I never played Evergrace (I own just about every other ps2, ps1, gamecube and gba RPG that's on the market in Europe though), but I'll take that as a compliment :)
I really like it - although the terrain looks so realistic - and the characters are outlined.
Yup I was worried at first that that would look a bit funny, but personally I don't think it's a problem, I like the contrast between the environment and the characters. I wanted to keep the characters simple because I want to finish this game. If I make everything very complex, it will just take too long.