Nylon66 breaks the news as usual.
Normally I don’t bother mentioning minor redraws, but these were pretty nice and all seemed like improvements:
The special carried a feudal era / kunoichi theme. While the change in art style is a bummer, you have to love how they use the camera angles here and essentially maximize the sex appeal in this scenario.
There was also some added bonus art, some of which had nudity:
Overall, not bad. I can only imagine how mindblowing that special would have been with the same art style as the TV anime, but all the same, this looks like it will be fun to watch.