My Little Pony: Make Your Mark

When the Make Your Mark series was announced after the success of A New Generation, many fans including myself thought what the series would be after the events of the film.

I personally thought we were getting a season with episodic adventures before we would get a second season that would follow a plot and story.

Instead we were given a decent but poorly written 44 minute special that was... Literally about nothing. No really that's how I felt about the first special.

And when the second chapter of Make Your Mark came out, it had gotten a bit more lovable, but still didn't get the expectations from fans. Not to mention that the animation felt a little stiff, if not bland.

And the new voice cast for our new main characters were accepted by fans pretty quick since they did a good job, except for Ana Sani cuz... Well people tend to call out Ana Sani is trying too hard to be the next Pinkie Pie and I can't help but agree.

And over the first year, the series gradually got better with the writing and animation, giving hope that the series might be great over the next few seasons before it was shot in the back of the head and was cancelled by Netflix because we can't have anything nice.

Now we just have Tell Your Tale, the web series that airs new episodes every other week, and it's just... It's a wild show but I hate that the shorts are 5 minutes long instead of being the 22 minute length.

Not sure why the reviews are so bad. But it could be because a bunch of adults are rating a show catered to kids. My 9 year old daughter loves the show, the graphics, and especially all the color combos of the ponies. She watches it and keep pausing it to show me certain scenes. She noticed all the characters from the movie that was released and their stories. The story lines were well thought out from the scenes she had me watch, let alone there were a lot of funny scenes. Again, it's a perfect show for kids. So it's a 8/10 from my daughter. Good job Netflix for creating yet another good show for KIDS to enjoy!

G4 of MLP was heartfelt, funny, and it had an actual story. G5, however, is fast-paced, hollow, and I still have yet to figure out the plot. Zipp is the only good character, but only in the movie. And I can't even with the animation. Like, they had a perfect formula, but all that went out the window with Make your Mark and ESSPECIALLY Tell your Tale, which isn't even 3D. Side note, what are these names? They sound like human names, and Izzy is just recycled Pinkie Pie. These names have no actual meaning and the characters, except for Zipp, mean nothing to me. Also, why are their names spelled with two p's and not just one? G5 did not do G4 justice.

I reluctantly came to really enjoy the movie after my daughter became obsessed with it and was so excited there would be more to the story...

This is bad. The animation falls flat. The characters move unnaturally (even for animated ponies) and are bad caricatures of the movie characters. Even my daughter can't watch more than 5-10 minutes at a time... there could be some interesting plot points but they're not well handled and it's so hard to watch to even get to them.

It's got a lot to uphold being the successor to Friendship is Magic. The animation for the series was never going to be as pretty as the movie, it's not the best but it's also not terrible.

There are a few aspects of the series which bother me, particularly the over-use of mobile phones by Pipp. (I feel like this will be a part of her character development however). A few of the songs have felt a forced/unnecessary and there have been moments where it has felt very childish.

However, it IS a kids show. The characters are cute and likable. I'm curious to see where the story goes and there have been a few moments that have given me that warm fuzzy feeling. So far, I have really enjoyed the new series. I'm excited to see what the future holds for My Little Pony.