I spend a lot of my time researching live-action anime[0][1], and there's an important thing to learn from Japanese animators: sometimes an animation style may seem technically lacking, but visually stunning.
When animator Ken Arto was on the Trash Taste podcast he mentioned how Disney had the resources to perfect the animation, while in Japan they had to achieve more with less.
This basically shifts the "what is good animation" discussion in ways that are not as clear from looking at the stats.
[0] https://blog.nestful.app/p/ways-to-use-nestful-outlining-ani...