So, uh, has there been any update on season 3's length?

Tendie · 2012-05-26T17:30:35.862376+00:00

In season 1 Studio B reported making 26 episodes and Top Draw reported making 26 episodes. The number of episodes is the number of episodes for the season. A third is animated at Studio B and two thirds are animated at Top Draw. All the episodes are scripted, boarded, and laid out at Studio B.

In season 2, DHX Media reported that the show has 52 episodes (26 + 26) and Top Draw reported making 24 episodes, because Studio B crammed in two more episodes at the end of the first production span (Return of Harmony).

And now, in season 3, DHX Media is reporting 65 episodes (26 + 26 + 13) and Top Draw is reporting 13 episodes.

In case there is still any doubt, here's Top Draw saying they're making 24 episodes even though they probably only animated 16 out of the total of 26.

ThePubicHairFairy · 2012-05-26T15:04:41.453819+00:00

That's the dog's bollocks.

Tendie · 2012-05-26T08:44:57.076836+00:00

Top Draw is a subcontractor for DHX. In previous seasons DHX got an order of 26 episodes, and sent off the animation for two-thirds of them to Top Draw. The writing, storyboarding, and layouts are done in-house for every episode.

The recent order of 13 episodes means exactly that: 13 episodes. Two thirds of them will be sent to Top Draw post-layout.

References: http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Animation#References

ohai_megan · 7 days

And /b/, being one of the highest-traffic boards on 4chan, would have the same status...

maddrummer1 · 7 days

/r/mlp... oh wait.

ohai_megan · 7 days

Why does 4chan think reddit is only about /r/f7u12? Because it has a few striking attributes that set it apart from the more mundane parts of the site. Same for /b/.

BuggNutz · 7 days

Jiihua is the name of the Abrahamic God.

wasp_ent · 7 days

On ones with minimal automatic inbetweening.

BuggNutz · 7 days

All according to keikaku^‡
^‡ Translator's note: keikaku means plan

afreedman · 7 days

Could be a transgendered person.

robert_ahnmeischaft · 11 days

Part brilliant, part alarmist.

dragonworthy · 11 days

This wasn't funny back when it was called Borat and it's not funny now.

I_FISTED_VOLDEMORT · 11 days

The same mountain during sunrise

From Jeffrey W. Johnson. Used without permission.

acousticpizzas · 11 days

Internet trolls are self-aggrandizing. reddit is /b/, Google is /b/, /b/ rules the world, we are legion, expect us, etc.

yahooeny · 11 days

You should have given the submission a more informative title, like "My friend is about to commit suicide, how do I stop them?"

Joyduck7 · 11 days

~~That's 4/3~~
I can't into fractions, it's 10/3 as CommissarAJ noted.

Searetek · 11 days

Your RedBubble link is borkdeaowqsen.

Searetek · 11 days

Oi mate.

YouKnowHer · 11 days

Watch cartoons.

french_guy_al · 11 days

You mean besides having wings?

french_guy_al · 11 days

This here Pegasus unicorn pony princess.

french_guy_al · 11 days

I have a feeling Hasbro wants to call Pegasus unicorns "Princess Ponies", hence why Celestia, Luna, the love poison victim, and Cadance are all princesses. That filly in Twilight's imagination was an animation mistake though, according to a layout artist on the crew.

BlueTurtleBrony · 11 days

the show wouldn't be where it is without the fans,

This is true for most shows, but this show in particular isn't very affected by the fans, despite popular belief. Thiessen and Alberghetti have said that they don't aim for the bronies and that they kept making the show for its target audience, and that no major changes were introduced when it became popular on the internet, which was about the time most of season two was at or after the scripts phase.

I see the community and the show as almost entirely separate entities, with the exception of Derpy, Equestria Girls, There's a Pony For That, DJ Pon3, and Lyra. It may sound like a lot when it's listed like that, and it's definitely more than almost any other fan interaction with an on-the-air show, but it boils down to three background characters and two aimed-at-the-fans commercials.

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