The result: feeble, inconsistent character drawings that distracted from the story. It reminds me of yet another '90s animation reboot, Sailor Moon Crystal, which featured a much shoddier animation style that also dropped the bolder lines that were standard in '90s animation. Sure, the PBS animation for the original The Magic School Bus was as low-budget as you can get, but the streamlining and flattening of the animation style is not much of an improvement. As you can tell, I have an ax to grind with the animation in this series.