Yes but it's mostly the way on how they're incorporated that matters the most. The dev has to either complete a heavy chunky of still images or complete a set of animated scenes. Both rely on being hand drawn but they differ from each other.
For e:g a still image of the MC attending class (It's not needed to show long animation of him at leaving home and walking to school lol) VS an animated scene of Leslie Tittyfucking the MC (the part that is essential to move the "Plot" ).
The way I see it Art process is needed to cover up basic and trivial stuff that helps adds intrigue and flavor to the story while the animation shows us the good'ole fap time. There are some exceptions however such as still image after sexual animated scenes (creampie or cum filliing the character's mouth) and animated part of some non-sexual scenes (MC kicking some demon ass)
Anyway we all faith in the dev team since they went in this direction. In the end, its more important to realize that the dev team are putting their absolute efforts in order to dish out updates at a much better pace so hence we can just support and appreciate the route they've chosen