My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2017 animated shorts)
In 2017, Hasbro Studios released two series of animated shorts that are tied in with "", an anthropomorphic spin-off franchise of the 2010 relaunch of Hasbro's My Little Pony toyline. One, titled "Canterlot Shorts", was produced by Boulder Media in the Republic of Ireland and the other, a series of music videos, was produced by DHX Media in Canada. Discovery Family bills the two series together as Summertime Shorts. Shorts. Section::::"Canterlot Shorts". Although the title card for this series has nothing but an Equestria Girls logo, the shorts are referred by  Hasbro as Canterlot Shorts. The shorts were all written by Gillian M. Berrow (who also wrote the novelization of first "Equestria Girls" film as well as most of the "" novels) and were produced by Boulder Media in the Republic of Ireland (which Hasbro Studios acquired in 2016). Music videos. A series of music videos were produced by DHX Media's 2D animation studio located in Vancouver, Canada, which have produced the "Equestria Girls" animated films and specials. Release. In the United States, the shorts were shown on Discovery Family (a joint venture between Discovery Communications and Hasbro) as part of  Discovery Family's "Summer Splash" seasonal event where they are collectively known as Summertime Shorts. Internationally, Hasbro has been releasing each short every Friday since August 11, 2017 via their official YouTube channel, starting with "Mad Twience" and ending with "Epic Fails" on November 10.