They do do it well in Video Games. I've already said on this blog that I do not comprehend film critics saying "looks like a video game" as a criticism when I watch the Cut Scenes in Final Fantasy XII and XIII and go "why can't Hollywood movies look this awesome". Even on the Wii over a decade ago the cut scenes in Mario Galaxy look better then what Disney and Pixar are putting on the big screen now much less at the time.
But these are the top tier AAA Video Games, they have massive budgets and are typically in production for years. Most Anime is made on a limited budget and schedule that doesn't allow the same amount of work to be put into it. To many nit picky Anime critics this even hurts how good their 2D Animation looks, in TV Anime at least. But 2D Animation is still inherently cheaper to do well and Japan's been ahead of the west at that art-form since the 70s so it's easy for even the cheapest shows to impress a casual viewer when it's 2D.
With Pokemon we can see this contrast demonstrated in the same franchise. Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is going to be the first fully CG Pokemon Anime and it isn't looking good at all. But in the games Let's Go Pikachu, Let's Go Eevee, Sword and Shield are providing some fraking gorgeous purely CG Animation.
Frankly I think if they really wanted to do this now they should have used Detective Pikachu as an excuse to take this year off from the annual Pokemon Anime Film schedule and spend twice as much time on this one. And done it with an original story, everyone comparing this to the movie we're all nostalgic for is not gonna help it.
There are also video games that have a more explicitly Anime style. And plenty of Dark Fantasy Video Games with an aesthetic that could have worked for something like Berserk.
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children was a Japanese CG Animated Movie made by a Video Game company with the same effort they'd put into a Video Game. And it looks awesome, whatever your lame opinions on it's story are.
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