Hmm, 
I still disagree on a lot of your points.  I 
went to school for 3d animation.  In my classes, 
I had to do both traditional and digital 
animation.  Something that I really find 
annoying (not saying you are doing this, Im just 
stating this as a generalization) is when people 
think that digital art is less of an art style 
than hand drawn or painted things.  This is a 
huge misunderstanding.  It takes just as much 
time, patience and talent to do digital art as 
it does traditional art.  In fact, it takes 
longer most of the time, simply because the 
computer gives such amazing control, it takes 
more time to master.  My digital pics take me a 
lot longer to do than my hand drawn pics used 
to...and, the art looks better, cleaner, 
mistakes can be fixed, colors can be changed in 
an instant, better effects can be added, etc.

Hmm about CG not fitting Watase's detailed style 
of art....  CG offers just that...incredible 
control and detail, sharpness, etc.  I think her 
art would look fine.  CG doesnt have to be 
hardlined either.  There are painter programs 
out there that can imitate watercolors perfectly.

As for some of the newer shows not looking so 
hot...well, that's to be expected.  There are 
cel shows out there that I think look horrible 
too.  CG is a very new field in Japan, it's 
going to take time for the studios to master it 
completely, which hasnt happened  yet.  A few 
studios, like Gonzo and Madhouse have really 
gotten good with it...where as the people who 
did the FY OVAs (Pierrot) still need time to 
learn.  Love Hina was done totally in CG, as was 
Maho Tsukai Tai (one of the first all CG shows) 
and they looked fabulous!  Blood the Last 
Vampire was all CG, and OMG, that show is so 
stunning to watch..there is no way they could 
have done that show as well as they did without 
the use of a computer.  It still takes time for 
the art to be mastered.  I agree that 
traditional animation and cel painting is an 
artform...but, no sense in not progressing with 
it.  Most animators are more interested in 
creating a story and visuals as a whole.. I 
think the means by which they get to their 
destination is not important.  Digital art is 
just as painstaking to create, and it still 
takes an artist with a good eye to make things 
come together.  The computer to me, is simply 
yet another medium with which to do art.