MLP fans the show is currently on a brake between seasons so what have Hasbro done to ease us throw the long months well they decided to release a Christmas special in October and so after weeks of waiting here is my review of My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever.
The plot of this special is it's almost Hearth's Warming and the mane six decide to get each other one gift and thus the search is on to find that one special gift. Yes the plot is that of your typical christmas special and it goes exactly how you think it would go but tho there's something about the way this special tells the story that makes it somehow feel fresh maybe it's the short run time or the fact this special has the right amount of humor either way the story is well told.
I don't think it needs saying since all of the actors are returning from the show but starring in this special is Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle , Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash and Applejack , Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy , Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity , Cathy Weseluck as Spike and John de Lancie as Discord. I honestly thought that the acting in this special was better then in most episodes of the recent season and I think that's because in the special the actors were allowed to have a bit more fun with there characters and that to me made this special more enjoyable.
This is a trend i'm noticing more and more every year but why in the heck is a christmas special being released in October it's not even been Halloween yet and there's a christmas special out look I know that the show is made to sell toys but couldn't the special have aired in say early to mid November they could have given us time to celebrate Halloween before we move onto christmas but they don't and I don't know why that is.
I'm not going to list who did the animation for this special since i've done enough MLP reviews for people to know who did the animation but I will say that the animation here was pretty decent nothing really look off to me I will say that due to the special featuring alot of snow some of the backgrounds looked the same there was really nothing to make the backgrounds truly stand out but that's only a minor issue and one you have to expect when watching an animated christmas special.
For those wondering if this show is canon or not i'd say yes just because in the opening musical number you do see some students from Twilight's school and even the school it self gets a passing mention but i'm not going to say that you need to watch this special because honestly I don't think you need to not unless you need to get your pony fix.
If you know the show then you can take a pretty good guess at what this special's lesson is because it's the same as it is in most season premiers and finale's but I will say that the way this special teaches that lesson is really nice and sweet but I can't help but wonder if they couldn't find a different lesson to teach little kids like anything else would have worked but they have to stick to the same old lesson that's been tought time and time again for eight seasons and a movie.
Now I recall seeing the trailer for this special up on Youtube either in the summer or early Autumn so I knew we were getting an early christmas special from quite early on but I had forgotten all about it that was until last night were I had a dream about this special and then I wake up this morning and log on and what do I find up on Kimcartoon this very special that is freaky as hell.
I wasn't expecting this special to be as funny as funny as it was I was legit laughing out loud at few jokes in this special I will admit that not all of the jokes in this special work infact a few of them don't but that's to be expected in an hour long episode but the ones that are funny are in my eyes really good and yes I did get the joke with the three raindeers which was honestly a cute little joke.
The special features two songs written by Micheal Vogel and Daniel Ingram with Vogel also serving as the writer for the episode those songs are "One More Day" and "The True Gift Of Gifting" both of which I thought were really good songs I really cannot think of a song in this show that's bad there are some that aren't that great but none that are flat out bad and out of the two featured in this special my personal favorite was "The True Gift Of Gifting" just due to how personal that song felt to me and it nearly had me chocking up.
Overall this was a decent special nothing really special it doesn't do anything new or different with it's christmas setting but if you have little ones or if you yourself like this franchise then there's no harm in watching this episode for me it gets a 6 out of 10.