Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks
Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks is the second film in the Equestria Girls film franchise as well as the third theatrical film in the My Little Pony franchise, after the 1986 My Little Pony film and the previous installment in the Equestria Girls franchise. The film stars the titular Equestria Girls, now informally lead by Sunset Shimmer following her redemption as they must compete in a battle of the bands competition with the devious Dazzlings.
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| Director | Jayson Thiessen Ishi Rudell |
| Writer | Meghan McCarthy |
| Producer | Devon Cody Sarah Wall |
| Editor | Rachel Kenzie |
| Music | William Anderson |
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| Prod. company | DHX Media Hasbro Studios |
Story
Appearances
Credits
Cast
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Crew
- Voice Director: Terry Klassen
- Additional music & orchestration: Kelly Davidson
- Production manager: Lesley Crawford
- Production Coordinator: Adrienne Lindsay
- Storyboard Supervisor: Timothy Packford
- Storyboard artists: Sabrina Alberghetti, Marshall Fels Elliott, Katrina Hadley, Carrie Mombourquette, Steve Sanderson, Mike West
- Storyboard Revionists: Roxana Beiklik, Katrina Hadley, Aynsley King, Hanna Lee, Nabie Ah Yousuf
- Opening Title Sequence Concept and Development: Tony Cliff
- Art Director: Ridd Sorensen
- Character Concept Design: Kora Kosicka
- Prop Designers: Dennis Millar, Joshua Tin
- Character Designers: Kora Kosicka, Jeremy Tin
- Location Designers: Phil Caesar
- Character / Prop Clean Up & Color: Rochelle Hugh-Sam, Alexandra Jones, Jacqueline Robinson
- Location Colour: Geoff Manson
- Key Layout Artists: Tim Bennet, Matthew Herring, Daniel MacGregor, Randy Santa, Ana, Kat Stenson, Wataru Uno, Stephen Weden, Weather Wittich
- Layout Artists: Hamad Almuhairi, Rob Bennett, Alex Cruikshank, Stephen Good, Michael Gushulak, Hye Yun Kim, Keremy Mah, Gregory Roth, Bobbi-Dee Schultz, Colleen Thomas, Tegan Thomas, Elizabeth Turnsek, Mike Tse, Kirsten Whiteley
- Animation Director: Kenneth Chu
- Layout / BG & Animation Services: Top Draw Animation Inc.
Production
Other media
Web shorts
Two series of animated shorts were produced in Rainbow Rocks, the 'prelude' series and 'encore' series. The 'prelude' series was released from March 27, 2014 to June 19, 2014 with a total of 8 episodes. The following year, on May 30, 2015, they aired on Discovery Family, making their television debut.
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Hasbro released the three "encore" videos on March 31, 2015, but reuploaded them on April 2, 2015. Despite the branding, these tracks were instead intended to be a lead up to Equestria Girls: Friendship Games. A lyrics were by the team of Katrina Hadley, Daniel Ingram, Brian Lenard, Jayson Thiessen and Michael Vogel, and were all directed by Rudell.
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Games
Toys
Merchandise
Books
Two novels were based off the book.
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Both books were compiled into the Equestria Girls: Friendship Through the Ages Boxed Set.[3]