That Shanoa sprite was such shit. I don't understand how some of the enemy sprites, like the Lizardmen (CV64 is canon because of their appearance in OoE), were so lovingly crafted, but it looked like there was no priority or quality assurance was done with the character sprites like Shanoa or Albus.
I preferred the OoE look, but I tend to like cleaner designs, and OoE fit that like a glove, while Judgment was basically the antithesis. Shanoa was still one of the better designs in Judgment.