UPD: Март 2013 г.

В январе 2013 года на телеканале «Карусель» состоялась премьера русской версии 2-го сезона сериала «Дружба – это чудо». Наши требования, в большинстве своем, были услышаны! С подробным подведением итогов можно ознакомиться в опубликованном Благодарственном Письме.

Спасибо всем тем, кто проявил сознательность и не остался равнодушным. Тем, кто оставил свою подпись под нашей Петицией и кто писал письма с предложениями и конструктивной критикой телеканалу «Карусель». Тем, кто поверил в то, что однажды мы сможем получить идеальную локализованную версию нашего любимого сериала. После 2-го сезона мы стали к достижению этой цели чуточку ближе. Спасибо!

P.S. Сбор подписей под опубликованной ранее Петицией будет продолжен – все желающие по-прежнему могут выразить свое мнение по поводу качества проделанной работы. Мы не должны забывать допущенных ошибок, но учиться извлекать из них правильные уроки.

UPD: Январь 2014 г.

27 декабря 2013 года на телеканале «Карусель» завершилась трансляция русской версии 3-го сезона сериала «Дружба – это чудо». С кратким подведением итогов можно ознакомиться здесь.

UPD: Сентябрь 2015 г.

18 сентября 2015 года на телеканале «Карусель» завершилась трансляция русской версии 4-го сезона сериала «Дружба – это чудо», с последовавшей за этим премьерой полнометражного мультфильма «Девочки из Эквестрии. Радужный рок». С кратким подведением итогов можно ознакомиться здесь.

UPD: Май 2016 г.

20 апреля 2016 года на телеканале «Карусель» завершилась трансляция русской версии 5-го сезона сериала «Дружба – это чудо». Узнать, как отразилась на качестве локализации смена студии дубляжа, и ознакомиться с кратким подведением итогов можно здесь.

UPD: March 2013

We were heard!

Official Russian dubbed version of 2-nd season of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” was premiered in January 2013. It has incorporated many improvements over localization of the 1-st season in translation quality, voice acting, etc.

Many aspects discussed among show fans and mentioned by the original Petition were put into consideration over the course of show localization. The positive impact of this is quite notable. Translation became much more accurate than it was in the 1-st season and less affected by “mild” censorship. The studio also maintained high quality of song adaptation and performance and even managed to bring it up a level.

There is, of course, plenty of room for further improvement. Although much less common, there still are mistakes found in script translation, some poor re-interpretation and adaptation of idioms, lost jokes and unvoiced lines. And while voice acting was good most of the time, the controversial decision to replace wonderful Rarity's voice actress from 1-st season hindered the final impression of it a bit.

Names of newly introduced characters weren't translated and adapted to Russian, which was one of the most popular demands of fans, though not being a part of the original Petition. It's also worth noting, that Derpy’s name remained unchanged in audio track of censored version of "The Last Roundup" (thus making the unique situation possible, where censored video was accompanied with uncensored script lines).

In the end, we would like to thank the crew that worked on localization of 2-nd season, and hope that they will be able to maintain same quality of production for the Russian version of season 3!

For more detailed review of the 2-nd season improvements (and flaws) see Summary Letter (in Russian).

P.S. And, of course, we would like to express a huge gratitude to all of our supporters, who signed the Petition, and to all of the fans of the show, who were constantly sending their mails and messages with suggestions and fair criticism to the studio. You all felt the need for changes and didn’t lose hope to see localized version of your favorite series produced with quality it deserves. Now we became a little closer to making that happen one day. Our voice wouldn’t be heard without you. Thank you all!

The signature collection will continue, to ensure that fans' wishes and demands won't be forgotten in the future.

UPD: January 2014

Official Russian dubbed version of 3-rd season of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” was premiered in December 2013. Overall quality of translation and voice acting remained at the same level, that was set by 2-nd season. The positive changes included localized intro titles of the episodes, fairly low number of translation errors and good work on songs (in terms of lyrics and performance).

On the other hand, technical issues with sound (low sound and voice levels in some songs compared to the rest of episode, extra announcer voice line at the end of “Bad Apple” that said “To be continued...”, etc.) have spoiled a good impression a little.

Premiered in early January 2014 Russian version of “Equestria Girls” was equally good, especially in terms of songs. Although there were a few serious translation errors (e.g., ruined finale of joke with Pinkie's “nervicited” word, confusing contradictory relation of ponies to the concept of “hands”). Nevertheless localization left quite positive impression.

For more detailed review of the 3-rd season and “Equestria Girls” see our short summary (in Russian).

UPD: September 2015

Official Russian dubbed version of 4-th season of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” was premiered in September 2015, followed by premiere of “Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks”.

We are pleased to say that these premieres demonstrated a step (or even a leap) forward in almost every aspect of localization. Translation was decent, with very minor number of errors, voice acting has improved as well, songs (in both terms of lyrics and performance) were superb. All of the said remains true for Russian version of “Rainbow Rocks” as well (which also features nicely localized opening titles with Russian actors properly credited for the first time).

For more detailed review of the 4-th season and “Rainbow Rocks” see our short summary (in Russian).

UPD: May 2016

Official Russian dubbed version of 5-th season of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” was premiered in April 2016.

This season marked some major changes in the production of Russian version: new dubbing studio and as a result of that – changes in almost every aspect of localization. New approach to translation, two new voice actors (replacing the previous voices of Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Princess Celestia, Shining Armor and some others), new title designs, some changes to the sound mixing and song performance.

And although the overall quality wasn't as good as in previous season, thankfully it wasn't as bad as in first season either. Taking into account rather little amount of time new team had at their disposal to produce a dubbed version of 5-th season, the results may be considered as a success. We believe that with proper care and some more time spent on production, new team can lead the Russian version to quite decent results in the future.

For more detailed review of the 5-th season see our short summary (in Russian).