> a) design - clearly some executive there must have had a very bad idea.
tried to put the shame on the animation company but guess what... that company also worked on most of the 3d Sonic games. They know how Sonic is supposed to look like so it is clear that someone forced them to do that bad design.
And... I think they got their personal revenge.
the animation studio is Marza Animation Planet - they worked on multiple Sonic games... with pretty decent quality.
also, it is indicative that they have worked on Sonic Forces, a game that directly references the Sanic meme.