>>7634294
They're trying to be generically anime rather than specifically anime. Each of the examples on the left is both distinctly anime but also has it's own style: same with the examples here >>7634468 But the western examples on the right don't really have their own style and all kind of blend together, especially the lower three. They also tend to round off any detail to this kind of flatness that isn't true to many anime but does fit the "idea" of a generic anime style; compare the old man from Voltron to Woodchuck here. Woodchuck looks aged in a way that dude doesn't, and you can see the same thing with the crit role goons. It's not just faces either, compare the drapery to any of the actual anime and there's a stark difference. Even Tsubasa Chronicle's draperey has a distinct look to it that sets it apart, while the western anime, especially the lower three, see to have flattened out as much as possible. Even tight clothes have folds and pinching, but they reduced them so much it looks odd. This is possibly a budget issue, since western companies want to churn animation out as fast as possible and have no confidence in animation not made for small children, but either way it makes it looks less anime.