To be honest, I don't think I've ever really thought about it. Then again, I main healers instead of DPS and besides AST, SCH and WHM are pretty boring animation wise, so its never really bothered me any.
Though I will confess: nothing pleases me more than, as a monk, jumping from somewhere high and doing that ground punching animation. The one where the earth cracks all under your feet? God that's so nerdy and satisfying.