I don't see why they can't keep the original designs though. These new ones just lack that really formal & dignified look of the original designs. & people can say what they want about the old designs being the old school equivalent of the modern bishie style, one can't deny that the old designs follow a way more realistic aesthetic, which captures the serious tone of the show. These new ones are just... too anime.
The one thing i can say is that the new one doesn't own anything to the old one because it's another take at adapting the novel, not a "remake of the old anime", so they could go with whatever direction they think is appropriate though it certainly looks nothing like the art from the novels
However when you do that kind of adaptation on a series that already had a successful adaptation there is bound to be consequences, the same way the recent Initial D movies, another take on the manga, didn't have any eurobeats which became a staple of the old series (Not that i know how well received the movie was, but i certainly saw a fair share of bitching against it)
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