ugly character designs or simple character designs to speed up drawing and production?

As an artist myself, reading this thread makes me realize that most so-called anime fans, don't really have a sense of aesthetics, nor an understanding of the art of anime/manga.
And that's probably why we get a lot of generic moe art style shows getting so popular while a genius like Takehiko Inoue is not that popular/recognized.

It reminds of people complaining about One Piece Fan Letter art style, saying it doesn't look like manga/anime/japanese. As if there was a unique manga art style...