Filly Funtasia

Filly Funtasia is an upcoming Chinese-Cantonese-Spanish animated created by Jacob and Henrik Anderson. The is based on the Filly franchise.

Plot
Filly Funtasia is about the adventures of Rose, as she attends a magical academy in the royal kingdom of Funtasia, with her best friends – Cedric, Bella, Lynn, and Will. The Fillys go to school and study their crystal powers, all while Wranglum, the Wizard of the Dark Mirror, along with his minion Battiwigs, try to steal all of the magic in the kingdom.

Production
Filly Funtasia was created by Danish brothers, Jacob and Henrik Anderson, who also founded the Filly toy line around 2006. In Summer 2012, the development of the series began, and Tine S. Norbøll, the developer of the franchise, wrote the story bible for series. She was also an art director for the show. BRB Internacional and their animation studio Studio 21 originally did the animation work, with some outsourcing from Black Dragon in China. In early 2015, Tine quit working with Dracco. Later in the year, BRB and Screen 21 stopped working on the show, and disassociated with it in 2016. B-Water Animation Studios and Guangzhou Huamai Animation Studios joined the production of the series much later, and worked to complete what the previous studios had left behind.

Filly Funtasia has went through five years prior to its release, and was delayed four times before it finally premiered in Italy. Some of the reasons why likely include Dracco Netherlands initiating legal action against Simba in Hong Kong on February 28, 2014, and BRB suddenly ceasing production of the series on their part, and later declaring bankruptcy.

Two 75-minute specials of the show were announced April 4, 2016 at the MIPTV Media Market titled "Filly Stars" and "Filly Butterfly". Originally produced by BRB's 3D movie division, Apolo Films, no news has surfaced about the current state of the specials and whether they have been cancelled or not as of late. They were meant to be released before the show in order to explain the characters and the world, which explains why Filly Funtasia starts off with no proper introduction.

Pre-release
Filly Funtasia was originally planned for a 2014 release, but it was delayed to Q4 2014 on March 30. Later on it was confirmed that the show would air on Clan in Spain and V-me in the US. The series was then delayed again on January 19, 2015 for a 2016 release. On March 10, it was announced that Filly Funtasia would air on K2 in Italy. On January 16, 2018, the series was postponed once again for a 2019 release.

International
The series eventually premiered with an Italian dub on on Frisbee in Italy. In Ukraine, the series premiered on on PLUSPLUS with a Ukrainian dub.

In China, the series was released with a Mandarin Chinese dub onto iQiyi, with the title Little Filly: Colorful Wonderland, on. The show had reached more than 2800 viewers in under 24 hours. Later, the series would have its TV premiere on Hunan TV Golden Eagle Cartoon on. Each of the 13 episodes are split into two 13-minutes, unlike how the show was broadcast in Italy and Ukraine.

Filly Funtasia has attracted more than 70 TV stations nationwide, and the show is to be screened in the primetime of Winter and New Year holidays.

English version
The original English version of the show has not yet been aired, but various trailers were released, the latest being one uploaded by Imira Entertainment on featuring the current voices.

Cast

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International versions

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