Michelle Creber, best known as the speaking voice of Apple Bloom and the singing voices of Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, announced today via her new weekly show on EverFree Radio that she will be attending Everfree NW. She joins Lee Tockar and Cathy Weseluck as voice actors attending the west coast get-together.
Behind the cut you’ll find the official press release and details from Everfree NW.
Sherilyn Connelly over at San Francisco Weekly has a long-running contribution of ponies to the SF Weekly Exhibitionist blog. Connelly recently wrapped up her season one episode reviews, and now she’s tackling season two. She recently posted her Return of Harmony review, giving a blow-by-blow take of the opener. Screengrabs and video clips are combined with running commentary aimed at both fans and newcomers alike.
[Source: SF Weekly]
For those of you who only recently started following us, you may not be aware that we here at the Round Stable held a fundraiser to raise money to get Amy Keating Rogers to Bronycon! After managing to reach our donation goal in under two hours, we worked with Bronycon to ensure that the money made it safely into their hands.
We recently received confirmation regarding the donation, and wanted to assure our donors that their money is in the right hands.
There’s been a few petitions swirling around to encourage Hasbro to produce new and different kinds of merchandise outside of the core My Little Pony product. The new fanbase sprouting around Friendship is Magic has generated new opportunities and frontiers for products, and fans feel that Hasbro is leaving opportunities on the table. Do petitions have a chance to change that? Merch-hungry pony fans hope so.
Everfree Northwest announced today via their Facebook page that Cathy Weseluck, the voice of Spike and the Mayor, will be attending the west coast’s pony convention. Besides ponies, Cathy has had many voiceover and live action roles in the past, notably in InuYasha, Ranma 1/2, and Kid vs. Kat. Cathy joins Lee Tockar as the currently announced official show staff guests of honor. Both will also be attending Bronycon on the east coast prior to Everfree NW.
Everfree NW will run on August 17-19 at the Sea-Tac Airport Holiday Inn in Seattle, Washington. ■
[Source: Everfree NW on Facebook]
L.A. Weekly’s People 2012 issue contains a short spotlight on Friendship is Magic’s creator, Lauren Faust. There isn’t much new ground, as it’s basically a short summary of what she’s done in the past few years. There’s several profiles on other famous residents of Los Angeles too, so you may be interested in checking out the rest of the series.
[Source: L.A. Weekly's People 2012]
During today’s Andrea Libman livestream, Andrea herself gave the good news that Cathy Weseluck, voice of Spike, the Mayor, and others, will be attending Bronycon. This adds to an already impressive slate of actors and actresses attending Bronycon, which includes Peter New, Andrea Libman, Lee Tockar, and Nicole Oliver. ■
[Source: BronyCon Livestream]
Quick: it’s word-association time. What adjectives immediately leap to mind when you think of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?
If “cute” isn’t among the top three words you think of in the first five seconds, you’re probably a statistical outlier among the fan community. It’s just so damned cute.
Cuteness is so ingrained into the show that you can’t avoid watching it for the adorable factor. It basks in the immersive warmth of a world that incorporates hearts and rainbows into its architecture and in which terms like cutie mark and cuteceañera are thrown at the audience for us to take in stride. It’s inseparable from the show; kids and fans wouldn’t think of demanding it to be less cute than it is. The show’s visual design and texture of writing has confidently staked out territory in a traditionally low-rent corner of the commercial artistic world—and the property values there are skyrocketing.
Today on their twitter Everfree Northwest announced that Lee Tockar will be attending the west coast fan convention. Lee, the voice of Snips and other male characters on the show, is now attending both Bronycon and Everfree Northwest. This is the first major show talent announcement for Everfree, and hopefully more will be coming down the line. ■
[Source: EverfreeNW on Twitter]
At Ottawa Comic Con, John de Lancie announced that he would be working on a documentary about the My Little Pony fan community. de Lancie, best known for his role as Q on Star Trek: The Next Generation, provides the voice of Discord, the devious trickster in the two-part Return of Harmony. John isn’t happy with the mainstream media’s portrayal of the unexpected fanbase that’s sprouted up around the show. What does this portend for the community and its public relations problem?
