If I were them, I would have kept the style of SMC 1 - 2 or most of Sakou's style.
Smooth animation does not help much when I have to see stock footage every episode.
In season 1, at least they changed the background of Moon Tiara Boomerang. :innocent:
It seems that the animators couldn't even follow Akira's style.
On the scale of detail levels, Sakou's design is 8 points, the style in episode 21 and 25 is 10 points. Akira style is 6 points. And in SMC 3 it is just 4 - 5 points remains.
This makes a big gap between SS 1 - 2 and SS 3.
This is one of the 2 episodes I really like (the other one is Eudial episode). I think the detail level can reach 6 - 7 points.
Look at Hotaru's hair!!! :love: :love: :love:
The shadows under her chins makes her face less flat.
Look at those shadows.
Look at those dresses
I'm so angry that they didn't add the lipstick for her upper lip later episodes.