DHX hit with major data breach (beware of spoilers)

[Al-1701]

Given their reaction to this, you can see why.  I was thinking of them mixing in false info with legitimate leaks.  It wouldn't surprise me.

[Shaiyeh]

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Okay, you know, with it looking like fanart... here's my thoughts: They may very well have scouted people and styles they liked, outside of the people they already hired (or someone had this style that already worked with them - just because they've been working in the FiM style doesn't mean people don't have their own style, too). Didn't Lauren Fausts designs start as fanart, too? (correct me if I'm wrong xD )
I really like the designs they leaked. And I wouldn't say it's unlikely it's legit because of the shading etc, either. Concept art is just that - a concept. Sometimes with more details than the finished product, sometimes with less, and sometimes COMPLETELY different than what they decide to go with for the finished product
But yes - I adore the designs

[Jorgito93]

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The thing that bothers me is, if DHX is just using g4 characters to showcase the style, why would they change their race?I mean you could've shown how a unicorn would look with Rarity and Twilight without drawing Fluttershy as one.This makes me think they want to use them like that in g5.

[StarSwirl05]

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The info is a lot to take in and some of what I've seen and read I like, others not so much. G5 I'm kinda in between as it's just too little to go on.

[Al-1701]

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The thing that bothers me is, if DHX is just using g4 characters to showcase the style, why would they change their race?I mean you could've shown how a unicorn would look with Rarity and Twilight without drawing Fluttershy as one.This makes me think they want to use them like that in g5.

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It doesn't matter what DHX wants.  It'll be what Hasbro wants.  It could also be the changes of species were because they wanted use certain colors, like Twilight's purple shows how the gradients on the lower legs would work well (better than Pinkie Pie).  Not sure about Fluttershy unless it's showing how a unicorn with long, flowing hair works.

[Sunset]

Could someone post the images here?  I want to see them, but I don't want to see any spoilers for the leaked MLP FIM episodes . . . which means I don't dare look under any of these spoiler tags. 

I guess what I'm asking is if someone can post the images here and label the spoiler "images only, no TV spoilers" or something.

Edit:  I think I found the images on that Horseland site.  I am kind of dubious if they're 'real' because they look really fan-arty (nice, but fan-arty) and there's a suspicious amount of shading for a cartoon.  I'm looking at

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all these highlights in Twilight Sparkle's mane and the shading on Fluttershy's body

and thinking "uh huh, I'll believe it when I see it."

In case you want to see others thoughts, no one has actually posted or discussed the tv spoilers.  Only discussed the "G5" concepts.  So you are safe from the tv spoilers in this thread, at least up to this point.

[Taffeta]

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Speculating on the detail is fine, so long as it's just speculating. I agree we know nothing and you make a good point about the origin of this material. I guess we'll wait and see, but I think it's fun to speculate, even on something that may never happen. So long as we all understand it's not for sure, it's fine

[Carrehz]

Well, leaked info is only as good as the person leaking, you know?  Like, leaking some legitimate info and then mixing something false in is a possibility (Wikileaks style).  Normally I would say no one would bother doing that with MLP, but to be honest I could definitely see someone doing it just to troll the bronies, who are not exactly the most well-loved group on the internet.

Yeah, this is what I was trying to get at. Always better to be on the cautious side for stuff like this IMO, you never know, after all If it IS legit it'll probably go through a bunch of changes before we see the final product anyway, lol..
(Not saying that it's definitely not real, or that it's wrong to discuss it, or anything like that!! I'm just saying I personally am not going to get too attached to these designs until we know for sure if they're real, if that makes sense.)

[TJgamer]

The topic of CGI is slightly concerning to me. Not saying that it's inherently a bad idea, but it needs to be done with great care to work, especially since 2D animation has always been a staple of MLP.
I do like some of the new location designs.

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Especially Neon City. Not sure if this is for a future episode, the next movie, or G5 (though my best guess is probably the second movie).
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[sd_dreamcrystal]

I haven't read the article there on Horse News, however, other than that one that looks like it would be AJ I seriously hope they do not use the same characters as different races... my mind goes "Huh? How would that be G5 if it's the same characters?"
But then again this is concept so we'll see

[ultra8]

That would explain the number of videos on YouTube. I will admit I've never seen an episode for any show in its unfinished form before so that's a weird experience, but I think I'll wait till the finished version airs.

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On the plus side we get a new intro and I can't wait to meet the new characters showcased in the background.

On the up side free publicity. On the downside somebody is going to spend the entire day being yelled at by their bosses, that's for sure.

[Baby Sugarberry]

If those are the style we'll get for G5, cautiously optimistic. 
I do hope it's a whole new cast and setting though - otherwise it'll just be Brony-Fandom 2.0. 

[Taxel]

Can someone message me the G5 concept art? Or post it here under a labeled spoiler? The only FiM-focused sites I know of seem to be banning the spoilers. I'm not part of the Brony community so I have no idea where else to look.

[Baby Sugarberry]

Last post on Page 3 of this thread, Spoiler labeled "G5 concept art", Taxel.

[StarSwirl05]

I certainly hope that the Mane Six aren't in the final result for G5 because that'd be kinda lame that they'd keep the same characters for the reboot instead of doing new ones.