Yeah, but look at the art style of KoF. It's clearly not anime/Japanese. That's what he was referring to.
Considering KoF has gone through a ton of artists, I can't say I know which one you're referring to.
The one they had when they were under Eolith? I mean, predictably, everything looked more Korean when they became a subsidy of a Korean company, but that was a pretty temporary phrase compared to everything else, lol.