Give me a break.....
Only one other movie, I can recall, have the author trying THIS hard to be Jananese. That one movie being Final Fantasy A+. It is really hard to connect with a movie when you can't help but think that the author is one of those weird anime nerds in the back of your one art class. The ones that try soooo hard to be Japanese that they actually bother to learn the language and speak it.
I don't know if anyone has told you this yet, and if they haven't you really need to hear it. You are not Japanese, you weren't born there, that isn't part of your history, and none of these things are part of YOUR culture. Why do people like you insist on putting things in your movies that you really can't relate to other than you spend all day watching Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragon Ball Z. It's annoying when an author trys to portray themselves diffrent than they really are.
You are a talented artist and your animation is definately above average, just try to use that talent in something that is actually productive and true to your real nature. Just realize that Anime isn't part of what you actually know and grew up with. It is the Japanese's thing and it should stay that way.