I do not agree with this. I mean, sure Crystal has very cute backgrounds, but the old show has it as well. I think these comparisons are unfair. The old show was completely hand drawn and very long. It came out almost 30 years ago and everything was done by hand. The backgrounds are very beautiful watercolor paintings that suffer from the lack of hd remaster, but with the newer blu ray films you can see how much effort was put in them. Crystal was trying to achieve the same pastel/watercolor feeling with modern technology, so it took them a lot less effort. The character designes were also very beautiful for the times, and the better animation directors did wonders with them. I really find any comparison in this regard unfair. On one side everything done in the old times was a lot harder to achieve, on the other there are some elements like the old style eyes that can only be done with the old hand drawn and coloring. It gave everything a bit more depth with simpler design, which look very flat with digital coloring.