>>133216
>one of the ugliest young female character designs I've ever seen
Fucking take that back.
>this is the first harriet that comes up on gelbooru, are you talking about this one? [cancer link]
No, Harriet the Spy. See attached
>disgusting and whoever drew that image made her breasts look like fake silicone ones you'd see at a strip club
Well that's fanart. Her original depiction is delicately beautiful, as most girls her age are. The original artist is getting more liberal in his designs of the characters' hips and breasts lately, though.
>this is the best Pippi Longstocking adaptation
Oh look, a flat, boring Japanese adaptation of art that originally had some independent design elements to it. They designed it to look like every other kiddy-anime that was airing at the time.

Seriously, I don't get how people have nostalgia-lens for a time they didn't even grow up in.