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''My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks'' is a 2014 Canadian–American animated musical film sequel to 2013's ''My Little Pony: Equestria Girls'', and a spin-off of the ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' animated television series. Written by Meghan McCarthy and directed by Jayson Thiessen, the film premiered in select movie theaters across the United States and Canada on September 27, 2014, which was followed by broadcast on Discovery Family, a joint venture between Discovery Communications and Hasbro, on October 17, 2014. Like the first film, ''Rainbow Rocks'' re-envisions the main characters of the series, normally ponies, as teenage human characters in a high school setting. Set between the television series' fourth and fifth seasons, the film's plot involves Princess Twilight Sparkle returning to Canterlot High School to compete in a Battle of the Bands alongside her human friends—including a reformed Sunset Shimmer—to save the school from a band of sirens from Equestria. Critical reviews have been positive, with the movie being described as "far superior" to the first installment. A third installment, titled ''Equestria Girls: Friendship Games'', received a theatrical premiere and a television network premiere on Discovery Family on September 26, 2015. ==Plot== In the human world, the students of Canterlot High School are preparing for an upcoming musical showcase, where Twilight Sparkle's human friends are to perform in their own band called the Rainbooms. They find that they assume half-pony forms whenever they play, which is caused by the Equestrian magic brought by Twilight's crown. Meanwhile, former school bully Sunset Shimmer is ostracized by the rest of the students despite her efforts to redeem herself, though Twilight's friends still value their newfound friendship with Sunset. Sunset volunteers to show three new students—Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk—around the school. The trio, who form a band called the Dazzlings, perform a magical song that drives the students to aggression and competition, and they convince the school to make the showcase a Battle of the Bands. Sunset and her friends are unaffected by the Dazzlings' spell, and they contact Equestria for help through a magical book given to Sunset by Princess Celestia. Twilight receives Sunset's message as she settles into her new castle in Equestria. She discovers that the Dazzlings are sirens exiled from Equestria who feed on negative emotions and control others through their singing. Using the book's magic to create a means of activating the portal between worlds, Twilight returns to Canterlot High alongside Spike, her dragon assistant. She and her friends attempt to use the power of friendship to lift the Dazzlings' spell, but they are unable to evoke their magic. Twilight and Sunset determine that they must use the same type of magic the Dazzlings do, and thus must perform a musical counterspell to stop them. Twilight joins the Rainbooms as lead singer, but her attempts to come up with a spell fall short. To ensure they will be able to play to the entire school when Twilight finds a solution, the Rainbooms compete in the Battle of the Bands to buy time, but they suffer from infighting due to disagreements on aspects of the band. Despite the Rainbooms' disastrous performance in the semifinal round against Trixie's band, the sirens' intervene to ensure their advancement, and then guile Trixie into trapping the Rainbooms beneath the stage to take their place. Isolated for hours, the group's tensions erupt and they begin to argue, allowing the sirens to absorb magic from them. Sunset speaks to the group to make them realize it is their infighting that is preventing Twilight's spell from working, and the group makes amends. The band is rescued by Spike and DJ Pon-3, a student protected from the Dazzlings' singing by her headphones. DJ Pon-3 provides a makeshift stage that the Rainbooms use to fight the Dazzlings in a musical battle. With the help of Sunset, who assumes her own half-pony form, the Rainbooms free the students from the Dazzlings' control and destroy the gems that empower the trio, rendering them tone deaf. Twilight and Spike return to Equestria and Sunset joins the Rainbooms, using Celestia's journal to keep in touch with Twilight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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