i just flat out dont like sprites
sure the animation was good, but it isnt very creative, when you use sprites you arent doing anything your just putting togeather some premade clips, now if you were to say, i dunno...:
add voice,
custom animations
and maybe something elce i may reconside but as it stands it isnt good.
no offence but sprites are for lazy animators who dont want to draw their own work. id prefer a poorly drawn animation by a serious animator which i think you can be. sprites are fine but if your entire animation is composed of work you did not create then its kinda sleezy dont ya think?