What L&P should understand is that pplz are NOT necessarily against animations, BUT, the fact of creating animations just adds time to the release cycle. That's what most pplz, ME INCLUDED, are asking for = FASTER RELEASES.
No matter how good the animations are/will be, if those extends the development cycle further, it's not going to make us lose sight of the gigantic 16 or 17 playable days left. In the end, pledgers or not, pplz are ONLY complaining about anything that extends the releases.
If he intends to keep on creating animations for each release, may be he should buy another PC or find a good compromise to speed up things.