tactical nuke LOL

Hmmm fell like I have forgotten to talk about something...

>>228628
How is that game anyway?
Saw it at the indie game store the other month.

>>228654
It's ridiculously overly complicated, considering its for little kids (?). It has more finicky rules that interact in interesting ways than M:TG so it could potentially have more depth, but its still more shallow because of the current limited card pool. Before the recent release of the Canterlot Nights packs, the game meta basically had three or four decks that beat each other in a rock -> paper -> scissor fashion. It doesn't help that very few people play it. I wish there was a free online version to practice on.

>>228675
I actually enjoyed the way the Elements of Harmony was used for once. It wasn't just "zap zap enemy dead", the way they used it was pretty clever. Also, the idea of good and evil being tangible physical things is a common high fantasy trope, and ignoring the inherent moral problems about it is part of the suspension of disbelief.

>>228676
Sounds like the problem early MTG had

>>228676
Indeed, thats why I did not rage about.
More a "aw thats sad" reaction.
And hype for the inevitable follow up given that Evil Mane 6 did jack all.
But the poker splash page making light of that made up for it. It was not a story about them anyway.

Also this got made My Little Portal: Episode 1 (HD)

Oh and Trixie: Diamond theft? arc if off to a pretty weak start.
Think it mostly the art not being FUCKING AWESOME as when Andy does it along with some plot problems.
Like where is Sweetie Belle, home with the folks? Thats okay, but the way the cops show up and start dumping expostions is just dump...

>>228726
Man, the only really new one is that Luna sculpt. Dr. Whooves and Vinyl are "new" in that they're show-accurate colors instead of that atrocious Rainbow Power coloring. Everything else you can get already.

It's probably going to be overpriced.

>>228736
its TRU so yes.

//youtube.com/watch?v=GfEsGkcydi8
Fresh from SDCC2014!

>>228849
H Y P E

Pony communist commune in Equestria confirmed

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/07/sdcc-2014-panel-summary-equestria-girls.html

Season 5 spoilers.

>>228936
I'd be super on board with Twi being business princess.

>>228936
Who did this? It's great!

>>228994

If I remember correctly, the artist is Shonuff

>>229246
That twat off deviantart with the wolfman self-insert he has fucking every fictional woman ever.

>>228133
Dayum, all dose Fringe references on once page.

I was going to wright more but my Vita did not want to post it...

Also: http://mlp-silver-quill.deviantart.com/art/MLP-Two-Parter-Mad-Lib-478105130
HA!

>>229722
They didn't even use real words, what kind of gibberish is that, I joke. So its just fluff nothing insightful like Animator talks, historical stuff about the property name lineages and things. Things that made Disney Adventures good before it turned into a piece of garbage and just cancelled outright.

>>229731
Why would you want that in a mag for little girls?

I just asking for atlest some original content not text storys with screencaps.
And if its a retelling of an episode then its even worse.

The puzzles are fine doh, even the Titan Nick TMNT comic has that.(and drawn comics)

Also fun fact, FiM air in sweden on Nick Junior.
After Dora the explorer the likes.
But dubs lame and it also on Netflix so who cares!

>>229732
Expand their horizons mainly. Bring a bigger understanding of the whole process and maybe guide their interests into the field. Maybe they could include a few of the prints of the older comic stories in that mag.

//youtube.com/watch?v=V0f2TDqUp1U
Meanwhile, on youtube...

>>229769
>how one

>>229769
Equestria is a weird world of anachronisms. Proxies of modern day cities in the same country as fantastical mountain-birthed castles, wild west towns with highway robbers, and Tartarus. Flashlights and other modern conveniences along with firefly powered lamps, military using spears, and pony-driven carriages (and briefly, pony driven trains). Non-pegasi flight technology seems to be just starting, with hot air balloons and Wright brother level rotor planes.

Ponyville didn't feel out of place in the series premiere because of its quaint podunk nature, it just seemed like a typical sword & sorcery village. Imagine if it was a bustling metropolis right next to the Everyfree forest that had to deal with sleeping dragons, cockatrices and parasprite infestations.

Rainbow Rocks soundtrack already out on itunes.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/my-little-pony-equestria-girls/id917844146

>>229776
I find it interesting of how it works. We go to the frontier to the bustle of Manehattan and other than the usual city elitist snobbery things just flow from one to the other. I think it helps that all the ponies coexist in these places but that also it is quite the trip from one to another and magic is stronger in some places than it is in others.

//youtube.com/watch?v=fZbGxMQ7lhI
//youtube.com/watch?v=MrDxSBo-KxQ
//youtube.com/watch?v=E5r0qa4aOBU
//youtube.com/watch?v=gjJ4gLcdnIM
Oh yeah, this is still coming!
And it may be better than expected.

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/discovery-to-take-control-of-kiddie-focused-hub-cable-outlet-report-1201307833/

Knew this would happen eventually. Discovery was never happy with the deal after things took off.

>>230005
This is what that sidekick episode should have been, not a Spike centered episode.

>>230010
>leaving Hasbro with a smaller stake and the ability to control six hours of programming during the day, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

MLP:FiM is within this timeslot right? So not much change for this show.

>>230011
Not not really. Its actually more like Fox Kids now. Which is a good thing really. Just wish it wasn't on a super premium channel. but overall I think this is a better deal. Its something Hasbro should have gone into to start instead of trying to program a whole channel. They've actually got enough stuff they could pack the whole 9 to 3 area with some good cartoons. Like what Cartoon Network was in its fledgling days.

Any decent camrips out yet?

>>230198
I'll check the usual sites.

>>230198
//youtube.com/watch?v=qlHnYOKgckk

>>230220
That was a billion times better than the first movie. It had better pacing, better songs, the villain's plot actually made sense, it tied in with canon Twilight's insecurity about being princess, the conflict and band drama were slowly and steadily built up believably until the explosive fallout, and it furthered Sunset Shimmer as an actual character. Would have been nice if the villains were called kelpies instead of sirens to match up with the IDW comics, but whatever.

Not to say it was perfect. There were some subplots and details that didn't go anywhere. Like the Dazzlings trying to corrupt SS; who actually thought she'd betray the mane6? That seemed unnecessary, we already knew she felt left out with all of the previous "subtle" hints. But actual betrayal, that was never a real dilemma or inner conflict for her and it just felt phoned in.

That sleepover scene where Twilight almost asked SS for help but didn't... I wish that scene was longer. It would have been nice to see Twilight and SS talk about Equestria, their apprenticeship under Celestia, anything to connect them closer..

So who's hyped for the third movie with EG Twilight as a scientist?

This thread makes me dumber.

>>230756
Elaborate, please.

>>230761
Its a discussion about how funny the MLP comics are and people actually reading those.

>>230812
So...a regular discussion thread on this site?

>>230848
Yeah I already wonder why I'm here when /pco/ is pretty much dead.

>>230874
They won't. I can't get myself to draw because I'm depressed. It will be 5 minutes of a rewarding feeling and then I hate what I do again.

>>230918
Thats nice of you wanting to make new stuff but I was more thinking about story timing a classic comic or something.

Or just spaming some old favs.

>>230877

Dammit, I really want to read this.

>>231105
... what's preventing you? yayponies has all pony comics on their site, torrent and direct download, in a variety of formats.

>>231122
I will even post a link http://yp1.yayponies.no/book.php
Because that are really worth your time.

Also guess what awesome "audiobook" got me playing Fallout 3 again~
>>231025
And ofcoure the PSVita lost my name...

>>231169
>Because that are really worth your time.
But not, evidently, your money.

>>231173
I have been waiting for an omnibus.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/10/mlp-omnibus-for-comics-releases.html
AW man...
Damn it.

>>231209
Meh. Omnibus is smaller, and I already have all the comics and TPB collections.

>>231217
Someone actually translated the first three parts of the official manga, but they stopped there.
http://mlpjapan.tumblr.com/

For all of the nitpicking I can do, it better then I thought it would be.

>>231398
>social games

Is... is that a four-headed condom?

http://deadline.com/2014/11/dreamworks-animation-hasbro-merger-negotiations-in-works-1201282751/

Looks like Hub in spirit isn't done still Hasbro says its done.

I like that Hasbro is making ambitions to be able to stand on their own more or less without having to run through a Network first.

>>231424
Hasbro walked out of negotiations with Dreamworks Animation. Apparently Dreamworks counter asking price was too high given their track record.

>>231534
Apparently Disney threatened to cut the Star Wars deal with them if they didn't back out.

>>231537
Oooof. Dirty dirty playing, Dizdiz.

>>231538
Yea they also had a recent deal to give Hasbro their Princess line business. Which is kinda a big break with Mattel. Also can't have one of your main producer of merchandize in the US become competition.

Which probably is better for Hasbro. It took decades of work to get their current stable in order, no pun intended. Having to do that with Dreamworks stuff I don't think would work as well.

>>231624
A little? It's dangerously levels of adorable.

Apparently the artist didn't know much about the show and Hasbro/IDW didn't send him the show bible, which is why Ponyville looks wrong in the beginning/ending.

https://archive.moe/mlp/thread/20603630/#20607822

>>231625
Wait...
THAT was Ponyville!

https://www.humblebundle.com/books
MLP books are in promo, so get 'em while it's hot!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mweoq_the-cinema-snob-nudies-rudies-crudies-midnight-screenings-my-little-pony-equestria-girls_shortfilms
HAHA! FOUND IT!

>>231893
>hipsters hating on hipsters
>jailbait jokes
>not understanding SS switched the crown with the EG crown so Luna had no reason to think it was different, and Luna hid the crown so Twilight couldn't just steal it

Typical. The movie was shit, but these two didn't understand basic story plot that little kids could understand.

>>231901
I know that feeling.
*hugs*

>>232154

I for one welcome our new giant pone overlords.

>>232157
But how are they ponies if they're so tall? They're regular horses now.

>>232186
That gif claims they're donkeys.

>>232154
>Google Translate

"bunch of furry Single Post

were soaked see the purple donkey"

Good job Google.

>>232190
Seriously, why the word "burra"?

"bunch of sweaty fat asses
came after seeing the purple ass."

in this case, ass is a derrogative way to refer to the pone.
think, and ungulate version of "bitch."

For the curious, this is what the Korean dub sounds like:

http://blog.naver.com/antlrdkdlaos/220181403894

Japanese dub:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1jwo2y_my-little-pony-tomodachi-wa-mahou-s2e26-japanese-sub_shortfilms

//youtube.com/watch?v=MpTnwCgaHyA

So what did you dudes think of My little Pony vs Home on the Ranch?

I found its story meh but the art fun.

>>232364
I agree with that griffon guy. It was really sloppy writing. It's like they wanted to do two things (make an AJ story about a western town, and make a story about Twilight using legal shenanigans instead of magic) and it just doesn't work. Either they should have made it more serious, like the Nightmare Rarity or other major story arcs, or write Twilight out and focus on AJ.

They could get into the nitty gritty of exactly why Twilight doesn't use her magic (now that she's a princess, does she feel her actions have the weight of the state behind it instead of just her own beliefs and actions? Were the numerous crimes the bulls committed not bad enough to require direct intervention from royalty?). Or just say she's busy doing princess work and the rest of the ponies have to save the town without her.

It's one of those problems that both the comics and the show itself has. A lot of writers are afraid of writing out Twilight when her inclusion just adds bizarre issues to the story. Sometimes it makes sense why she doesn't use her magic, like when she's panicking and forgets she can teleport. But in this comic, she's thinking clearly and witnessing multiple crimes and still not doing squat except legal paperwork shenanigans. Personally, I think it ties closely with the fact she's been growing more and more powerful magically and politically. Becoming so powerful and also a princess should have shifted and changed the stories she's in, but the writers still tend to use her as if she's the "college student unicorn" character she started as.

Griffon guy forgot to point out this was thematically supposed to be an AJ story, but in the end all of her plans failed and it was Twilight who saved the day with a last minute contingency plan.

>>232365
Hippogriff.

Also I agree, it would have been better without Twi and Dash too.

>>232154
//youtube.com/watch?v=CmF_TIXBz-o
A little late, but eh.

http://blip.tv/diamanda-hagan-lecher-bitch/special-review-equestria-girls-sd-7141482
So, Diamanda Haggan just did an Equestria Girls review.
Thanks Patreon!

Any thoughts on the FIENDship is magic miniseries?

>>232704
You talking about the newly announced comic miniseries focusing on the villains?

Sounds like a nice idea, although I would rather they made them TV episodes.

>>232746
//youtube.com/watch?v=3Y0eC28MuCU

>>232753
Why the eyeroll?

>>232757
I'm a tiny bit sick of people snuffing the comic of the show and thinking that TV shows can get away with the same stuff comics can.
And we all (should) know that the show is made to sell the toy.
Do most of the villains have any toys?
No, so they dont get any focus outside their two parters.
With some exceptions ofcoures.

Angry TL;DR
ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, I KNOW IT, YOU KNOW IT, SO DONT EVEN BRING IT UP, it just makes me mad inside...
Even if it would be cool.

Also yes, I dont like comics better then shows, in general, so I can take in things at my own pace.

>>232619 And more to come it seems.
http://channelawesome.com/mlp-vlogs-friendship-is-magic/

Also I do love the idea of Nerf Rebelle.
Girls needs there toy guns too.

>Even if it would be cool.
So you agree with me. Calm your tits.

It's a little disturbing how many talented artists, animators and music artists I see that have so much talent, yet do literally nothing but pony stuff.

>>232829
People will put the skills they developed to what they like to do.
What grounds is there to judge that?

>>232830
The fact that they are unwilling to do ANYTHING ELSE.

I understand if you focus on a particular series. I understand if you have a comfort zone. What I don't get is the unwillingness to branch out to literally anything but ponies. Even people who had this same type of obsession with Sonic did different things eventually.

I have both a voice actress friend and talented artist/musician friend. The former is absolutely amazing at both singing and acting, yet has never auditioned for a single non-pony project. The latter is again a great singer and makes some sweet remixes, and is a pretty damn good artist that's made a killing off commission work. But again, he's never done anything that's not pony-related. It's a phenomenon I've never seen before in my life.

>>232833
You've never heard of the furry fandom, huh?

>>232847
That's different. Furry means they stick to a particular theme and artstyle. Ponies, however are locked in their own world, lore, designs, even writing style.

>>232833
Eh. It's still as Nøpe said; They do what makes them happy. They enjoy ponies, therefore they revolve their work around them. They'll branch out when they want to branch out. Until then, do what you love.

>>232829
Atlests they bring there own styles to the table.

It can be a pretty limiting crutch, though. Even if she doesn't have much time for Lackadaisy Cats, Tracy Butler can shift in and out of the style pretty easily, and she's got industry work, too.

Some people, though?

Well, it's second-hand knowledge, but a friend of mine knew one of the guys behind Fighting is Magic, if anybody remembers that. When they started really putting time into the project, all of his previous stuff and goings-on with the Furry fandom fell of the earth. This includes commission work and other previous engagements that people had already paid him for.

Apparently the whole team was fully convinced it would make money and be huge, so when it got big enough (and ad revenue landed in their hands from interviews) they got blind-sided by Hasbro shutting the whole thing down. So months, possibly years, of dedicating time to Ponies went up like a fireworks factory in a napalm strike.

//youtube.com/watch?v=fsHEVf2rVlA
Okay Equestria Girls, you got my attention.

//youtube.com/watch?v=pYtl8xtkzXY

>>232913
>Bronies complaining about the top tier comic, again.
What else is new?

>>232912
Did Ferngully have the environmentalists be angry dicks? Because king Aspen is an angry dick.

Both the deers and the development project are forcibly evicting innocents and justifying their dickish actions. It's not exactly a clear cut choice.

Just watched Rainbow Rocks, and it's quite an improvement from the first one, from the plot to the songs. And Sunset Shimmer was so adorable. Also, loved the arts from the credits.

>>232944
The plots don't need to improve, they're already round and sexy.

>>232962
Heh they be Colts fans.

>>232962
Twilight's stupid-ass O-face cracks me up.

>>232965

I miss that dorky OP princess. Hell I'm actually missing the show. Need my Digital fix. And fuck Discovery being a shit and pulling MLP because as part of their contract dispute with Netflix.

New trailer, still no air date

//youtube.com/watch?v=LULFIRxyJB4

Eye cancer inducing overdesign.

>>233159
Hopefully, that's just the art for the packaging and not a representation of the animated feature.

Another season 5 trailer, still no air date

dammit hasbro

//youtube.com/watch?v=HCob40t8dtE

>>233197
>Gym Sentry

>>233181
Maybe they are just weighing washing their hands of Discovery all together.

>>233206

yay, more equestrian whores!

And the price of blindbags had doubled and I did not see that intill I got home...
FUCK!

GREAT! *looking at first FiM figures I got, shudders*

>>233316
I don't see any horns there.
*badum-tshhh*

Rough animatic of the EG:RR opening title sequence, set to the demo version of the song Rainbow Rocks.

//youtube.com/watch?v=sZxL36HO_Hc

>>233368
Hasbro took it down, derp.

Here's the demo version of the song in any case.

//youtube.com/watch?v=KmyY7pPXxCU

>>233581
Dont worry, thats out of context.

new teaser
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/03/new-season-5-trailer.html

Now I'm wondering whether the phrase First Among Equals is going to appear somewhere.

>>233641
Equalia?
Is this from the last seasons?

>>233674
I think that's actually from like four or five years ago...

What that shit existed already? I thought its from the new season teaser?

I stopped watching it after Season 2 and I'm happy I did.

>>233684
I was talking about the Simpsons episode >>233641 referenced. Now I'm not sure which one MESIAS was asking about.

>>233694
For me, everything after the 12th season is the last seasons a.k.a. zombie Simpsons.
But anyways, what's the deal with "Equalia"?
Does it goes horribly wrong?

>>233755
Eh, it had its ups and down.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/03/official-hasbro-ebay-store-selling-pony.html
And I'm out of cash ofcoure...
Eh, me moving fuck up my paypal so I could not buy them if I wanted to.
You dudes knock your self out doh.

Bronies just became a bit more creepy and disgusting considering they think of shit like that.

>>233877
This is the shallow end of the brony pool, really.

>>233888
That's why you love it.

>>233888
>>233917
>that's why WE love it
>posts Deviant garbage

Just piss off.

>>233924
...Are you 12? Why would you? Grow up