Harmony Unleashed: Guardians of Equestria Re:Animated

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**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 (S1-S5), Hasbro Entertainment (S6+), Hollowfox Entertainment / AkaKen / MontalVerse Productions and animated by Studio Trigger and later alongside, Actas 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, from Seasons 1 through 4) and later by Shinji Takamatsu (Gintama, After War Gundam X, starting with Season 5) 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, and later on, will be broadcasted as a half-hour edited series in Japan on TV Asahi, Tokyo MX, its affiliates and BS11 in May 2023. 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.

## 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)

On September 25th, 2022, Netflix and Montalvo announced that starting with the fifth season, Shinji Takamatsu will replace Mizushima as chief director for the series as he decides to no longer work on the series, and Actas will join Trigger and Toei for the animation production.

In 2023, More seasons have announced, but will be delayed due to the WGA strikes, considering that the writing process is from American writers rather than Japanese writers. Meanwhile, amid eOne's film and TV businesses being sold to Lionsgate and Hasbro Entertainment being newly founded by three former eOne executives, Hasbro Entertainment will continue to co-produce and license the anime series with HFX and MontalVerse.

### Televised Broadcast

Bandai Namco Filmworks and AkaKen announced that the series will be broadcast on TV Asahi, Tokyo MX and BS11, as well as the former two's affiliates as a half-hour edited series lasting from 22 to 26 minutes. The 90-second openings and ending sequences shown on the Netflix series will remain unchanged. The televised run will air on the Japanese networks on May 11, 2023, with MontalVue providing worldwide simulcast only in Japanese with multilanguage subtitles.

## 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

### Opening Themes

* Season 1 - Spark Again by Aimer
* Season 2 - TOP by Stray Kids
* Season 3 - Sangenshoku by PELICAN FANCLUB
* Season 4 - Phoenix Prayer by Eir Aoi
* Season 5 Part 1 - Face2 by Lozareena
* Season 5 Part 2 - Merry-Go-Round by MAN WITH A MISSION
* Season 6 - TBA
* Season 7 - TBA

### Ending Themes

* Season 1 - Yoru ni Kakeru by YOASOBI
* Season 2 - Never Change by SHUN ft. Lyu:Lyu
* Season 3 - Shout Baby by Ryokuoushoku Shakai
* Season 4 - Seimeisen by ReoNa
* Season 5 Part 1 - Answers by mol-74
* Season 5 Part 2 - Shirogane by LiSA
* Season 6 - TBA
* Season 7 - TBA