Im professional artist (maybe not at the top of skill like one that you posted) And of hundrets artist (art is their work) that i personally know only me and one other use krita. And most of people actually like kiki.
So what you posted reminded me that there are lot of people with different tastes.
And i feel like krita main focus is more for fine art/traditional than for anime ( amout of realistic brushes added and we still dont have fix for color banding in gradients which is critical for anime style (actual thats one issue for me preventing krita reaching perfection))
So i can imagine traditionalists that like traditional look (that krita is going most for) are the one having problems with anime.
People that love anime hate furry characters so i wouldnt put them in the same sack.