I like this noir) And like this character too

Nice style...but somehow the sword animation look werid..@@

This has seriously improved! Congrats! :)

If you feel like giving it a little more time and it's a rainy sunday, I'd suggest to make a second, slightly different pose for the end of the move and alternate the two a few times, the way it is now is really frozen.

And please edit that description!

looks alot better

I'm-a gonna call this kind of done. Worked on it for 4 hours or so making changes. I might come back and smooth things out, but I'm exhausted. D:

Looks great but... feels unfinished.

Much better, I like the face.

You could still improve some stuff if you want.

Mostly, the wings could be made more obvious, different from the ... cloth? tail? feathers? I'd make them mostly white, more readable, and move smoother.

The cloth or whatever should fall away from the wings, move more smoothly too, maybe only in the lowest parts.

Legs are possibly the biggest problem: they're sticks. I'd suggest not to make them move (to make it easier), keep them at the closest position (even closer?) and try to suggest a leg shape in at least one (left, ours). Feet are ok, except the left could use 2 more pixels under the tip.

Umbrella / saber should be held upwards. I like the 'poof' thing, maybe the clouds don't need an all-around outline.

thats preview promised way too much :C

For a pixeled character, she is fairly attractive. :P

Good work on your entry.

This actually gave me the illusion of AA! I love it :D Definitely has my vote :) 

Made the suggested changes. Looks much better now.

The eye-looking feature on the shirt is disturbing, looks like the actual sprite's eye, until you find the girl's head. Girl could use an eye.

make the background another color, a solid one, then go to iaza.com and make it transparent.