Harmony Unleashed: Guardians of Equestria Re:Animated (ハーモニーアンリーシュド エクウス戦隊: ジ・RE:アニメーション, Hāmonīanrīshudo Ekūsu sentai Ji RE:Animēshon, lit. Harmony Unleashed: Equus Sentai The Re: Animation)) is a Japanese-American anime original net animation series produced by Toei Animation, eOne Animation, Hollowfox Entertainment and animated by Studio Trigger for Netflix and MontalVue.
It is a reboot and retelling of the Harmony Unleashed Saga that retells events of the Guardians of Equestria Saga (films and series) with a few changes to a few events (including original characters and wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling) and including several seasons of 13-16 episodes.
The series is chiefly directed by Seiji Mizushima (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Full Metal Alchemist) with Tatsuya Nagamine (Dragon Ball Super: Broly, One Piece) and Yoshihiro Miyajima (Darling in the Franxx, Brand New Animal) directing the series, Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts) being the head writers, Akira Himekawa (Legend of Zelda manga) returning as a character concept designers with Yusuke Yoshigaki adapting the character designs for animation and will commemorate the Franchise's 10th Anniversary.
The series will be released on Netflix and MontalVue with the first batch of full-hour episodes set for a November 11, 2021 release. The series is rated TV-MA.
Premise[]
A retelling of the Guardians of Equestria arc, A young Ecuadorian boy from New Jersey witnessed the arrival of six ponies and a dragon from another universe and become friends, but when problems happen, they are the last hope of two worlds, especially when dealing with the situations outside of Equestria.
Cast[]
TBA
Episodes[]
There will be confirmed to have a bunch of batches/seasons of 13-16 episodes for the series with full-hour episodes in mind and will be releasing on Netflix and on MontalVue in the Americas (United States, Latin America, Brazil and Canada) and Worldwide streaming release will be on Netflix. In April of 2020, Montalvo announced that starting with Season 3, Netflix and MontalVue will release the series by a 2-episodes-a-week schedule in order to "keep the talk going".
The animation direction and storyboard process will be made in Japan through both studios while the writing will be developed in the US as similar to shows such as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac (also a series produced by Toei and Netflix) and Cannon Busters (another anime produced by Netflix)
Music[]
- Music by: Hiroyuki Sawano, Yuki Hayashi, Takafumi Wada and Kohta Yamamoto
- Music Producer: Hiroyuki Sawano
- Music Production: Sony Music Japan
- Music Production Co-operation: VV-ALKALINE, Toei Animation Music Publishing
Crew[]
| Original Work | Hasbro x Hollowfox Entertainment |
| Based on Characters Created by | Lauren Faust Meghan McCarthy |
| Original Story Supervisor Executive Producer |
Aaron Montalvo |
| Planning | Kozo Morishita Yutaro Ikegaya Michael Lombardo Hiroaki Matsuura Masayuki Endo Kohei Obara Yoshitaka Hashimoto Kenji Hamada Yosuke Imai Makoto Ohyoshi |
| Creative Producer | Mikiel Houser Takashi Washio Yoshiki Usa |
| Producers | Ryosuke Inagaki Hayato Saga Yoshi Ikezawa Chinatsu Matsui Shunji Aoki Shunichi Taira Akifumi Fujio Therese Trujillo |
| Planning Supervisors | Koichi Sakamoto Brian Goldner Adam McKay Aaron Montalvo |
| Story Editor | Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco |
| Structure Co-operation | Christopher Yost Kristle Peluso Brandon Auman |
| Music | Hiroyuki Sawano Yuki Hayashi Takafumi Wada Kohta Yamamoto |
| Music Producer | Hiroyuki Sawano |
| Production Supervisor | Kevin Farrell Ken Suetake |
| Animation Producer | Kazuya Masumoto |
| Art Director | Yuji Kaneko |
| Color Design | Keiko Kai |
| Director of Photography | Nozomi Shitara |
| Editing | Aya Hida |
| 3DCG Director | Shinpei Ishikawa (Sanzigen) |
| Character & Pony Concept Design | Akira Himekawa |
| Hero Concept Design | Aaron Montalvo Hideki Tajima |
| Animation Character Designer Animation Supervisor |
Yusuke Yoshigaki |
| Chief Animation Supervisors | Sumie Kinoshita Naohiro Shintani |
| Series Directors | Tatsuya Nagamine Yoshihiro Miyajima |
| Supervising Director | Seiji Mizushima |
| Animation Production | TRIGGER
Toei Animation |
| Production Co-operation | AkaKen |
| Presented by | Harmony Unleashed Production Committee
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| In Association With | Netflix Montalvo Media Group |
| English Dub Production | |
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| Licensed by | AkaKen USA (a Montalvo Company) eOne New Media |
| In Association With | HyperObject Industries |
| Executive Producer | Haven Alexander (eOne) Yuma Sakata (AkaKen US) Brian Ash (Hollowfox Entertainment) |
| Consulting Producers | Adam McKay Kevin Messick |
| Producer | Michael Sinterniklaas (NYAV Post) Stephanie Sheh (NYAV Post) Diana Gage (Ocean Productions) Ken Morrison (Ocean Productions) Emily Thompson (eOne) Eliza Hart (HFX) |
| Casting Supervisor | Kris Zimmerman Salter |
| Voice Director | Terry Klassen (CA) Karl Willems (CA) Brittany Lauda (US) |
