I always wondered about this topic! In my opinion, anime girls don't look Japanese. And they DO look more like a western girls. I even read in a anime magezine that the creator of Naruto purppesly made Naruto with blond hair and blue eyes to appeal to the western culture.
I always wanted to look like an anime girl, and I'm American!
And ichigoichie, I always wanted to know a Japanese girls opinion about this topic!