We really have a problem of not being able to move past 'franchises' in the West don't we?
I mean in Asia they make new characters every week, they just merchandise off a successful series. I can still get merch off series like Stein's Gate and FMA Brotherhood and they'll not be in a bargin bin or in this case, landfill because people still have a good, positive impression off that series decades on from it finishing.
We really have a problem of not being able to move past 'franchises' in the West don't we?
I mean in Asia they make new characters every week, they just merchandise off a successful series. I can still get merch off series like Stein's Gate and FMA Brotherhood and they'll not be in a bargin bin or in this case, landfill because people still have a good, positive impression off that series decades on from it finishing.
Yet another case of investors ruining everything.
And copyright law. No need to take a risk on new characters when popular old ones can be milked for decades.