I find it tough to understand your obsession with being contrarian about this.
I would say I am more on an indifferent side than being contrarian.
Hair, accents etc to me are design choices, there are no right or wrong in design choices, so I seriously don't care if that has changed. To me the new version looks perfectly fine, I don't understand why it is terrible only because it is different.
What matters to me is more on the actual presentation of the story. Is the dialogue well written? Are action scenes intense? Are emotional scenes emotional? How is the pacing of the story? What about the composition of each frames? THAT is what separates a good show from bad imo.
Right now we don't know anything about any of that.
More frames doesn't automatically equate to better animation either.
You are right, what matters in animation is the actual acting, timing, posing etc. The ART side of animation. 3D doesn't make those inherently bad either.
I have to admit I don't enjoy low frame rate in 90s animations. But that isn't the only thing that makes acting bad. I am not convinced the new version is worse atm based on current info though. I still think you people are overly harsh lol.