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Pretty simple reason actually:
BRZ's the cheapest models are manual, and in 2019 for example the automatic is an option only on the top-end model. So automatic? You'd be paying $3-5k more.
For the 86 you couldn't even get a manual on the cheap models in 2018. So stick-shift was a $3-5k premium surcharge in effect.
Just shows the cheaper models sold better, no surprise there, and Toyota (much like with the Yaris Hatchback in 2007 where you couldn't get a tachometer without getting the upgrade package that forced you to get an automatic) is arbitrarily crazy-pants about what options to offer at what price levels.
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