That's not changing the subject. My point is, random spinoffs does not contribute to the series being remembered unless they themselves are memorable enough. Just look at NGE, all those random manga spinoffs never had a fraction of the impact the original series had, the franchise is remembered because of the main series and the following movie, not all the spinoffs, those are merely frosting on the cake if anything at all.
I am not talking about success of the individual spin-offs. Getting spin-offs is one way to indicate that the franchise itself hasn't been forgotten by the fans.
Yea, but again, the spinoffs don't have any weight to them alone to be noticed outside of the fanbase,
Then the question would be are we talking about the fans forgetting a franchise or non-fans being aware about shows they've never watched in 10 years. The former seems to be a more feasible topic of this forum while the latter would fit into a forum that isn't centered around anime.
But NGE itself has been noticed far and wide outside the fanbase, and certainly to a far bigger extent than CG has at this point.
And does that mean in people inside the fandom will stop talking about it in 10 years because people outside of the fandom don't know about it? That defeats the point of fans congregating to discussion boards.
So at least if we try to use NGE as a measure for lasting cultural impact, in that it got where it was today from only 26 episodes and a movie (I really can't see how the reboots add anything of value so far), CG hasn't yet done the same with it's two seasons, and I do doubt the further spinoffs will add very much to it, so far being unrelated to the original plot and all.
NGE was my analogy and I wouldn't use that as a measuring stick for this conversation because that would assume fans only remember shows that had value and impact similar to NGE and mean ignoring other reasons a show could be remember for. People are still talking about Mars of Destruction almost 8 years after the fact. So NGE can't be a standard-bearer when the concept of not forgetting something is so open.
Now sure, NGE is far on top of the popularity pole, so that's not to say CG can't also leave an impact only because it pales compared to it.
Why don't you start up a topic that discusses impact if you want to talk about it so much. But do keep in mind that the number of separate projects is one way to measure impact just as is whether non-anime fans you happen to know are aware of any particular show.
But the way I see it, it still falls between two chairs, as it's whole story is basically built by mashing up various ideas, all of which either are or will likely be remembered more for their role in other stories, such as Gundam and Death note.
The I see it is CG is so tightly bound to Death Note because of similar airing dates and main characters that discussion of one inevitably brings in comparisons of the other in anime forums.
All that aside, I'd bet you'd still be talking about CG until the day you die. Thus, you'd be one of the prime reasons why CG can't be forgotten around here. |