HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS? · 7:24am Jan 26th, 2015
Twilight dealing with the destruction of the Golden Oak Library by Lord Tirek
The entire Pie family
A 100th special episode focusing on background characters
Princess Luna having a nightmare
In addition, the staff also showed a brief animatic from a planned episode of season five, showing Twilight and her friends following a map to a remote part of Equestria where they encounter ponies with identical cutie marks acting strangely.
At BronyCon 2014, it was announced that G.M. Berrow, the author of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic chapter books, would be writing an episode. At BronyCAN, it was elaborated that Berrow's episode will be Pinkie Pie-centered.[12]
On October 27, 2014, Tony award winner Lena Hall, who ended her acceptance speech with "Friendship is magic", announced that she recorded an episode.[13]
This will be the first season to air on the rebranded Discovery Family Channel.
On November 17, 2014, the first in a series of recap teasers for the fifth season was uploaded to the official MLP YouTube channel, with a date of Spring 2015.[14]
On December 2, 2014, Lena Hall posted on her Twitter account a brief video showing the recording session of a new song.[15][16]
On December 11, 2014, there was a power outage at the DHX Studios in Vancouver. "Big" Jim Miller tweeted that this would delay the fifth season by six months[17] to premiere in Fall of 2016.[18] However, it was later made clear that this was in jest.[19][20]
On January 18, 2015, when asked to give small teasers for the fifth season, Jayson Thiessen responded with several tweets, stating:
"There will be 26 episodes in season 5."[21]
"there will be episodes that focus on the 7 main characters as well as others."[22]
"numerous songs by @dannyimusic will be featured throughout the season."[23]
"we will see more of the new castle revealed at the end of season 4"[24]
"Rainbow Dash will say "woah woah woah""[25]
"Pinkie Pie will break the 4th wall"[26]
"somepony will die"[27] (later stated to be a joke)[28]
"maybe some confetti explosions"[29]
On January 19, 2015, it was announced that Thiessen and Miller will help debut a new season five trailer at PoNYCon in Brooklyn on February 16, 2015.[30]
