Winx Club and It's Many "Ripoffs"

[@lumisaa]

Thanks to everyone watching the video! I've been seeing this come up multiple times in the comments and I want to give a reminder that yes, a number of these aren't rip offs so maybe you should watch the video before writing a paragraph 😉😉😉

[@AC-dk4fp]

I understand that you're annoyed but you did choose a clickbait title that was less nuanced than your actual script on purpose and should own that decision. Engagement from people who haven't watched the video boosts it, that's why these clickbait titles are a trend its just an unfortunate side of the platform. Not sure I'd describe most of those comments as 'paragraphs either' but yes I suppose writing paragraphs about stuff you haven't watched is silly. :)

[@traumwandler8891]

W.i.t.c.h comic release started 2001 and Winx club started 2004. So who is the ripoff here?

[@quentin13765]

You still chose a clickbait title, with the characters placed in specific positions

[@shaniceisfalling]

Ripoffs is in quotation, guys, so even with the clickbait title it's pretty clear that the creator of the video is already affirming that "ripoffs" isn't an accurate way to describe these other shows. Even without watching the video. So, no, I wouldn't say these reactions in the comments are completely justified. I get what you all mean but I think the creator has a point too.

[@AC-dk4fp]

@@shaniceisfalling Headline effect is real though.

[@elenaporras3145]

I think the reason all the shows get accused of being rip offs are because they’re all clearly magical girl/anime inspired which is clearly what winx is also inspired by

[@elenaporras3145]

Also sorry if this is worded weird auto correct always does me wrong

[@Ann-vz8tz]

I remember watching transformation compilations on early youtube and it was full of "Sailor Moon ripoff" comments, probably written by still very young users, under anything that was not Sailor Moon. i would argue that Ever After High is not really anime inspired and Regal Academy... is a weird thing that was changed from serious action show to comedy after years of developement hell.

[@elenaporras3145]

@@Ann-vz8tz it sad seeing amazing shows be called rip off just because they have similar tropes

[@AC-dk4fp]

@@Ann-vz8tz Sailor Moon is generally influential though. Calling something 'influenced' or 'derivative' is a value judgement and you're allowed to make value judgements in criticism. It did basically invent the idea that a super hero story could be ultra feminine without being a parody or considering that a joke and pushed the team concept in a way previous Shoujo super hero manga like Princess Knight (or even its direct predecessor Sailor V) hadn't. It wasn't doing anything Captain Marvel didn't do in the 1930s but it also repopularised younger teens as non-side kick superheroes in Japan and probably America as well since Power Pack was about the only time that had been tried again after all the other heroes got aged up. There's a lot of feedback across different country's animation and what you think of as 'anime' inspired or not is mostly just your opinion of anime and has little to do with anything else since most Japanese childrens shows never get subtitled or released abroad. Most people wouldn't call Superman's phone booth spinning costume switch a 'transformation sequence' in spite of the massive American influence on Japanese henshin heroes of which anime characters are just a small subset of and don't know about the Linda Carter Wonder Woman references in Sailor Moon. This is normal since no one has ever watched all media that exists and we all have to start somethere. To be honest a lot of people just use 'magical girl show' as a polite way of saying 'Sailor Moon Ripoff' with how so many female henshin heroes get mislabled as magical girls no matter how more they lean into Kamen Rider, Bubblegum Crisis or mecha musume pinup art for inspiration. You can't talk about Pretty Cure for example without noting that seasons 4 and 5 were a departure from the first three season's attempt to form a more unique franchise identity and a deliberate backwards move into a more Sailor Moon inspired direction. That the same move could be called a Super Sentai vs Kamen Rider move doesn't mean much so again; calling that inspiration or stealing is just a matter of politeness.

[@Gafafsg]

@@AC-dk4fpcalling something plagiarism and correctly stating that inspiration is taken are very much not the same thing

[@cheyennec5546]

Lolirock is nowhere near a ripoff a WINX, but is most definitely a “Sailor-Moon-at-home” western anime cartoon.

[@Yomixx_Ayomi]

Yeah

[@PasteilloTheCat]

Lolirock I believe was made in France or is French? Don't remember, my memory be a little funky rn.

[@aradcohen4309]

​@@PasteilloTheCat it's french canadian it was made by the same company that made totally spies

[@PasteilloTheCat]

@@aradcohen4309 ah I was partial right then! Thank you for the correction. :]

[@aradcohen4309]

@@PasteilloTheCat no problem

[@PancakesVanilla]

Tbh never thought of any of these as "rip-off", for me they were just cartoon with similar theme

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Agreed

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Same here

[@Evibbles]

and that was the point she was making in her video, many saw them as rip offs because we automatically link similar things together, when really the only similarity is they all fall in a western version of the magical girl genre

[@Emily-cw7tj]

@@Evibbles I noticed that too and recognized those points too.

[@Emily-cw7tj]

@@Evibbles like how Pokémon and Digimon have similar names and both involve monsters but aren't actually rip offs of each other it's just the similar names being linked to them?

[@jemjam4077]

Why are we pitting powerful women against each other

[@Floral_Feathers2.0]

cause its fun

[@veen-a2092]

staaap😂😂😂😂

[@dvreaux]

Eattt

[@serenitysubs933]

Women? They're barely through middle school

[@rentacop7038]

Middle schoolers don't look like that!​@@serenitysubs933

[@christopher9306]

I’m quite sure the reason EAH ended was because at the time Mattel had a deal with Disney to produce toys for them. But when Mattel came up with EAH, they felt like it’s a stab in the back because *only the big mouse company can make fairy tale media and merchandise!!!!* which is why they moved onto creating Descendants. Then internal drama in between, Mattel was pulled from producing toys and they went on to collaborate with Jakks Pacific. Disney and Mattel seem to have reconciled in recent years tho.

[@lofelife9143]

You do realize that EAH isn’t base on disney fairytale but brother Grimm who written original fairytales such as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty etc and other authors such as Hans Christian Andersen who wrote little mermaid until Disney used their stories and changed it to kid friendly version so Disney is sensitive over simple things heck Disney copied so many things such as a anime called Kimba the white lion that was released back in the 60s guess what Disney copied them and honestly they have no right to feel betrayed what Mattel did tbh

[@christopher9306]

@@lofelife9143 yeah I’m aware of it. Unfortunately fairy tales are now mostly associated with DisKnee. True they copied those classic fairy tales and put their own kid friendly twist to it, but to the big mouse company, it’s more of “mine is better lol” instead of who did it first.

[@lofelife9143]

@@christopher9306 Thats true and they’re stupid thinking like that and Mattel should continue making EAH series cause its way better then what DisKnee does 😂

[@JaneDoeValentine]

@@lofelife9143unfortunately it’s about marketing and optics. It seems like Mattel felt that they couldn’t complete with Disney and would lose money so they pulled the dolls before that could happen

[@Wassupmeh]

Yeh i actualy own a disney mattel doll from 2023.

[@VilmaLazzarini]

lolirock,W.I.T.CH and winx club are not rip offs

[@Andrewkenyagah26234]

Yea w.i.t.c.h came way before Winx club came

[@Starlight_0ne_1]

​@@Andrewkenyagah26234it didn't winx was a thing since 1999 and witch was a thing since 2001

[@itsleana2971]

Not true winx club came before w.i.t.c.h

[@sakunaruful]

If we’re talking about the comics, W.I.T.C.H. came before winx club. If we’re talking about the cartoon, Winx Club came out a year before W.I.T.C.H..

[@Yoonmisbaby849]

@@sakunaruful 2 years actually

[@NeginCho]

i dont understand the "transformations" part as copied from winx club. Like legit every magical girl series has transformations and if any of them might have stolen it from winx , then they have stolen it form sailor moon or whatever anime xD Some people just wanna shade. im glad how you pointed out its pretty ridiculous

[@AC-dk4fp]

Cardcaptor Sakura doesn't have transformations and Sailor Moon is mostly based on older American super heroes which also have them yet nobody accuses Max Steel of ripping off anime for some reason. Its not even a girl media thing since stuff gets accused of ripping off Pokemon far more than stuff gets accused of ripping off Sailor Moon.

[@Evibbles]

because in the early 2000s when all these shows were airing none of us really knew about anime aside from a handful that made it worldwide, so we didn't know that magical girl was its own genre

[@AC-dk4fp]

@@Evibbles Mahou Shoujo is more of a genre in the sense that Westerns are a genre than how say Murder Mystery is a genre and while European shows like Winx Club and W.I.T.C.H. count there are plenty of Japanese shows like Mai Hime, Symphogear and Kill La Kill which get included incorrectly and ones like Little Witch Academia that get excluded incorrectly. Sailor Moon has transformations because its a Sentai show not because its a Magical Girl one. Its the makeup and dress up theme to the transformations that make them Magical Girl rather than regular Japanese Henshin Hero ones.

[@Evibbles]

@@AC-dk4fp yes but my point is that you can't say one show is copying another show based purely on its most basic premise (in this case Magical Girl) because if that's the only similarities it shares then they are still completely separate shows. Regal Academy and Ever After High are often compared because both stripped to the bare bones are about a highschool of the descendants of fairytale characters, but you look any deeper and they aren't at all similar

[@AC-dk4fp]

@@Evibbles Two shows can be thematically similar on a deep level while having different character arcs and story structures. There's a difference between a complete copy and a modified copy. Taking simple facts about borrowed elements and sources as some kind of personal insult to the fandom can be as immature as insulting things on purpose. Intertextuality is key to how genres work you can't just use genre to excuse unoriginality. Copying should be a neutral issue.

[@SailorSetsuna7]

Am I the only one who grew up with both W.I.T.C.H. and Winx Club and never considered them a rip-off of one another? The only similarity they had was about the group being magical girls and I was around 7 years old when I tought so.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

You’re not the only one

[@EMPEROR523]

Same

[@Evibbles]

my sister loved witch, I loved winx, we happily coexisted enjoying our respective magical girls

[@Mcherri]

Same I just recently bought the DVD’s for W.I.T.C.H. Season 1 I did have volume 1 but wanted all of them managed to find them and Winx club season 1 and 2 on dvd I grew up and loved these DVD’s my originals got stolen so had to find them again I mean I’m 25 and I still watch them they are like a life line to me.

[@NightLunaLia]

Winx is in fact,iginio copyed a lot of witch

[@BarbieAngel-ze5ie]

And that’s the thing: I don’t wanna pick! Each doll line/girl targeted show taught me a lesson or entertained me one way or another, why should I have to pick?

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Thank you! Why not both!?

[@Luvelyte]

I want a crossover.

[@digitalzealot7026]

I think the WITCH and Winx thing is just a case of parallel thinking, so its unfair to call either of them ripoffs of each other, or that one is better than the other Great video 😭 Especially the segement at the end 🤗

[@OpticalSorcerer]

It was just convenience, I'm sure; if I recall correctly, when Disney sued Iginio, he showed production for Winx Club began before W.I.T.C.H. came out (which means no one copied the other; just two similar-ish) ideas at the same time.

[@chenillesagoe6348]

Makes sense now

[@winxclubcomejointheclub6066]

Finally,people accept the fact neither are knock-offs!(I haven't seen this kind of people since I entered the W.i.t.c.h fandom!)

[@bclp005]

True! That's why none of them are rip-offs

[@nostalgica3609]

I like them both and no one can change my opinion

[@SunburstSenshi]

Omg I was gonna say Lolirock reminded me more of Pretty Cure than Winx Club, and then I saw that quote how Pretty Cure was one of the inspirations! 😂

[@nourbahroun7811]

Same

[@remixchild]

Preety cure was a sailor moon ripoff

[@WinxClubNewsflash]

4:21 "They team up to protect Earth from grammar" killed me omfg 😭

[@chenillesagoe6348]

Hi Tony, nice to see you

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

True.

[@straw-b6f]

Yesterday I binged watched Equestria Girls. And now I understand why I’m obsessed with magical girls

[@orangeslash1667]

Well are you a girl???

[@be9902]

If we gonna go down this road, Winx club is also a rip off of Sailor Moon. (Basically every magical girl/fairy/female warrior show)

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Yup

[@lj3830]

"Basically every magical girl/fairy/female warrior show" Ah yes lets forget that magical girl is a genre.

[@forsythia-me2lx]

Like you said, we can easily argue that winx club is a ripoff of magical girl animes if we’re going down the originality route. Originality is a weak argument anyway, its too late in human history to look for anything original anymore. To any creatives out there, don’t be discouraged by conversations like this

[@sonicwontletmeleave]

the 4kids winx club intro is sooo cunty like i am obsessed

[@Wassupmeh]

I grew up with the dutch dub of winx. But i have to say the 4kids intro is indeed amazing.

[@peachesandcream22]

I have grown up with original intro, not 4Kids ver., so the OG remains the best for me. The melody is inspirational, cheerful and also a bit melancholic.

[@Lucylu644]

But is it as cunty as the Italian intro?

[@ihatehumans487]

​@@peachesandcream22.

[@DespinaTintzoglidou]

The only good thing about the 4kids dub

[@kajibojki1369]

I remember the time of W.I.T.C.H. and Winx rivarly. I don't know how much rivarly had been doing now but I remember several blogs or fanfics where these two teams were fighting against each other. Specifically one blog where it was told not only by text but also gifs which enhanced the experience. I grew up with both. W.I.T.C.H. was earlier in my childhood and even had these comic magazines. While winx I stumbled upon once in vacation and years later before teenhood went into winx as animated W.I.T.C.H. ended with second season and no idea what happened. But later learned it got at least completed in the comics. I had dvds of angels friends after I stopped watching winx and then get into Lolirock. Learning about the overall MAgical girl genre. Got into precure and pretty much... I'm chill with all the shows you presented here. Maybe except ladybug but that's different hellhole.

[@joshuawizard2027]

I didn’t even know there was a fan war between Witch and Winx. I like both😂

[@rcmero]

I remember catching glimpses of WITCH covers in passing in the 2000s, and at the time I genuinely thought that it could be at least tangentially related to Winx Club. I literally knew nothing else about it other that it looked like Winx Club. And yes, I'm sick and tired of everyone claiming that LoliRock is a shameless Winx Club ripoff. And I grew up with both LoliRock and Winx Club so I know what I'm talking about.

[@Goleon]

When you mention how companies try to pit girls and women against each other with their products my mind was like “Jokes on them, I never fell for it. I just buy whatever I want and it’s everything or close to it at least.”. Like I’m proud to say that I am a Winx and W.I.T.C.H. fan.

[@arlekino0792]

Maaaaan, WITCH is like more of an action show (Ben 10, Teen Titans) than a magical girl one. It's even not that girly XD

[@BarbieAngel-ze5ie]

The only thing I seen that was girly of W.I.T.C.H was the magazine covers 😭

[@Emily-cw7tj]

​@@BarbieAngel-ze5ieand it starts with the letter W

[@sissysovereign1294]

For real the only thing that screamed "magical girl" to me in the show was the group's transformation, and even then it was hardly girly despite them resembling faeries in their "witch" forms.

[@basedblackbeard4456]

​@@Emily-cw7tjbased

[@mythanita4292]

Magical girl shows are action shows

[@GamerSisters]

I didn't know the beef between Winx and W.I.T.C.H. was that bad, i loved both shows a lot tbh because i was obsessed with fairies and magical girls. And while i was very young when Winx started, WITCH was during the beggining of my teenage years so it was a refreshing slightly more mature show that still appealed to my child brain. But i did know that there was this weird stugma that Winx was fir preppy girly girls and WITCH was for tomboy edgy girls. It was a little weird. But i didnt know disney trued to kill winx for like no reason, but I shouldn't be surprised...

[@Emily-cw7tj]

I loved both shows too

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

@@Emily-cw7tj Same.

[@NeneSims21]

same!!!!

[@wonderingmind8547]

I am so glad that I never forced myself into a box by choosing which show or brand I liked better. I like frilly girl things like Winx and Barbie portray, but I also like W.I.T.C.H and Bratz grittier and y2k style. But I am all about being dynamic and switching up my style constantly.😂😂

[@AngelicMilkyYT]

Same I don’t know why people think they have to pick one thing when they could choose both

[@bloomeraklyon5842]

The fact you left out mia and me 😢😭 (nothing the show isn't used to)

[@riceballmari]

omg i miss that show but i get why it’s not that talked about

[@PasteilloTheCat]

Omg fr

[@Natalielovescats]

I also watched that

[@Walk_da_plank]

Hear me out: imagine if in Angels Friends they transformed into biblically accurate angels

[@AllyInReality]

U tryin to scare kids or something? 🤣

[@Walk_da_plank]

@@AllyInRealityyes, yes I am

[@AllyInReality]

@@Walk_da_plank hero

[@kenslycarpel3140]

@@Walk_da_plankIt depends though, biblically accurate angels all look different because of their categories. The ones we’re used to seeing in media are accurate, but are of a lower rank, it’s once you get to the higher ranks that you start seeing the freaky stuff. Although, imagine how cool it could be if they could slide back and forth between the conventional and non-conventional look if they ever want to intimidate someone.

[@peppasfrontface_]

Seraphims gotta be the coolest looking angels tho​@@kenslycarpel3140

[@eddog6666]

Actually W.I.T.C.H. Is not a copycat of the Winx because they came out at the same time 2004. However W.I.T.C.H. Was supposed to air in 2003 but there was too many PG13 scenes that it took a full year to re-edit the show

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Thank you

[@chenillesagoe6348]

Oh I didn't know that

[@albrtw]

And W.I.T.C.H comics appeared before Winx.

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

@@albrtw Precisely.

[@sarahtelles1931]

Didn't W.I.T.C.H. exist in America in book form first . and at least one of these was also made by Igenio Straffi. That's like saying because Creamy Mami exists then Sailor Moon, the more known Magical girl anime and every other magical girl anime, shouldn't.

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Yes it did

[@olivergaspar6729]

Calling anything a winx club ripoff is a bit strong when winx club is already a sailor moon ripoff 😂

[@lj3830]

I don't agree with her but calling winx club a ripoff of sailor moon is just ridiculous when the creator has stated many times that the show was just inspired by it.

[@AC-dk4fp]

@Arealgenwunner Sailor Moon is basically nothing like Cutie Honey which only got retooled to be more magical girl like in a post Sailor Moon reboot. Cutie Honey was already a ripoff of a male superhero called Rainbowman. The original Sailor V manga was a mix of Sukeban Denka, Minky Momo and Wonder Woman (the live action tv version) its just American anime nerds who deny American influence on manga that play up Naoko having also acknowledged Cutie Honey. Toei animation then mixed Sailor V with Super Sentai and worked with Naoko to make Sailor Moon.

[@Squiggy8440]

Fun fact: lolirock’s team is considering a season 3 to finish up the series though we won’t know til atleast 2025 on full confirmation

[@CyanHope]

Lolirock season three was officially confirmed not too long ago

[@doyoueverwonderjustwhy2003]

I know ! I’m so exited !!! ❣️❣️❣️ I love lolirock even after all these years 😁😁

[@Natalielovescats]

:0 so there's going to be new episodes yasssssssssssssssssss

[@taniyahaugustin1960]

Angel friends is so understated despite the horrible dub the plot and character designs are pretty good! (Sulfus was one of my childhood crushes LMAO And I'm pretty sure this show was why I'm obsessed with the enemies to lovers trope till this day )

[@한때천사였던]

It's called magical girls

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Agreed

[@DanielleKanyinda]

Fr

[@jaygrvnt]

On the topic of Winx X W.I.T.C.H., I think both shows are equally good. I was a huge W.I.T.C.H. fan on my ealry childhood (I was 5 when the show came out) and later on, Winx was booming here in Portugal, and I fell in love with it as well. Both show kinda overlaps on their premises, but they're visually so different. Winx is so bright and colorful, which was very appealing for me growing up, while W.I.T.C.H. is more gloomy and "edgy" (hate that word lol), which is something that I prefer more nowadays being almost 25 years old. Both are great shows with awesome world-building and character development

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

Me too.

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

These shows are animated beautifully.

[@Freshmarketflesh]

I used to love both witch and Winx club. All of my cousins who were girls loved both witch and Winx club too. It was very surprising to me that there was fighting between the fandoms.

[@neoinfinity5204]

In my region Witch is far more popular than Winx club having darker mature theme that attracted boys compared to more girly Barbie theme with underrated great plot.

[@OpticalSorcerer]

I always preferred WC to W.I.T.C.H., and I wonder what would've happened if Disney never sued Iginio and worked with him the later seasons instead of Nick (or at least the upcoming reboot).

[@chenillesagoe6348]

Oof.... the drama🤭🤭 Thomas Vaccaro mentioned that in his how Nick nearly killed Winx Club

[@OpticalSorcerer]

@@chenillesagoe6348 Season 4 was bad, but the Nick seasons were worse.

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

@@chenillesagoe6348 Exactly.

[@chenillesagoe6348]

The fandom war never ends🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 The drama between Winx Club and W. I T.C.H First of all the protagonists are redheads, both came out in 2004, both magical girl shows✨🌟 (Sam is a redhead from Totally Spies and Kim from Kim Possible is a redhead to). As a Winx fangirl I have a feeling that Netflix messed with the wrong magical girl for a live action Adaptation...... FATE: THE WINX SAGA!!!! MORE LIKE WINGLESS FAIRY, DARK ACADEMIA SAGA 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😠😡😡😡😡😡

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Not everything needs to be a not to be a gritty reboot the SpongeBob SquarePants and wix Unite doing the Cyclops in Street Fighter Ryu handshake doing the X-Men versus Street Fighter handshake

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Not everything needs to be a not to be a gritty reboot the SpongeBob SquarePants and wix Unite doing the Cyclops in Street Fighter Ryu handshake doing the X-Men versus Street Fighter handshake

[@chenillesagoe6348]

@@JuanGomez-ke5py True that's why Iginio is planning to make another live action...I wish Greta Gerwig directed Live Action Winx

[@Natalielovescats]

@@chenillesagoe6348yup I agree I couldn't even watch the first part of it then I just decided not to watch it at all

[@serenitydoesthings]

Witch isn't an Italian cartoon. It's an American cartoon based on an Italian comic

[@chenillesagoe6348]

But I thought it was French

[@serenitydoesthings]

@@chenillesagoe6348 is there a reason for that?

[@albrtw]

It was made day French studio.

[@serenitydoesthings]

@@albrtw rainbow spa is an Italian studio

[@xstarrycity3627]

some of these comments aint it;;; If I see one more person claim that Sailor Mon started the magical girl genre I'm getting heartburn I get where the sentiment is coming from but its still wildly inaccurate, it's like saying Persona 3 started the Persona series. Not to mention the fact that Sailor Moon has quite a lot more in common with super sentai shows like Power Rangers or Kamen Rider. Sometimes shows/franchises will have tropes in common and that's fine. Tropes are tools for stories after all.

[@xstarrycity3627]

@@Timepilot94 not to mention magical girls started out as witches, some shows being inspired by Bewitched, like Sally the Witch that you mentioned. I'm just so annoyed at some comments cause like...imagine someone saying Naruto started shounen or something.

[@willvandom5105]

I loved everything you said! Those fanwars made me believe I had to pick one side, but after watching both WITCH and Winx, I see it completely the other way around! It is so beautiful that we have more than one show made for us with our silly little interest for fairies, girl friends groups, colorful, pretty characters, and worlds

[@WilsakoGaming_Official]

Usasana I'm so glad that acknowledge that lolirock and angel friends took inspiration from anime's like PreCure and Sailor Moon.

[@Neala._.]

Honestly I just heard of angel friends and I would definitely like that

[@slaypa]

lolirock is definitely get inspired by sailor moon and precure, design wise lolirock is so precure coded (in a good way ofc)

[@nuppuiines]

W.i.t.c.h started before winx club (the first magazine was released 2001), so that definitely has no reason to be accused of being a ripoff of winx club

[@Willisoutforblood]

YOU GLORIOUS WONDEROUS HUMAN BEING this video shows up on my recommended days after I try searching for winx copycats this is a gift!!!!

[@elipsis7651]

Before anyone gets angry in the comments, just knows she's not calling these shows ripoffs, just judging whether they are or not. And she decides that they are not ripoffs

[@-Secret]

Just because it has magic does NOT make it a rip-off

[@Mary_Studios]

Me who watched Winx Club and W.I.T.C.H. in my teen years agrees completly that they're diffrent 100%. Now where can I watch Regal Academy?

[@bb-nq9ho]

i agree that they aren't rip offs but winx's impact is too often downplayed. it influenced a lot of stuff that came after it especially in barbie and mlp

[@bb-nq9ho]

winx artsyle also clearly influenced monster high

[@Natalielovescats]

@@bb-nq9hoand ever after high because both are the same but also different they also have one character in both shows and u can see the other show in the other one u can see monster high in ever after high and the other way around

[@Natalielovescats]

Sorry for no punctuation I have a hard time finding where to put them

[@vandemark1760]

Tbh even as a guy I liked both WITCH and Winx Club for different reasons. I knew WITCH first from the comics, and the art style was inspiring to me as an artist. Same with Winx, which embodied that magical school energy I loved since I read the Harry Potter novels. I don't know, perhaps with guys we don't see a reason for similar shows to compete, but instead we see there's something else that takes a similar idea in a different direction and go; "Great, more stuff to fanboy over!" Can't speak for Angel Friends though, not really a fan of the art style. Lolirock was nice though.

[@Clownie_P]

I love both Witch and Winx. I watched both 🥰 I gotta say though, Witch has way better writing in my opinion.

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

Yep.

[@CocatGaming]

The fact that you know both Precure and Pretty Rhythm makes you amazing.

[@serPomiz]

lil'correction, the italian comic scene is pretty wide, the specific "for teenage girl" part of it is relatively small (and magical/tokusatsu inspired used to be even rarer, due to italy consistent habit of importing the mangas straight) so a runaway IP and a disney-backed one in the setting were fine dining for the fan of the genre, and the shows only added to that

[@manuproulx2764]

Angel's friends is not a rip off of Winx Club! They aren't even the same shows!

[@bebebongBaebae]

Rewatch the critic with more attention

[@manuproulx2764]

@Timepilot94 Though, it's a shame that neither the show nor the comics actually got finished. They both finished on a cliffhanger, and I never understood why.

[@datprawn4850]

Fan 1: I can’t believe this, they stole this idea from Winx Club. Fan 2: Yeah well Winx Club stole it from Sailor Moon. Fan 3: Everything is stolen these days. Even this joke is a ripoff from The Simpsons.

[@Catboy_Disaster]

Fun fact about Lolirock (WITH MASSIVE SPOILERS), FINAL SPOILER WARNING At the end of the final season before the show was cancelled, the main villain was defeated. However, one of the "evil" (theyre just kinda goofy tbh) twins, the brother, is CANONICALLY KILLED OFF IN FRONT OF HIS SISTER (we don't see the body so he's probably alive maybe) accidentally by the heroines, which motivates the sister to use the power that the former main baddy used. It ends with a reflection/musing from the protag after the sister threatened everyone and swore revenge

[@Natalielovescats]

Oh then I guess I did already watch the new episodes Oof

[@lrk54ever]

about angel’s friends- i think it gets way less attention than it deserves! yes it has a lot of flaws but the end of season plot twist, limbo trapped lady shipping the mcs (for evil reasons ofc), and simple episodes about the angel vs devil shenanigans were actually pretty riveting! i’ve seen barely any discussion of it sadly :( the whole series is even free on youtube!

[@animejunkynumero1XD]

bro i love both winx and w.i.t.c.h they have a special place in my heart and i will forever love them

[@alien_fairy1973]

It's not a ripoff, it's just a genre called mahou shoujo or in English: magical girls. Can you stop pitting these incredible shows against each other. Each series has different plot and characters.

[@Moonlight_Garden199]

People who compare ever after high and winx never watched either one of them same with people who compare Lolirock, winx

[@Natalielovescats]

Yup none of them are the same well not really both are all or almost all girls and have magic and things like that but other then that nothing is the same exact thing enough to make it a rip off

[@Moonlight_Garden199]

@@Natalielovescats yeah but with ever after high it’s just a story about different fairy tales kids and their destiny and how the evil queen child want to changes hers for the better. Lolirock is about a three young girl who have to find gems (forgot what they was called) while fighting off the two twins who make different monsters every time and they need those gem stones to repair the crown and defeat what his name so they can save their homeland and parents So I don’t understand how people can compare them and be like “yep that’s a rip off” like winx club is just about them living in fairy school while fighting off the revival school now world off winx is them pretending to be humans while being on a tv show so they can find these different people who are in danger to save them before it’s too late

[@Natalielovescats]

@@Moonlight_Garden199 I never said they were the same I said the only thing that’s the same is there is girls in both or all and they have magic and are almost always fighting for something

[@Natalielovescats]

I also watched all of them so I know what you are talking about

[@Moonlight_Garden199]

@@Natalielovescats yeah I was agreeing with you sorry if it came off weird lol

[@berserker3414]

Why is Witch in the miniature??? That's kinda offensive, it was my fav show back then and it's its own thing. I think it was a case of converging evolution in media. Similar to Pokémon and Digimon (animes), they came in the same time but each one had different intentions and concepts behind and people just linked them together. Pokémon focuses in combat and episodic series, Digimon has a sci-fi ambient, the creatures talk and aren't captured (they were trying to do a tamagotchi for "boys") and the show is more linear. The only thing they have in common is weird animals that evolve (even each evolution system is different in both) and fight. Witch and Winx are magical girls

[@Sn0wy_H]

Im happy that Regal Academy got mentioned 😭

[@finkyou]

About Descendants vs EAH: Just like the lawsuit with W.i.t.c.h vs Winx Disney didn´t like EAH. If I remember right this is why Mattel lost the Disney licence and Hasbro got it instead. Because they couldn´t have EAH while they planned on making descendants. Because these two lines couldn´t have co-existed. Because Disney needs to own a monopoly. Hypocritical since Disney is famous for adapting stories from the public domain. Disney ending their license with Mattel is part of why EAH was canceled and why MH had the reboot. Since Mattel lost money without the Disney princess line. Edit: don't take this fully as gospel. Just as any comment you see online, you should take it with a grain of salt. I might have misremembered some facts.

[@middleeasternforhire8985]

The sad part is eah was so beautiful but Decendanse was the cringiest disny show ive ever seen

[@ririrolland5132]

The studio that made the anime closed too, if they had continued the quality would have changed a lot

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

Disney is so sneaky.

[@Fazanaskrzypce]

Witch starter as an comica in 2001 and IT was older than Winx

[@lj3830]

Yeah sure but winx started development in 1999.

[@Fazanaskrzypce]

But Witch development I thingk started earlier.@@lj3830

[@albrtw]

@@lj3830 If the W.I.T.C.H comics were RELEASED in 2001, it is logical that they began to be developed even earlier than Winx.

[@amandalabancz2658]

I grew up with both winx and w.i.t.c.h. I loved both but I lean more towards witch just because I liked the darker tones of it maybe but to this day still love both

[@blossomscene]

“winx ripoff” but it’s really just another magical girl show

[@Elvenova]

witch was more accessible to me as a child so witch has my heart til the end

[@rentacop7038]

Facts w.i.t.c.h was honestly better imo

[@katehot]

@@rentacop7038story telling wise yeah.

[@prowlandsasuke]

Also most of all the Angel's friends English voice actors have the 4 kids winx club voice actors. This isnt just raf and mikki. Gas, sulfus, actually everyone has a 4 kids voice actor from winx club.

[@aradcohen4309]

Same with the hebrew dub most of the voice actors in angel's friends also worked on winx

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

True.

[@leycylinappiah5503]

But ngl LoliRock is really good 👌🏾✨I'm still waiting for the third season 🤞🏾

[@doyoueverwonderjustwhy2003]

Actually same ! I absolutely love lolirock and I’m so exited for season 3 . I’m glad some people are still into it 😁😁😁❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@SizzlingSocks]

REAL

[@Natalielovescats]

I watched Lolirock monster high ever after high regal academy and winx club and probably lots of other ones and I loved them all but not the newer ones not sure about the newer Lolirock and other things like that tho because I did not know they were making new episodes

[@lordronn472]

W.I.T.C.H. wasn't a copy at all! It was very different, I wouldn't even call it a copy of Avatar the last Airbender! And speaking of that I wouldn't mind some really well cast, well written and most importantly wokeness free Netflix live action series of W.I.T.C.H.!

[@albrtw]

Not to mention that W.I.T.C.H comics appeared before Winx.

[@noorbohamad5796]

Does “wokeness free” mean LGBT free? then yeah I agree that pretty much everything should be LGBT free now if you’re basically whining about the whole harmless POC representation thing then idk

[@lordronn472]

@@noorbohamad5796 that POC ''representation'' is done on the basis of white characters and white cultures! I am West Asian myself and I HATE THAT! We see vikings are being portrayed by black actors for heavens sake, how can ANYONE be ok with that and then cmplain about whitewashing?

[@mysticimaginations]

i was never aware of the lawsuit between winx club and w.i.t.c.h, as i child i loved to watch both of them and never heard about the rivalry so that is news to me

[@ivykairuthi18]

Its always a "lost" human girl who later discovers she has magic roots and she might actually not be human or she is half human😅... don't forget the adoptive parents. I loved all the shows.

[@Thtgirlzaylee]

Lolirock isnt a ripoff of winx at all. Its nothing like it expect for the transformation. If anything its closer to miraculous because of the jewels. But i honestly love both.

[@just_foxy35]

the whole reasoning why they might be rip offs/ knock offs is because all are western made anime inspired media they might be visually similar, if they are from the same sort of a time. you see that across all genres/ cartoons/ media. plus ever after high is more what if monster high but fairy tale characters, not edgy monsters (and I believe are by the same toy company anyway) then also I thought w.i.t.c.h. was comics first and the show later ? I mean my older sister had a WHOLE COLLECTION of the magazines with mainly only the comics in them, still should have the absolute unit of a binder with the like first release of those somewhere. They only started re-releasing in my area around the same time winx started airing (and I think I actually got to know about winx from a cd packed as a gift in one of these other already established media magazines) at which point my sister already had her magazine collection and then angel friends, a show I was also familiar with around the time of release, clearly pulling from the same sort of a magical girls media genre blueprint, because it is quite enjoyable format. saying it's a rip off is like calling all romance genre books rip off from one another, or all horror media. they follow certain things which are characteristic for the genre they are made as. A western magical girl media will have: magical girl group, a leader the consumer of media can project onto, relatable enough rest of the group likely based on tropes to offer diversity for relating, a love interest from possibly rival group as it is a girl targeted media and rivalry creates conflict which is important for story/relationship progression, and, some overarching evil force for the heroes to fight that's just all stories ever babe, like what ? genuine confusion ??

[@Natalielovescats]

Yup monster high and ever after high are basically the same like u said but also different

[@DakiJeon]

W.I.T.C.H. came out around the same time as winx club.

[@kuromicinnamon_error666]

witch was before winx club I remeber being like 6-10 buying comics. And yea they had carttoon long after comics but still... you rather agure that was otherwise if comes to witch and winx club (btw. I like both i just seying witch wast starting off magicial girl thingy in europe)

[@lauranadia0]

i loved every single one of these as a kid. never realised they were seen as rip offs of one another before this.

[@avivagodfrey]

Closing arguments about girls always being pitted against each other is so true. But I don't think it's the men doing it, love. Women really do do it to themselves.

[@noorbohamad5796]

so you KNOW that it IS the males doing it love

[@MmmmMmmm-dl4hb]

ok guys so winx is one of my fave but not just winx more but like not just winx

[@Porcelaindoll-3]

There is literally NO WAY you called lolirock a wind ripoff

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Thank you for not saying Winx wasn't a rip off of Sailor Moon 😡

[@Ann-vz8tz]

I kind of disagree. This kind of rivarlies are common, especially among younger fans, regardless of gender. From what I see in the Internet and my male relatives: Marvel vs DC Console fanboy wars Pokemon vs Digimon vs Yu-gi-oh Star wars vs Star Trek Gundam vs Macross vs Transformers Cartoons vs Anime And probably a lot more. If you are into girly stuff more and not passionate for those things, you probably did not notice (and I did not when I was younger). And whole "Barbie vs Bratz" thing was the only one I would call true brand rivalry? I'm a bit older, but I feel like the whole Tik Tok trend "who you were in your childhood" is not about for choosing one thing and disliking others - it just choosing which one you liked the most? And mid 2000s were years when magical girl/girly cartoons/doll brands were thriving and there was a lot to choose from. As I said, those are kids/teens brands and this "X vs Y" is typical thing for kids and playground fights - and now after years people are nostalgic for that peroid. And "oh, X is ripoff of Y" is typical of younger teeagers that are starting to recognize patterns in stories, but not to an extend to accept that everything is inspired by something and there is nothing fully original, that genres exist for a reason etc. I get you are trying to say maybe people should think about some societal problems/examine your life a bit more etc - and thats valid! i just think in this case it's overreaching and not really unique to "girls brands" and women. Sorry for awkard English, I'm not a native speaker.

[@AC-dk4fp]

I think she's over-reaching but for rhetorical reasons so it doesn't bother me much. Is she really wrong that there's less 'who wins in a fight' discussions? Pokemon has rip-off discourse as does anime vs everything but Star Wars vs Star Trek doesn't.

[@Ann-vz8tz]

@@AC-dk4fpStar Trek and Star Wars were pitted againt each other hard in the past, now it mellowed down a lot. I honestly never saw much difference in amount of those discussions among stuff girls are more into and boys are more into, comparing myself and my male cousins of the same age

[@SYEJ92]

W.I.T.C.H came before Winx, what are you talking about ?????

[@albrtw]

True!!!

[@elafila6883]

they arent really rip offs magical girls theme were already popping off like crazy with precure and sailor moon from japan so if anything winx is a rip off in and of itself edit: 5:30 oh, you just said it lmao my bad

[@AC-dk4fp]

Precure is the same year as Winx and W.I.T.C.H. (on TV) and Lyrical Nanoha which was the first succesful magical girl tv series for teenage boys. There's a big time gap between Sailor Moon which began and ended in the 90s and these 2004 franchises.

[@elafila6883]

@@AC-dk4fp the gap is certainly true but the impact of sailor moon is undeniable especially through the 90s and early 2000s

[@sagittariusseiya8310]

@@AC-dk4fp Same goes to Precure.

[@themangomanjuice]

Very interesting, I didn’t realize how many clone shows were made of this. I remember seeing Winx and a few of these clone shows on cable a few times as a child though.

[@magnus6262]

I remember angel friends being so much fun. But also so much wasted potential. I just wanted more!!!!!!!!

[@Evibbles]

you only really see this "there can only be one" mentality with western media, look at Japanese anime and how many Magical Girl animes could coexist at the same time and you never see anyone fighting that A is better than B, but you look at western cartoons and its suddenly a war over which is better and your preference is expected to define your entire personality

[@AC-dk4fp]

That's not true sadly pretty much none of the Japanese magical girl series were contemporary. There haven't been many competing Japanese series since the 90s post Sailor Moon boom. Its basically Minky Momo (reboot) ->Sailor Moon->Cardcaptor Sakura->Tokyo Mew Mew->Ojomajo Doreimi->PreCure so much Precure onwards forever in a sequence with no overlap outside of the few years ShugoChara ran at the same time as PreCure. Then every 2 years there's a late night magical girl themed show for adults that's simultaneous with a precure but doesn't go past one cour.. You just get a bunch of random female super hero shows with no magical girl tropes mislabled by westerners who don't know that Henshin is a very widespread concept to inflate the numbers. Shonen action manga fans hate fans of rival series all the time its normal.

[@santana2435]

w.i.t.c.h. being the best of the rest of the flops mentioned i know thats right

[@nikitagrum4456]

GIRL’S GENERATION MAKE YOU FEEL THE HEAT Also I totally disagree, the Italian intro is soo much better and suits the show more

[@Sweenymee]

W.I.T.C.H was never a rippoff of Winx. It was it's own thing, and got canceled because people thought it was like Winx. I've always found W.I.T.C.H. to be much cooler and adult than Winx. When it was shown on tv in the early 2000s I even hated Winx because I felt like that was the bad childish ripoff of W.I.T.C.H. the magazines was the big thing with it. I would love a live action W.I.T.C.H. when I was a kid I dreamed of playing Taranee, or Will would probably fit better since she's white. Now I love the first four seasons of winx. The ones after that ain't my cup of tea. That Roxy should have had a bigger role, and the worst thing was when they aged them down to student's at alfea again. Roxy should kind of stay a student, but the og winx club should have become teacers or guardians of earth(as they did in the fourth one), or orher guardians of their own planets.

[@lj3830]

Winx is not a ripoff of witch either its ironic that you said witch is its own thing but called winx a ripoff when it is also its own thing. "got canceled because people thought it was like Winx" Witch fans really like to think that winx was the sole reason that the witch tv series died out when thats not the real reason, the reason was because on how the tv series changes too much from the comics. Many people who grew up loving the comics weren't happy with the changes that the show made. "I even hated Winx" A bit of a contradictory here when later, you said that you loved the first four seasons of winx.

[@Sweenymee]

@@lj3830 if you read what I wrote; I thought it was a ripp off of witch maybe 20 years ago. When I was 12 I researched it and found that they were both Italian cartoons inspired by stuff like sailor moon and Tokio mew mew that came out around the same time. Now I find Winx to be good in it's own way. Up until the fifth season. That is when I feel like the wrighters just went away from the source material. I've always loved tecna. She is best 10 out of 10. I always watched tecna episodes Even before I liked Winx on prinsip because I thought it was much lamer than Witch. Stil think that it's much lamer than Witch, but now I'm enjoying it for what it is. Now a days I even notice the change between the tv show and the comic books in witch. When I was a kid the show and the books was intertwined for me. Like the show was only there to help me read the books from how I looked at it. I might have been eight when the show ended.

[@Justcatc]

😻I love magical girl shows,because Its so fun without it being for certain types of people 😇it’s for everyone

[@xxmissthailandxx3780]

Lolirock is literally different story with a different story plot, it has nothing to do with fairies. But it does look like a "rip off" because they are both magical and they both in a band together

[@tabbycarrie9321]

Lmao I remember being hardcore into the Winx vs Witch debate. I liked both lmao.

[@_Anni_xx]

idk how it happened but everytime I see angel’s friends somewhere in the back of my mind pops out a memory that I’ve watched every episode of it yet I dont remember watching it…anyways…youre so right, Im almost 17 and Ive always liked watching magical girls shows since I was literally born and if I saw ANY show when I was a kid with magical girls, I would base my personality of it for like 2 weeks until I found another show…liking only one would be so boring so why like only one when you can like every :P ? but ngl winx will be forever my #1 (maybe also cuz it was my first magical girls show and its just so comforting to me)

[@crescentlily_art]

Calling Lolirock a Winx ripoff is wild! 💀💀💀 the shows barely have anything in common except for being magical girl stories

[@aradcohen4309]

Anyone who says this clearly haven't watched the shows,coming from a person who grew with both and watched them in my country's dub where they share some voice actors

[@crescentlily_art]

@@aradcohen4309 no they actually have barely anything in common besides being magical girl shows made in Europe. The things they do have in common can be summed up to basic magical girl tropes. There’s not enough in common to call one a copy of the other.

[@magivenderstudios]

Its not the ripoffs its style , aesthetic and the overall designs that’s unappealing heck even the animations gives me shudders and roll of the uncanny hill .

[@Cylus_Gatito]

My favorite magical girl transformation is Gatomon into Angewomon. You cannot tell me that’s not a magical girl transformation. Also when you think about it Angemon can evolve into Angewomon bringing it to another level.

[@totallynotnirvana]

Actually, Regal Academy was MADE before Winx Club, BUT, Regal Academy was released in 2016.

[@R.P.Pyotrsovich]

As someone who saw both Winx & WITCH, I'd say Winx was inspired by the latter & WITCH ended up cancelled like the Classic Battlestar Galactica from the 1970s after People said the Cylon Centurions shoot like Imperial (and First Order) Stormtroopers. When I saw the Modern BSG from '03, I thought the Centurions shoot like the Super Battle droids & are silent as the B2s were in "Attack of The Clones". I mean, Synthetic human Cylons instead of the 3-brained Imperious leader that caused the Human-Cylon war and not Rebellion? C'mon! The creators of that BSG remake did NOT pay any attention to Imperious leader at all...

[@lj3830]

"Winx was inspired by the latter" Winx is actually inspired by sailor moon.

[@mscappuccinooo7698]

ngl, put this video on to have smth in the background while doing my make up. Did not expect it to be the video i didnt know i needed. Great video, much love

[@ariadnemeo7360]

I've never understand the Winx vs W.I.T.C.H. war, i was obsessed with the Winx cartoon, obsessed with the W.I.T.C.H comics and had dolls from both 😅