Anime

Anime was a form of animation that came from the country of Japan. Anime throughout Equestria was scarce, but had a dedicated following. Anime had an equivalent form known as manga, which were comic books that originated from Japan and had their own characteristics.

Anime parodies and influence
Anime, manga, and Japanese media in general have influenced My Little Pony in a variety of ways. In the episode "Scare Master", had several artworks of ponified anime characters, such as Bulma Briefs and Ranma Saotome. In the Equestria Girls short, "Queen of Clubs", the Anime club posed like the Sailor Senshi, who have appeared throughout the series, primarily n the comics by IDW Publishing, for example,.

The manga series, My Little Pony: The Manga, surprisingly doesn't parody much anime, instead serving as a parody of Doctor Who, does briefly parody ninja and high school anime in the final story of the first volume, in which the Applejack-san of the Apple clan, a clan of Ninja, must go to Ponyville-cho High School to save the world from Spikezilla. In the tory, the are portrayed as stereotypes and Twilight herself is a magical girl, and the story ends with them creating a mech to fight off the rampaging kaiju.

Similarly, features another mech parody, as the  create a mech to fight.

Several characters have been shown to enjoy anime, such as, , , , , , and King Sombra.

Performers involved in anime
Many Pony voice actors have been involved in anime. As several anime was dubbed in Canada in the '80s and '90s, several actors who would appear in Generation 3 and Friendship is Magic appeared in anime works prior. Most notably of these would probably be Richard Ian Cox who appeared in several iconic anime series such as  and Dragon Ball and Brian Drummond, who appeared as in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball , though there are many more examples. For example, both Nicole Oliver and Kathleen Barr appeared in , as Emeraldas and Maetel respectively.

In some cases, actors more known for anime roles have been cast to play characters, such as Brittany Lauda and Kira Buckland, who both appeared in software games and was has been involved in tons of different anime properties.