This article lists home video releases of the original My Little Pony "Generation One" cartoons produced by Sunbow Entertainment. These include the 1984 special My Little Pony, usually released as Rescue from Midnight Castle; the 1985 special Escape From Catrina; My Little Pony: The Movie, released 1986; and My Little Pony portion of My Little Pony 'n Friends anthology series broadcast 1986–1988.
North America (Region 1)
All episodes of My Little Pony were originally released by Kid Rhino Entertainment (a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner, formerly part of and formerly distributed by Warner Family Entertainment and part of WEA) in North America between 2004-2006. These DVDs are encoded for Region 1 in NTSC format. As of 2012, My Little Pony: The Movie is available on North American DVD.[1][2] These releases have been discontinued and are now out of print.
The first series and the two previous specials are available in My Little Pony: The Complete First Season, a four-disc box set.
These episodes were supposed to be uncut, but however, these are the versions repeated on The Disney Channel’s unnamed pre-Playhouse Disney-era pre-school programming block, with several differences from the original transmission:
All cliffhangers have been edited (except the one from The Revolt of Paradise Estate Part 1) and narrated recaps removed.
Rescue from Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina are the two-part versions, with songs removed and other changes.
The Glass Princess Part 4 has its song removed, and has been noticeably slowed down.
Mish Mash Melee is not listed on the Disc 3 case and is therefore hidden on Disc 3.
Credits vary between those used on original transmission and those used for VHS releases.
The second series is available in two volumes, and are also sourced from the Disney Channel repeats.
My Little Pony Second Season DVDs
The Quest of the Princess Ponies and Other Stories
On June 9, 2014, it was announced that Shout! Factory had acquired the rights to the series and released My Little Pony – The Complete Series on DVD on September 30, 2014.[3][4] The four-disc set contains all 65 episodes of the series spanning from the first to the third seasons. As with the Rhino releases however, the episodes are once again based on the Disney Channel repeats, with the two specials again being the two-part episode versions.
Australia
12 My Little Pony DVDs have released in Australia by MRA Entertainment, including all episodes (in random order) and the movie. They have no region encoding, and are presented in PAL format.
These episodes are sourced from the 1980s Australian transmissions. All cliffhangers and narrated recaps are intact, but most episodes lack end credits.
Rescue from Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina are the two-part versions, with songs removed and other changes.
The Glass Princess 4 is edited, with its song removed.
Selecting an individual episode of Somnambula or The Golden Horseshoes from the menu gives an easter egg featuring Baby Ribbon.
Two box sets have been released. Each collecting three of the DVDs
MiniDVDs
Three My Little Pony titles have been released on MiniDVD in Australia.
Belgium & The Netherlands (Region 2, Dutch language)
My Little Pony: De Speelfilm (The Dutch translation of The Movie) has been released by both The Sales Company and Video/Film Express.
A series of DVDs is available in Belgium and the Netherlands, including all episodes in the Dutch language, excluding De Terugkeer van Tambelon (The Return of Tambelon) and, never translated into Dutch, The Ice Cream Wars.
Four volumes were released by Bridge Entertainment Group with covers featuring the 2003 Ponies.
"Serie: Mein kleines Pony (1986)" [Series: My Little Pony (1986) (Details of German 'Mein kleines Pony' DVDs)] (in German). ZEICHENTRICKSERIEN AUF DVD.