>>132865759First, the animation doesn't drop, the style just changes. The animation and models are more detailed in Part 3, but you also have more QUALITY moments.
Stands are amazing and the reason jojo got popular in the first place. Stick with it. The first season of Stardust Crusaders is a tutorial on what STANDOS can and can't do, the second season is when shit actually gets good. Make sure to get the blu-ray versions so DIO doesn't have a retarded face in some scenes.
Also if you make it through Part 3 you'll get to the best/second best part depending on who you talk to. This is not my ranking, merely what I believe to be the average:
7 >= 4 >> 6 >>> 2 >>>>> 3 > 5 > 1
with Part 8 for me right now being above 2 but below 6. I have to now where it goes first though.