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It does seem like the logical next step honestly. Let’s look at the past few anniversaries for example:

Fresh: The debut of the yearly crossover movie (the first of which was also made as something of a series finale should Toei have decided to pull the plug on the franchise) and a few subtle references in the show itself (off the top of my head, the wig episode had some of the townsfolk get Precure style hairdos and the finalists in the dance competition Love and the others entered were named Aurora Wave, Spiritual, and Metamorphose. Which of course were nods to the transformation calls of the previous three teams).

Happiness Charge: The first chunk of episodes had special introductions by every individual Precure from Futari to DokiDoki. There were probably a few other nods in the show itself but the only one I can remember was an almost direct homage to a side character from Yes 5 (the reporter lady had a similar name and possibly the same voice actress as the head of Nozomi’s school newspaper).

Hugtto: Some of the episode titles referenced past seasons, there were two in series crossovers (one with Futari Wa and another one that served a sort of a mini All Stars special) as well as technically two crossover movies (one normal one and a longer Futari teamup with cameos by everyone else).

So yeah, given the pattern thus far I could definitely see them doing something big for Season 20.