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Why would you think this? Commercially, the opening is pure advertisement for the show and for the music in the opening. Artistically, they can do whatever the hell they want.
Almost no anime do this, what are you on about? It's a deliberate choice of art style, nothing more. And either way, why would this be a "sin"?
They do though. The most common one is checkered/plaid clothing. There's even a TV Tropes page on it. In some cases like Gankutsuou it's stylistic, but it is often a shortcut. I don't really have a problem with it though.
The TV Tropes page is about this technique is animation in general (and just because it exists does not mean it's prevalent). They list at most 20 anime examples. That's probably at most the number of shows I've seen with any kind of plaid at all.
I am not saying this technique does not exist in anime, or that Gankustuou is unique. I'm saying that this is not even close to "the greatest sin in anime", and the VAST majority of shows use flatter color textures where this technique would not even be applicable.
You said "almost no anime". 20 examples is already quite a lot and not exhaustive, some of them being pretty big names. That sounds pretty prevalent to me, even if it's not the vast majority.
Oh that I totally agree with. I wouldn't even call it a sin.
I think there's just miscommunication about numbers here... if there are thousands if not tens of thousands of shows, I don't consider 100 to be more than a drop in the bucket, let alone 20, and I don't really care how "big name" a show is.
And again, I was saying all this is the context of OP's "greatest sin in of anime". Do I expect there to be more shows in the future that use this technique? Sure, but barring an art style fad for a year or two, I expect them to be few and far between. It just is not a technique that is at all indicative of what "anime" is or has been.
I've seen many anime do this. Chihayafuru comes to mind.
I dunno about that. I think it's just much easier to render the clothing that way.
"Many" meaning how many though? I think there's no way I (personally) could come up with 100 shows that have this aesthetic, and I wouldn't consider 100 "many" in this context.