Is Tadano going to get her face hidden in this interview ? I don't know why but in an Eternal promo previous video, her face was hidden by a "sticker" on the video. It's not like we don't know is her face, several pictures where published.
I was watching Code Geass movies yesterday, it fun to see this design sheet because it really looks like Code Geass, particulary for characters who don't have big eyes. I would have worked if proportions were a little less off (characters were too tall and too thin). One positive thing about Sakou's design is that her males characters were quite good. And male characters were most of the time kinda nicely drawn (you can tell they enjoyed drawing shitennou or Diamand ^^).
I think the biggest flaw in Tamegai's take on Eternal Sailor Moon is the proportions. He clearly tried to keep them the as close to Naoko's original sheets as possible and it didn't quite work out imo.
Like, notice how long and lanky the limbs are, combined with the super short torso. Tamegai used pretty lanky proportions when working on the series, and I think it would have been better if he tried to mimic Ikuko Itoh's anatomy instead for this. (And like, maybe shrink her sleeves down a bit).
Still, it's very faithful to what Naoko drew here and the only real difference is the brooch, and the heart on the choker being changed from pink to gold (probably for better contrast.)
The other differences like the V-shaped chokers and the shade of red on her ribbons becoming more pink-ish happened later on. You can't really change designs in an anime on a whim way down the road like you can in a manga so that part's not Tamegai's fault.
With Tadano's version, she got rid of the super long limbs and balanced out the proportions. As better overall as it is, I personally wish they didn't remove the little crown on top of the brooch, add weird sparkle effects to the gloves, and make the sleeves transparent. I also think Tamegai did a better job with the skirt, earrings, and the wing-shaped bow in the front.
I totally hated Eternal form before Eternal movies. But Tadano's version is quite good yes. Making bubble sleeve smaller and transparent gave more lightness to the silhouette, and the general color palette is way better. In Stars' Eternal form, blue was too dark (a general problem in Stars though), and yellow too vibrant. In Eternal, it's more tonned down and elegant.
Her skirt is a bit lower too, it makes her torso longer. In the old version, it looked like skirts were starting way too high on her belly, around her belly button. In Eternal, her waist is less thin but it seems a bit more realistic.
Sakou's skirt would have nicely worked with Eternal uniform, but way too much detailled. This 3 parts skirt is a real pain to draw, they had to simplify it a lot (and Eternal fuku has lot of other details that make animator's job hard).
Did Tamegai redesign Inners and Outers in Stars? If he use Naoko's body proportion for only Sailor Moon, it won't fit with other characters, right?
He made character sheets for the outer's super form (and iirc, they had giant legs), but nothing for inners. Anyway for old characters, I have the feeling that each animator did whatever he/she wanted, nobody really cared about graphic cohesion in this season.