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>>8256082
There's exceptions, but they tend do that specifically while imitating western cartoon animation or doing some modern expressive shenanigans to a similar purpose. A certain director who had worked on both once said that western animation focus on "creating personality", while anime focused on "making drawings move". He didn't mean it as a bad thing in either case.

Part of the philosophy of traditional western animation is simplifying designs but keeping them "alive". The principles you describe here >>8255590 are two of the classic textbook 12 principles of cartoon animation: exaggeration and anticipation.

Conversely, anime doesn't mind holding static drawings (in fact it relies on doing that A LOT), focusing on the contrast between static complex designs and how they flow into each other.