Pretty jarring. The Japanese influences had me completely distracted. I don't even know if it was all that bad -- I couldn't get past the stupid hair on the main characters. I'm fairly sure it wasn't good, though.

The part where the Spartan goes into the swamp and pulls out the pod was ridiculous. Even if her massive weight wasn't enough to sink her, the force she exerted onto the pod would have surely driven her straight down.

Although, I probably have a bigger problem with there being female Spartans in the first place. And I can't blame that on the Japanese.

What I can blame on the Japanese is the sexist cultural lense that this thing was meant to be viewed through. Oh, the Spartan is a girl. That changes EVERYTHING for the douche-y ODST. He hearts her now. Lame.