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Originally Posted by Midori Kou
So recently, I've been talking to someone about Magiranger. However, this person keeps proposing that Magiranger is strongly derived from Harry Potter. *twitch twitch* I argued that it isn't and several other aspects of the characters' abilities, weapons, etc. came from a much broader range. (Used European culture, mythology, RPGs, and mainstream anime and manga as some of my reasons.) Even after hearing this, he's still pushing the Harry Potter argument because of its popularity. I kinda think this is biased and he's only going on the coincidence of it being recent. Should I even bother trying to prove my argument at this point?
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While Harry Potter is one of the elements of Magi...there's references to Lovecraft in there as well. As well as, Aladdin, Lord of the Rings, Universal Monsters, etc.
However, when Magiranger first premiered, many felt that the magic theme was solely dominated with Harry Potter references. It was hard for some to catch the other "magical" references until later on.