My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic. My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic is a childrensanimatedfantasy television series created she considered that she was making Friendship Is Magic for me as an eight year old. Faust still aimed for the characters to be relatable characters, using stereotypical icons of girliness such as the waif or the bookworm in order to broaden the appeal of the characters for the young female audience. Faust stated that as she provided Hasbro with more of her ideas for the show, she was inspired by their positive response to the non traditional elements. Faust had initially pitched the show to include adventure stories in a similar proportion to relationship stories, but recognizing the younger target audience, as well as the difficulty of basing complex plots on the adventure elements, she trimmed back this content, focusing more on exchanges between the characters. The show still incorporates episodic creatures intended to be frightening to children, such as dragons and hydras, but it places more emphasis on the friendships among the characters, displayed with a comedic tone. By the time the show was approved, Faust had developed three full scripts for the series. Faust began to work out concept sketches, several of which appeared on her Deviant. Art page, including ponies from the original series Twilight, Applejack, Firefly, Surprise, Posey and Sparkler, which later provided the core for the main cast of the show. Hasbro approved the show with Faust as Executive Producer2. In order to do so, Faust brought in Martin Ansolabehere and Paul Rudish, who had worked on other animated shows with her. Faust credits Rudish for the inspiration of the pegasus ponies controlling the weather in Equestria, as well as the character of Nightmare Moon during this period. Faust also consulted Craig Mc. Cracken, her husband and also an animator and creator of The Powerpuff Girls and Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends. After seeing the initial version of the pitch bible, Hasbro requested more character designs from Fausts team subsequently, Faust brought aboard Dave Dunnet and Lynne Naylor to further refine the background and character styles. On completion of the pitch bible, Hasbro and Faust began looking at studios for the animation. Shaun The Sheep Download Ipod more. Studio B Productions renamed to DHX Media on September 8, 2. DHXs other subsidiaries2.