As the writer of the lore games Elementalism I am not biased at all
More Serious note.
I like Animism, I like parts of animism. I dislike other parts. Frum could be kept or converted over to a new system. Remove the elemental wheel so I can say my Earth Fire Elementalism is granted from a Lava spirit. Rituals are alright in Animism, but they need to be altered be more friendly, easier to do, and give more reason for Animist to do these rituals.
For Ele, alot of the Spirit Mark stuff can be converted over to rituals and vice versa. Ele needs some changes, emote timers etc, tweaks, buffs, nerfs. I prefer Ele over Animism. My ideal world, we merge the two.