I hate it when Western artists try to replicate the "anime" drawing style... they always fail miserably... maybe it's a cultural thing, what one sees in the formative years...
I received a book once called "Animerica", filled with tons of art by Western artists trying to use the "anime" style, and they all looked AWFUL... some of them were apparently even by professionals.
#4, If you're insinuating that the anime drawing style is a "bad style"... well, now I feel like this kid in this http://thebest404pageever.com/swf/Disappoint.swf ...and you're the one in the background (at the end of the scene... you have to look closely)