So this review is with that in mind, because while people claim that you should not compare it to the original anime, the producer himself already made a claim directly related to it.
I find this show near unwatchable, from a technical standpoint. It has different frame rates for different animations and multiple characters animated at the same time in the same shots (big animation no-no).
There is a stylistic choice in making the animation look choppy, perhaps to avoid the smooth transitions that is inherent to 3D rendered animation, but practically it looks like something's wrong with my screen or computer, it looks and feels jarring. It feels incompetently made.
No one would forgive any classic cartoon for being produced at half the animation frames, we all know that it wouldn't meet a minimum standard of a pleasant viewing experience.
The visual changes, aka the "fresh take" consists of less details and a more present day relatable wardrobe, which consists in a man wearing a hooded jacket on a desert planet. While the previous trench coat wasn't exactly a logical choice either, it made sense in the context of it being a sci-fi western and it certainly had an iconic look.
Where before Vash had a covered/hidden mechanical prosthetic arm with a built in gun, it is now entirely on display as a cybernetic replacement.
His revolver has changed from a .45 to a .22 caliber, a famously weak cartridge. The previous .45 was already a mediocre ammunition doing things that begged your belief, but .22 does not in any way possess the power or mass to pull off the things portrayed in the show. This is not a meaningful change, if anything it serves to denigrate the character.
Finally Vash himself has changed his personality from a positive man who always played off serious situations with humor, only becoming insecure or angry when the situation was outside of his control, such as when innocents are involved. In this new version he is unserious and will often devolve into a complete crybaby, only to suddenly become entirely serious for the producers to 'show off' the character's competence, when he could've done so from the start. His attempts at talking to people only goads them on and while this has always been a part of Vash, it turns from naive optimism to unreasonable risk taking.
If this is a fresh take, then why does it rely on you knowledge of the previous show or manga? There is no build up, there is no mystery, everything is laid bare from the start and you see all of Vash's phases, moods and personality in one go.
Between the obnoxious animation, poor design and genuinely awful and amateurish writing, I've never in my life felt so miserable watching anime. This is not divorced from the previous show, it is an incompetent and entirely unwarranted desecration of it.
You will be better off not watching it.
