Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25034020-20171017030146/@comment-24947676-20171023125709

Lucky-Wisteria wrote: Animelovefan wrote: Lucky-Wisteria wrote: But like, I feel like all magical girl shows kinda've reference Sailor Moon? Just cause it was the anime that really kinda kicked off the magical girl trope? Magical Girls exists before Sailor Moon but let´s say that modern magical girl teams were stereotypized by Sailor Moon. Pretty Cure is more specific with the references (Melody´s pose, Peach´s design, Lemonade´s Prism Chain, etc. I understand, but then how is that not copyright? Even if they have different themes and characters, etc, if they have specific moments, how is that okay? Sorry, this may be a stupid question If you're talkin Sailor Moon, that's cuz both Sailor Moon and Precure are made by Toei Animation. This gives Precure the ability to legally reference Sailor Moon, since they're made by the same company.

Same goes for one season of Precure referencing other seasons of Precure - all Precure seasons are made by the same company, and they're all under the same franchise. So they can reference each other no problem.