Yes the style is a bit cheap but rooster teeth never really did anything like this before... It's kinda the best they can do at the moment... Also it seems worse than it is because RWBY actually was going to get shut down half way through the first season... But it got a nice size fan base and it was decided to finish first season (from what I have heard...I don't research anime that I find so-so)
I started writing a huge response but realized I didn't actually have a point, so I'll say this, it doesn't seem like it's their intention to compete with the big names in the anime industry (yes, I'm saying anime), and this is a semi-pro production meant as a web series, because of that, they're lack of experience and budget resulting in lack luster animation is justified, but just because it's justified that doesn't make it any better, it's still not quality no matter how many excuses (legit or not) you have.
That said, season two is shaping up to be much better, I watched one of their production diary things, and they were talking about a few things they're using to make it look better, and it's really showing. Small stuff like characters walking or moving during dialogue looks more natural, and the horrible blacked out background people is gone completely, which I'm so happy about!
I'm legitimately surprised to hear it almost got cancelled, I also haven't been able to find anything about it, I thought it has a pretty strong fan base from the very first episode seeing as RT and Monty had a following before hand. Either way I'm happy that it's still going, it would have been a shame to cut off the story before it had actually begun.
And damn I wish I was around for seki posts but I took a break from the forums for a while and as you can see when I decided to get back into it from when I started posting...I would go back and try and read from the beginning but it would require alot of time to get through 317 pages on this thread... I will get to it later because it will be fun to read it all but it will have to wait
They're not worth sifting through the thread for, there isn't actually a decent write up but more small one liners scattered throughout the thread. But if you're really desperate I'm sure searching 'Tonari' and my user name in an advance search will bring up a few of them.
I hate Tokyo Ghoul right now
Tell us how you really feel.
On a side note, I've watched three episodes of SAOII and the plot still hasn't progressed past the synopsis that's on MAL... It sure is a good thing I want to watch endless amounts of recapping, character cameos, exposition, and side plots because I sure as hell aren't getting the actual plot anytime soon. Who knows, maybe that's a good thing?