The DS art style takes some getting used to. The characters models in
game all look like their 10 years old, even characters clearly old and
middle aged. I haven't really seen a lot of anime, just a few episodes,
but it seems in the style of some of those.
Actually... what it most reminds me of is a series of dolls I've seen around. My brother collects them:
It's not bad, and it's a cool change from FF1-2 GBA Dawn of Souls style, but still getting used to it.