User blog comment:Krystalite/Pretty Cure 2016 trademark confirmed, AND I'M NOT IMPRESSED WITH IT TBH/@comment-25451319-20151023023923

Everyone, this blog post is guilty of a translation error.

The proper Japanese word for witch is "Majo". Mahou Tsukai translates as something like magic users.

So, maybe not a witch motif so much as a magician motif.