Historian Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a "Super Sentai"-like team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with revitalizing the magical girl genre itself. A reviewer for "<abbr>THEM</abbr> Anime Reviews" also credited the anime series with changing the genre—its heroine must use her powers to fight evil, not simply have fun as previous magical girls had done. The series has also been compared to "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch". Sailor Moon also influenced the development of "", "W.I.T.C.H.", "Winx Club", "LoliRock", "Star vs. the Forces of Evil", and "Totally Spies!"