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@Hollowfox the Stallion
 
Better idea, stop necroing threads just to be a duck.

Do I have to revive this thread by myself by searching through the forums?
 
Why do I have the feeling that the MLP movie won’t be considered timeless anymore and it won’t age very well after almost two years?
 
The comment section in >>1787439 just shows coming from other people’s criticisms of the movie.

The movie is on Amazon Prime’s streaming service I believe. Gotta watch it again sometime.

@Background Pony #A001  
I think we know about that by now.
 
That got me thinking, though. Captain Celaeno’s parrot crew against these freaky harpy pirates… I wonder how that scene would play out.

@QuasarNova  

 
That’s right.

@DerpyFast  
Because it was good?

@Amethyst_Crystal  
I think the movie mostly stands on its own.

@Amethyst_Crystal  
Speaking of the movie, we have this animation reel, this animation reel with a special unused scene where one of the pirates got their butt kicked by AJ, and now this animation real which includes a few shots that aren’t available in the final version of the climax.

@QuasarNova  
Good thing I brought it up instead of the movie, lol
 
If we wanna get really technical, Twilight had an even earlier ‘origins’ home in the very first episode of MLP FIM,  
with a return to it for one s5 episode. Her ‘magic studies tower dorm’ or whatever it was.  
Even that wasn’t in the movie. Or at least unrecognizable in that version of Canterlot.

@Amethyst_Crystal
 
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That scene still hurts

@QuasarNova  
Yeah, probably. It helps they never even showed either of Twilight’s homes from the series,  
which would be the most blatant visual cue for s3 < - > s4.

@Amethyst_Crystal
 
Nah season 3 is good enough

So, I’m trying to get an MLP fan friend to see the movie sooner than later. Their concern was that they’d have to play catch up on alllll of the seasons up until 8 before watching.
 
But I told them basically that the only stuff they ‘must’ watch before that is up through season 3, and maybe season 4. I haven’t decided yet whether the s4 premiere/finale fits better before or after the movie in terms of twilight’s character progression.
 
Bear in mind too, Allspark / DHX had been working on the movie for a very long while, that’s why it ‘feels’ like an earlier season in terms of canon. The only thing beyond s4 is, they spent a little time doing animated cameos of some s5 characters (such as Tree Hugger, Moondancer, & Starlight) for a few seconds during the first big musical number. That’s it.
 
So would you guys say the only ‘required’ viewing to catch up on the movie’s ‘backstory’ is up through s3? or s4 too?

@TempFizzle  
she a good horse.

Tempest best pony.

@Joshua  
I just can’t make a post without a typo today, don’t I. And I suppose I agree with you on the overall impression. The story had to be this way to remain appealing to various target audiences.  
S8 feels the same in general so far as well. Feels weird finally starting to catch up.

@fenfire  
Whatever hiccups the story has is made up for by the characters, animation, and yes, even Ingram’s musical talent.

@Joshua  
Err… yes. I don’t even have autocorrect to blame for this. Although technically I guess it is possible to be raised in a bard if it’s a construct of some kind or a kangaroo.
 
Yeah, there was a number of other enjoyable moments. What keeps me puzzled is how easily ponies, Equestrian ponies especially, accept the idea of someone’s profession being “taking booty” from others. It’s certainly way past S1 times of “it’s a fantasy world with as little mirroring real life as possible” but that still seems like a bit too much.  
At least Ingham’s work is excellent as always.

@fenfire  
I think you meant “raised in a barn”. Typo, I guess?
 
And fear not; I’ve seen a lot of cute, funny moments like this sprinkled throughout the movie.

So I’ve finally scraped together enough courage to try and watch this. Almost choked to death on wine at “raised in a bard” part. So far so good.

So, I’ve tried to sign up on **Tsutaya TV just to watch **this movie in Japanese,  
I even figured out how to properly enter my last & first name in kanji and katakana (I think).
 
But even so, there is some kind of error message when I try submitting my info…  
I don’t know if it’s just an indirect way to say ‘F you, this is region locked content’,  
or if I’m filling out the form wrong, or what.
 
Here’s the part that I might be getting wrong:
 

 
As far as I know, I have to enter my last then first name in kanji on the 1st part,  
then katakana on the 2nd part.  
If anyone can translate what steps 2 & 3 are saying too, that’d be great, cause I can’t translate words-in-pictures through google, and I never got that far in the process either.
 
I would consider the *Amazon JP option,  
but they only offer DVD form, and I’d have to invest in some kind of disc drive for my computer then…

@Amethyst_Crystal  
Seems fitting, since our American release was on DVD and Blu-ray the same month last year.

As of December 5th, 2018 (3 days ago),  
the Japanese version of the MLP movie has been released on DVD and select livestream options.
 
It has been retitled 映画マイリトルポニー プリンセスの大冒険  
aka ‘Movie My Little Pony: Princess’ Great Adventure’
 

 

 

 
 
Here is a Japanese dub/sub of one of the trailers:
 

 
Being a fan of the Japanese Dub, and knowing they’ve kept the same mane six VAs from the start  
( tho I’ve only seen the first 2 seasons and bits of JP EQG, not FIM eps later on JP’s netflix)  
I really want to watch this Japanese dubbed MLP movie!
 
From checking out the *MLP JPN Twitter,  
it seems like the best choice for getting to watch it livestream is on *Tsutaya TV.  
Keeping it for 48 hours is roughly $4.50, keeping it indefinitely is a bit over $22.
 
I am wondering if there are any second opinions on whether I should even try to watch it on Tsutaya or not.  
For all I know I will be locked out of viewing because I’m in the USA….  
It’s available on *Amazon’s JP site too, but seems to be DVD only…

@DerpyFast  
You know, taking that into consideration while watching the movie, that makes sense.