Coinciding with the release of My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Hasbro also released eleven animated shorts, eight before the film and three after the film. They are not part of the film, but the earlier eight shorts are "tied in to it" and the later three shorts are "related to" it, according to crew; each of the later three shorts appears to correspond to a different element featured by the doll line. The shorts have been released through multiple outlets online, including the Hasbro Studios Shorts YouTube channel, Hasbro's My Little Pony Equestria Girls YouTube channel, Hasbro's My Little Pony Facebook page, a German Equestria Girls YouTube channel, and a Latin American Spanish Equestria Girls YouTube channel. According to Ishi Rudell, at least some of the shorts are "not