Just watched the first episode yesterday. Sad to say, but I am hugely disappointed.
Madhouse's not doing it anymore, so I was expecting some quality reduction. I heard the seiyuu are all changed, but meh, it's been few years since I watched GSG1 so I probably don't remember their voices well...
Okay, the animation quality is pretty bad, but that doesn't kill the show. Overall the change of voices are alright, I just can't stand Henrietta's... it's too squeaky and all, it just doesn't feel right for some reason. In any case, all these can be overlooked, what made me really sad is the fact that GSG2 feels much less serious, it gives a feeling of a more mainstream, generic, moe loli show instead of a serious atmosphere that GSG1 gave. Okay maybe that's just me, but that's how I see GSG1, so yea I was disappointed because it didn't give me the original GSG feeling anymore.
Hopefully, next episode it will get better.
Yea after reading this it makes me realize that the OP and ED sometimes develops the atmosphere of the anime. GSG2's theme songs are definitely not heading the same direction as GSG1's.
I agree 100% with you. They lost the whole "feel" of GSG and that was most important. Sigh.