anime is a respectable style to focus on but once you begin using a 'stylistic' approach to drawing you start leaning on it more as a crutch . this gives you too many excuses not to learn how to draw correctly on a whole.

when asked for a critique (at least on a professional or scholastic scale) the artist is never regarded. you are not your work so don't think that way. nobody is going to ask your personal opinion on a piece when you've been dead for 200 years. the viewer has to look and determine for himself what he sees in the artwork, without the added bonus of being able to sit down with the artist for a cup of tea and a long discussion about the piece. don't take any of that personally. remember, you're just creating the art. it has to speak for itself.

in short, it's valid to say "you need to work on your anatomy" and "stop using style as a crutch." you can work in any style you want, but you still need to learn the basics of composition, line, form, anatomy and structure. if you don't have those, you've got nothing except an empty image with bright colours and flashing lights.