Japan Ponycon's Twitter Account Mysteriously Suspended

Sometime last week, at least by the 23rd, Japan Ponycon's Twitter Account was suspended for unknown reasons. Ironically, the convention had just announced on their Facebook page last month that they were abandoning Facebook because their audience doesn't use it.

Their website has not been updated since 2017's event and their tumblr hasn't been updated since 2015.

Is this the end of Poniko?

You will NOT click on this post.

So...

Yeah. 

Things are pretty dull around here lately. It seems like nobody has really noticed though. Most of the news is pretty small potatoes anymore. "Oh there's a new episode synopsis"..."oh there's a new preview clip"...Whoop-de-friggin-do. What really is keeping us motivated is the upcoming convention season. 

BUCK is playing their last encore this weekend, and we'll be sending a couple guys to document it. If you're in the UK, you should go toast the end of an era.

Next weekend - the 15th-17th - Midwest Media Expo will be returning, but this time in Dearborn just outside of our Detroit HQ - you can expect some pony shit going down there.

BABScon is coming up this month too from the 22nd to the 24th. That'll have some cool people, and also Chelis. Lauren "Mama" Faust will be there (too bad Hell would have to freeze over for us to talk to her) and so will Jeremy "Dragontown" Whitley so there will be some fun contrast to look forward to. Our friend Catie Wayne is going, and she's now a Voice Actress for Disney so be sure to ask her about that.

I myself will of course not be attending any of those, as the Pacific Ocean is a big thing and even I can't swim that far that fast.

I did however attend "AnimeJapan" 2 weekends ago, one of the largest Anime conventions on the planet, right in Tokyo.

Let's take a look at those pics because why the fuck not.

Japan's version of Pony Anthology - this you gotta see

Ever since Hurricane Pony made landfall on the Asian continent, bits of anime-infected debris have been washing up on our Western shores. This is the latest of such things, a set of videos best referred to as the Japanese version of Ponies: The Anthology. We've hopefully embedded them here.

Adorable Animation here - Japan Ponycon announcement

Japan Ponycon is returning in May and to promote that, they have sent us information and a brand new anime-style pony animation. And it is adorable as fuck. Read all the information below.

Horse-Dating video game, EFNW / Japan Ponycon Applications Open, Chinese robot Horse. - Tidbits

So the other conventions finally got the message and have started sending us information, which make up the majority of the tidbits. Following Galacon's lead, Japan Ponycon opened registration today. So if you're in Japan or planning to be, you can find get in on that here:
http://ponycon.jp/registration_en/

Beyond that, Everfree Northwest has opened applications for Musicians and Community Guests.
You can get that info after some other minor stuff.

Japan Ponycon releases Animated promo and...wut

Japan Ponycon is a thing that is taking place in just 2 short weeks. The con itself is in  Kawasaki,  on November 1st, 2014. Today they sent us a link to an animated promo video featuring the voice of Eile Monty. We're not going to lie here folks, we have NO idea what is going on in this video.

Pony merch to support Fukushima Earthquake orphans in Japan

Earlier this morning (or for them, late at night) Horse News received an email from the other side of the planet, regarding a charity effort in conjunction with the 2014 Japan PonyCon. The email was written in broken English, but we could make it out for the most part.

Hiro Mashima shows pony appreciation, also Xbox did a thing

Yesterday on Twitter, Japanese manga artist Hiro Mashima, tweeted a photo of a hoard of brand new My Little Pony toys, along with a bunch of moonspeak Japanese characters, which Google Translate informs us reads "I had lots of Pony Goods. Thank You.". And he isn't  the only one to let his pony flag fly.