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Originally Posted by relentlessflame
As a reality check, it sold well, but not that well. I don't know about "cultural stopping power". People tend to overstate the show's importance because they want to believe that it's an anime that changed the world... but it's still a little explosion on a remote corner of a distant moon... or something. If a Hollywood movie had the sort of returns the Haruhi anime had, it'd be seen as a colossal failure. Same with a major video game, even. It's all a matter of perspective, cost, and scale.
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Within the niche of the anime community, it was pretty significant.
Right now it doesn't feel like it even qaulifies as an explosion of any kind. More like a fart.