Been reading up on Japan....

And if there's one thing I've learned, it's that there's more to incorporating Japanese influence in one's work than merely making everything cute, simple, flat, and drawing every with big eyes. 

There's an entire cultural value system in Japan. Most storytellers just want to imitate the art style. But what of incorporating long standing Japanese values in American storytelling. Everything from humility to ambiguity. There's quite a few of them...