Sources have told me the same thing.  My local anime store here did not 
bother buying the 2nd series because of the quality of the work.

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Hunter Kid wrote:

I hear that Crystania is done by different artists/producers/directors,
though, and is nowhere near the quality of Lodoss War.  This is secondary
information, though, I admit, so I could very well be wrong.

In fact, I hope I'm wrong. :)

Hunter Kid
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    "They're my friends, Akane," he insisted stubbornly, "and I know that-"
    Akane cut him off.  "You know that they're in China?"  She gave him a
withering look.  "Look, mister 'I-laughed-while-Ryoga-slept-with-you,' you
can't just go running off to another country based on some stupid dream!"
    "Don't bring Ryoga into this," Ranma grumbled sourly.  
						 	-from Brother, chapter 2
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