s My Little Pony’s Crystal Empire inspired by Sailor Moon’s Crystal Tokyo?

[undiscorded 120]

This is probably a old topic but I a mlp and anime fan I noticed that they are very much the same. I was wondering what's your view on this .(mod if I'm in the wrong place please move form )

Edited December 8, 2015 by undiscorded

[Gestum 2,493]

I don't really see any similarities.

[Guest]

The only things I remember about Sailor Moon from watching it as a kid were short skirts and long legs... What similarities are there between the two places? I see a crystalline tower dominates each cityscape, but are there other similarities or are you only referring to the visuals?

[undiscorded 120]

The only things I remember about Sailor Moon from watching it as a kid were short skirts and long legs... What similarities are there between the two places? I see a crystalline tower dominates each cityscape, but are there other similarities or are you only referring to the visuals?

after researching there seems to be at lot of similar places to the to places

[cider float 2,539]

The whole magical girls/mares in MLP is definitely inspired by anime. I'm pretty sure Lauren Faust got inspiration from the magical girl genre.

[chirox the pony 1,336]

Well Lauren Faust did say she was inspired by shows like salior moon so it is possible. Whilst I've never watched sailor moon I would like to point out that that structure looks an awful lot like:

 

 

Atlantis. I highly doubt sailor moon would have invented the concept. 

[Limeblossom 482]

I think the MLP series was not the only one with inspiration from Sailor Moon.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,699]

Nah, crystal cities are a HUGE fantasy cliche, yeah? The concept of crystals is often used in fantasy worlds, and often symbolizes purity or good, and is a common image. There's a reason that TV tropes has a "crystal spires and togas" page after all, as people seem to inherently think that a ultra advanced, whether magically or technologically, place would be a crystal city.

 

And the imagery of a city of towers is also usually used for such cities, as towering buildings give off a sense of awe that low built cities just don't, usually with a prominent "central" building for the ruler.

 

 

I doubt its taken from sailor moon so much as its just convergent evolution (in a literary sense) in that crystal cities tend to look the same in fantasy.

 

[cmarston1 5,960]

I don't really think so.  

They both are crystal fantasy lands, but I doubt there was any influence form sailor moon to create the empire.

[cider float 2,539]

There is quite a resemblance. Like the large main roads that all lead to the castle at the center. And the fact that they are called "Crystal" and have crystal built structures. Oh yeah and both are on shows with magical girls in them.

 

Edited December 10, 2015 by cider float

[sweetolebob18 728]

Well, back in the early 1990s I watched Sailor Moon on TV.  But, here in Phoenix they didn't really show much about Crystal Tokyo so I couldn't say.  If you really want to know, I suggest you ask Lauren (although I can see some difficulty in doing that)