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Animation is cheap, which is why it's harder for newcomers to get into JoJo when they get used to stuff like Raildex or Hunter x Hunter 2011. In term of studio power level, David Prod is by no mean Sunrise, Madhouse, Toei or... JCStaff (when they works on Raildex).
The saving graces of JoJo TV are the appropriate use of soundtrack (a point of HEAVY discussion in Hunter x Hunter 2011 when compared to the 1999 version), the direction which more than make up for the cheap animation AND the burning passion you can feel from the voice actors. They and the director ARE having fun with JoJo and IT SHOWS.
Watching JoJo 2012 is like watching a kung-fu flick of the Shaw Brothers from the 1970s, it's cheesy, it's hammy, it's by no means an Academy Awards material. You don't watch it while seeking some grand message about the meaning of life, you don't watch it hoping to unravel some secret behind the symbolism scattered around by the director's acid trip, no. You watch it for the good old battle of good vs evil and larger-than-life characters. And want to feel good when the good guys stuff their knuckle sandwiches into the baddies' face and cry manly tears when a noble villain is redeemed through death, or when a precious friend or/and mentor have to bow out of the show.
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