[Lynk Former]

Because there is such thing as overdoing it. It looks like the styles are clashing between the design of the characters which are all cel based and the general macha design, etc which are all overly shiny, etc. When you switch between the space scenes and the scenes that show the characters and standard backgrounds, it looks like you're watching clips from two different shows.

Macross Zero was walking this fine line when it was made, and it managed to pull it off despite having a few problems, but this looks like they may have gone and been a little bit too ambitious with it.