To turn that around, I think her apparent plainness is going to make what she's going to look like in motion that much more crazy--especially when you know what some of her skills may be, and what references are being used for her.
Same for Minette--I expect that if she gets in, she'll have a stunning sort of vibrance going on with her animations.
And I can't begin to imagine how Eliza and Aeon might get animated, haha.
This is another angle and I wouldn't be surprised if this was the overall idea. I mean, I pretty much came 100% around on her character just because of all the batshit "All the things in space are her weapons" comments, playing that off with a stone faced girl in plain-ish garb sounds like an awesome contrast waiting to happen.
That Annie picture above is perfect. Just the right way to get the Jojos cast excited.
I can tell you of one person who unironically commented on how they kinda sorta like Annie now when their entire M.O. was kinda dumping on the game before.
Lab Zero Games knows what they are doing. You think people didn't have the same reaction to Filia and others in the cast? That is why they gave Filia her DP super and showed it off to publishers instead of just using a still. Peacock looks pretty good, but her appeal absolutely skyrocketed when we saw Dio's road roller and goodfellas super. Ms. Fortune got super typcast on her reveal as a catgirl as well, but people fell in love with her VA's performance, dat bloody level 3 and her silly head's animations. When we see Annie in motion I guarantee that many on the fence will appreciate her more. People who dislike her because she is a "loli" are a lost cause.
Also, you brought up black holes for her. I haven't seen any indication that she'll use them, but she should totally have something even if it's a level 5. It'd be a great mechanic if her black hole sucked up dead bodies. Then she'd be an interesting counterpick against characters like Scythana or Valentine.
Edit: You should read my post in the ASW voting thread regarding Baiken. I think you'd appreciate the subtleties a little more then.
Yeah, I have full faith in Lab Zero to realize a lot of this stuff and do it well. Also, funny that you bring up Baiken as if I played Guilty any, she'd probably be my main.
Edit: How far is Sagan going to be implemented in Annie's moveset? I'm re-hearing elsewhere that he transforms and I remembered the notes about how he'd be a scooter or something of the sort, but now I'm here theorizing... If Sagan is a Stand on top of everything else, this character is amaaaaaazing.