>>529398070
Easier on the animators. Sonic X was also where Sonic & Amy's colored eyelids came from. Led to less animation errors, carried over to the games as of SADX/Battle/Heroes for brand consistency.
>>529399407
WOW. I am astounded that they kept his name the same. "Fukurou" just means "owl" in Japanese, so if they were going to bring back this rando and give him a render, it was the perfect time to update the name with a proper translation instead of The GHZ's transliterated nonsense.
