Duck Hunt Remake sprites (And other general sprites)

[Koh]

Suggestions:

-I think his pupil on the right should probably be moved right a pixel; it kinda looks like he's looking totally away from where he's stabbing.
-The sword should either be longer, or he needs to lean forward so he can have more range; it looks way too small, like Zelda 2's ridiculous knife-like attack range. Having an actual stabbing animation for this, instead of a single frame, would probably help.
-An intermediate frame between the first and second holding frames...it looks like it'd be way too abrupt. Also, his arm on the right int he second frame looks like it's lower by a pixel, which is a bit odd since he's supposed to be holding something.

Give us some smooth animation with your skillz~ Memory is no longer an issue in this day and age; fluid animations are feasible =).