I think it would be an improvement if we could choose our animation style in character creation, no matter if you like the current animations or not. I imagine if we could choose beween around 4 animation styles, including the standard one, it would be enough:
1. Standard
2. Elegant / dainty
3. Militaristic / confidant
4. Shy / slouched
These are my suggestions, and I think they would cover most of the characters that people come up with. If none of the special styles suits your character, you can always go with the standard. It is pretty good imo.