Conceit:
Wow, she looks SUPER ANGRY there :O
Well anyhow.
I just JADified it and SLOPPYfied it, so I dunno, but I tried to make something of it.
I have no problems with 'anime' at all, I find it a good starting point for cartoonish definition of faces, the simple eye-eye-nose-mouth-ness of it all makes it easy to just build something and go from there.
Anyways.
Same pose as sprite, as per Conceit's idea.
I think she looks kinda distressed in mine, but not overly so, I think that's a feeling you'd like to keep subtle, since she's kicking and punching and exploring and stuff, just implying distress in her eyes or something is enough in my opinion.
Oh well, we all know whenever I make a face edit I just jad-animefy it, so durrrr = A=
Keep on going man!
(edit: and nevermind the white blotch there, that was me and graphics gale's transparency not agreeing completely.