Something I have not seen mention of yet, anime Dawn is eight heads tall and her shoulders and hips are the same width. Those proportions are great for the artistic, comic hero, fantasy, or other.
I know some (not all) people try for realism but there s a downside to trying for realism; especially when your looking at a model on a magazine cover, it is (usually) not a raw photo, it is photo-shopped to the point they are almost a cartoon. Then there are the real photos we take daily, they (usually) look terrible, blurred, pixilated, weird artifacts, not level, horrible lighting.
Even though this new Dawn has been dubbed Anime, she’s pushing towards artistic, comic hero, fantasy, or other. I believe this is the reason for some of the comments I’ve read about -not liking Anime, but likening this figure- comes from. Me personally, I don’t like anime at all. However, I love this new incarnation of Dawn. I hope she helps people to relax, loosen up and try something new.