G5 and Hasbro's new demographic.
The MLP community has been going insane the last couple of days, ever since the announcement of the closing of G4. Hasbro essentially said that they will release season 9 and then produce another movie (this one in CGI/3D), which will transition to G5. Also, G4 is not over. I don't understand why so many people are just packing up; we still have a whole new season to look forward to.
Intro aside, a lot of interesting information has been 'released', but not confirmed. This includes concept images for the new characters. It appears that our favorite six ponies will transition with us, but with some... racial differences. While Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash will keep their traditional roles, Pinkie Pie will be re-imagined with wings, Fluttershy will be a unicorn, and- you guessed it- Twilight Sparkle will be an Earth Pony! This leads to another interesting piece of information- Supposedly, all ponies will be able to use magic.
One of the things that stood out the most to me was a change of audience. It was announced that My Little Pony will no-longer be rated TV Y. It will be rated TV FV (fantasy violence) and targeted towards everyone. This includes the teens and adults, who somehow fell in love with the children's show all those years ago. One reason for this, I believe, is the fact that the fandom community (consisting primarily of teens and adults) has drawn in more attention and almost as much revenue as the intended audience (maybe even more, I'm not sure). Another reason is that tv shows simply grow up. Remember Spongebob and the Muppets? They were children's shows once too.
While I have concerns for the well-being of the show we loved, I have heard nothing that actually verifies these concerns. I look forward to what G5 has for us.
Submitted February 18, 2019 at 08:26AM by DJDragonfly2121
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