>>48890112Point still stand that fans are just sentimentalizing late 80s-early 90s anime design conventions and are putting a special button on it because Sugimori's style merely reflected for that time.
Fashion changes, technology changes, trends change and successful artists are prone to rebranding themselves or change the guard to someone whose senses are different or is subject to a committee who'll want the brand to reflect modern times. You can bitch about how it doesn't look good but time will continue march on and as will people's tastes.