Beyond the point that the bottom one if from an OVA so the comparison to seasonal tv anime is unfair, believe it or not they are both probably equaly hard to animate. Rem and similar modern designs have a noticably increased line count in clothing, accessories and most importantly eyes and sometimes hair . Senior Animators that have animated in the 80s/90s and today have been on record saying that in TV anime designs have arguably become more labor-intensive to draw and animate
Also Jojo's has unworkably hostile to animation character designs for any era. They are cool for the type of style Jojo's has but there are so many lines and shading that it can barely move 95% of the runtime and when it tried it often looks stiff and melty. I wouldnt wish for more designs to be towards that drection . Flat shading and less lines are often much more appealing and preferable for tv animation if its stylisticaly driven and your character designer is good
Beyond the point that the bottom one if from an OVA so the comparison to seasonal tv anime is unfair, believe it or not they are both probably equaly hard to animate. Rem and similar modern designs have a noticably increased line count in clothing, accessories and most importantly eyes and sometimes hair . Senior Animators that have animated in the 80s/90s and today have been on record saying that in TV anime designs have arguably become more labor-intensive to draw and animate
Also Jojo's has unworkably hostile to animation character designs for any era. They are cool for the type of style Jojo's has but there are so many lines and shading that it can barely move 95% of the runtime and when it tried it often looks stiff and melty. I wouldnt wish for more designs to be towards that drection . Flat shading and less lines are often much more appealing and preferable for tv animation if its stylisticaly driven and your character designer is good