My Little Pony: Equestria Girls One-hour Specials (2018)

My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship is an animated fantasy television special directed by Ishi Rudell and written by Nick Confalone. It is the first of two one-hour specials. Originally aired on February 17, 2018 on Discovery Family, it features the core voice cast from the previous films/shorts/specials – Tara Strong, Rebecca Shoichet, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain and Cathy Weseluck. The story follows Sunset Shimmer's discovery that her friends' memories of her have been mysteriously erased; she returns to Equestria and seeks help from Princess Twilight Sparkle to find the cause before the memories vanish forever. The special is 44 minutes long, edited down from a 50-minute original cut of five episodes on Hasbro's YouTube channel. Its first episode was published on March 9, 2018 and its last episode on April 6. My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rollercoaster of Friendship is an animated fantasy television special directed by Ishi Rudell and written by Nick Confalone. It is the second of two one-hour specials. Originally aired on July 6, 2018 on Discovery Family as part of its "Summer Surprises" programming block. It features the core voice cast from the previous films/shorts/specials – Tara Strong, Rebecca Shoichet, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, and Cathy Weseluck. The story follows Rarity's acceptance of a summer job as a costume designer for a new amusement park and the strain that it puts on her friendship with the other girls, particularly Applejack. Its first episode was published on August 31, 2018 and its last episode on September 28.