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I have a problem with the word franchise being used to mean series that was originally a manga and don't follow a strict guideline.
Why? Because franchise often implies in many people's mind that it's a well organised money-making scheme. While this may still be true, this aspect is nowhere near as prevalent in manga series than in something like Gundam.
Take Mazinger for example. It was originally a manga that had adaptations, several spinoffs, one-shots and none of them seem to follow a certain pattern other than Toei's original trilogy. They happen when Nagai wants them to happen, and most of the work is in manga format. I also notice that he can be very experimental with his series and I simply don't get that same kind of creativity with something like Gundam (Other than G Gundam) or any other anime franchises. Those seem to follow a set of rules and probably a list of checkboxes to make sure the studio is producing an anime for a specific audience.
Oh, and that includes stuff like Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, which were originally by Shotaro Ishinomori, but are now way over-engineered and over-commercialised.
Does anyone else feel the same?
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>>15820964
I feel as if though you should kill yourself
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I agree.
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>>15820964
So I didn't read any of that, but Im pretty sure you're an idiot.
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>>15820964
You make a good point. The distinction is real. It mostly stems from the fact that Nagai ultimately owns his property and Tomino was just hired by Sunrise to create a story.
Mazinger = series
Gundam = franchise
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>>15820964
So you're saying that a franchise such as Mazinger can't be called like that just because it isn't yearly? The fuck?
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>>15820964
You have an incredible misunderstanding of what words mean.
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>>15824927
OP's just sperging out about connotations.
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