The problem isn't she doesn't look like an anime character, it is she's doesn't look like 'the character' for a live action version of the show. She's just not a femme fatale type. She also looks like crack shot & headlock with thighs action girl. That is also not Faye.""First I wanted to apologize to the fans that I do not anatomically match the Faye Valentine character," Pineda said. She summarized Faye's 'anatomy' as "Six foot, double-D size breasts, two-inch waist" and sarcastically remarked, "You know, they looked everywhere for that woman, and they couldn't find her. It's kinda weird. So they just went with my short ass. I know, am I right?""
https://www.cbr.com/cowboy-bebop-daniella-pineda-faye-valentine/
To make it worse, rather than saying they needed to make an update for 2021 sensibilities, they got salty, instead. I guess admitting you have to appease sensibilities is as big a problem having a faithful 'version' of the character.