If those PVC figures also loose their paint, then they will think they weren't painted in the first place. A new style of statues will emerge by the name of "neo-millenialism", who will make gray-colored anime figurines without understanding anything about anime at all.

Then a linguist finds a bunch of image files and documentation on how to read them, and reproduces them. the images will be photographs of these anime figurines. The followers of the neo-millleniallism (calling themselves gatekeepers) accuse the linguist of fabricating such images and making up such stories like their fertility goddess being actually called Super Sonico, and in true 4chan church fashion, they block a pool from access until the linguist will admit their scam. The gatekeepers instead being laughed off, with the worst of them being fined.