Post by anomalocarididae on Aug 20, 2021 11:29:46 GMT
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was an animated children's cartoon series that premiered in 2009.
A little less than a year ago, I came across this page on the MLP:FIM wiki. As I am quite a nerd, and I have interest in animation, I read it through. I discovered two sets of related lost media, two YouTube showreels created by animators at Top Draw. (Top Draw is one of the animation studios that worked on MLP.)
The first showreel, called "Evolution Of A Scene", had six episodes, two of which were missing. The rest were available as reuploads on YouTube, and their contents confirmed the others did exist.
The second showreel, "My MLP Season 1 Scenes", supposedly had 12 episodes. All of them are nowhere to be seen.
The first showreel, called "Evolution Of A Scene", had six episodes, two of which were missing. The rest were available as reuploads on YouTube, and their contents confirmed the others did exist.
The second showreel, "My MLP Season 1 Scenes", supposedly had 12 episodes. All of them are nowhere to be seen.
During 2011, many production assets were leaked, which caused the original uploads of these videos to be taken down.
I brought these lost bits to the attention of the LMW Discord. A nice person informed me that the two missing episodes from the first reel were on Mega. I then backed them up, just in case. They aren't on YouTube at the moment, but they aren't "lost" anymore, I'd say.
However, the second reel has no solid evidence to its existence anymore, save for the testimonies of the wiki's contributors and the person who told me about the existing copies of Evolution Of A Scene. No screenshots, no confirmation from show staff. No audio. Nothing.
As such, I'd say that as a whole, these lost reels are "Partially Found", but in parts, Evolution Of A Scene is "Found" and My MLP Season 1 Scenes is "Existence Unconfirmed".
There's also this screencap that I do not know the origin of. It may be lost, may be found, I'm just curious as to where it came from?
If anyone can find information on the second set of shorts, please let me know! As previously stated, I'm a nerd, I like to see what goes into animation. I feel some others would like to see these bits too.
