I think what they did with this series is comparable with what Funimation did with DBZ (didn't read anything about the remastering being done in japan). Take the original footage, remaster it for HD, fix some audio stuff, and done.

I was really looking forward to watching the series fully redrawn, but is wasn't so. I don't think I'll be following this series on a weekly basis, but I think I'll watch it when it's done, just to see how the pace would be without the fillers etc.

Just imagine how cool it would be to have the whole series in the graphics shown in the OP and ED...