Friendship is Magic had thousands of hands put countless hours into it over the 9 seasons is aired. Couple that with Equestria Girls, the Movie, and everything else G4 brought us and the amount of stories that happened behind the scenes that we never heard anything about are plentiful.
An animator that worked on it going by the name of GatsbyBlue Art has posted a bunch of videos detailing her experiences on the show, some cute and funny, others dark. It's fascinating to listen to each one.
Check out some below from her Twitter.
The "Dark Days" At Pony
Hi, I'm an animator and I used to work on My Little Pony.
— GatsbyBlue Art (@GatsbyblueArt) September 21, 2023
Today's story is about the Dark Days.#mlp #mylittlepony pic.twitter.com/ElfLCwqGYQ
Equestria Girls disco ball
Hi, I'm an animator and I used to work on My Little Pony.
— GatsbyBlue Art (@GatsbyblueArt) September 6, 2023
Today's story is about the most complicated thing I had to animate and it's the disco ball from Equestria Girls.#MLP pic.twitter.com/IMsggJZkCC
Rigging / Builds Department
Hi, I'm an Animator and I used to work on My Little Pony.
— GatsbyBlue Art (@GatsbyblueArt) September 13, 2023
Today's story is about the most underappreciated department in 2D animation and that's the Builds/Rigging department.#MLP pic.twitter.com/oZbtlXfZZI
Building a massive crowd of ponies
Hi, I'm an animator and I used to work on My Little Pony.
— GatsbyBlue Art (@GatsbyblueArt) September 4, 2023
Today's story is about the hardest scene I had to work on.#MLP pic.twitter.com/n8v0NIRVKW
Tirek Vs. Twilight
Hi, I'm an animator and I used to work on My Little Pony. I lost my job due to the writers strike so now I'm telling stories in order to promote my new shop.https://t.co/eT953WhnpG
— GatsbyBlue Art (@GatsbyblueArt) August 29, 2023
Thank you all for listening and sharing my videos. I really appreciate it. pic.twitter.com/Tvnm2DPMnh