D&D 5E I hope this isn't 5E...(art that screams "not this, not this!")

[Hussar]

But, Buugipopuu, you have to realize that anime is just like video-gamey - it means, "I don't like X, and therefore anything I don't like MUST be X, regardless of whether or not it actually is X or even tangentially related to X."

 

[Klaus]

Ok Claudio, my opinion is wrong...

It's anime. The giant sword is anime. The hair cut is anime. It's barbarian D&D-esque version of Cloud from FF7. Same sword, same hair, same stance.

As the OP says. I hope this isn't 5E.

I'm not saying your opinion is wrong. I'm merely trying to clarify the terms. Spiky hair and giant swords can be found in any genre, and anime is by no means defined by them. The most "Anime D&D" thing ever produced (Records of Lodoss War) has neither.

If you want to fault Wayne Reynolds' art for being "cartoony", you'd be more accurate. "Anime" is simply one specific segment of "cartoony".