>>4393075It's good business. You give people more information about the lore while they buy and consume your product. Now there are fandoms and you can just find everything you need on the internet. It lasted long enough to make money. That's all that mattered to them. One has to look from the creator's perspective. To him it's nothing more than a product, even if he did put his soul and passion in it, the only reason behind it's creation was business. Just to make money and be something other than an ordinary japanese salary man that he encourages others to become.