>>95155519animation is a costly and timely procedure
to keep costs down they had two choices
-take less time staying on model
-or keep characters in a 3/4 angle view where characters may pretty much act as paper puppets on the computer
the former is the better choice since you can actually see different angles, and it gives separate story borders their own mark on a show
of course what is optimal is to have a budget where we can have it all. but that ain't gonna happen for tv
if you want good animation watch a movie