>>49860933No, because if the artists creating "C" were inspired by "B", you don't infer they must be inspired by "A" automatically because "B" was inspired by "A". Inspirations have stopping points. Every cartoon can be traced back to being inspired by something from the 50's. That does not mean every cartoonist is inspired by Looney Tunes or Fleischer.
If someone designed a monster and said it was inspired by Bigfoot, you don't say, "Well clearly you were inspired by the gorilla because Bigfoot is inspired by a gorilla suit".
It's plainly obvious they made Ho-Oh with full intention as being a phoenix, not a peacock. Just because phoenixes have traits that originate from peacocks does NOT mean the artists were making Ho-Oh with a peacock in mind. They were making him with a phoenix in mind. The fact that they downplayed Ho-Oh's tail to not be long, wavy, and colorful further suggests they put most emphasis on him being a fictional phoenix than him looking like a peacock.
