Winx Club also first aired at 2004,and Sailor moon manga,and later anime were released in 1992. So Sailor Moon couldn’t been inspired by Winx Club. Due to the fact it came out 12 years later .
I looked it up before I received your message. It’s a reason why this line” * Insert magical girl show* is a rip off of Sailor Moon” is used quite frequently in the MG fandom. I think I never heard the line “ *Insert magical girl show* is a rip off of Winx Club” being used. I really do hate the line for real. Sailor Moon set the bar for the modern day magical girl show. So of course other shows is going to follow it’s lead,take certain things it did and make it better. It doesn’t mean they are a rip off of Sailor Moon. Even if they are who cares? SM did certain things right so they copy off of them.
Getting back to Winx Club. They took a three year hiatus between Seasons 4 ( 2009) and Season 5 ( 2012). To me that’s a telling sign that Season four should have been the end of the series.
