i'm going to go in a bit of a tangent bcuz yes WHY NOT!
i think the best sprites have GOT to be GBA game sprites! very expressive in their battle animations and their dialogue sprites, though without many expressions, are very pleasing to the eye. overall, i just always loved how GBA games looked. sachiko wada rlly provides with (just any) character art, too.
a runner up for me are the DS games (at least, for the dialogue sprites and cutscenes). gotta love the archanea remakes (i am biased). urrr...their battle sprites aren't too appealing, though. the battle sprites for their predessecor (FE3) is much better. FE3's dialogue sprites are also great, too!
totally awesome fe12 cutscene
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i also enjoy the artwork that was given to shadow dragon (fe11)
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ooo it's such a pretty style! love the character work that was given for some of the characters! wish to see more of their work in fire emblem...
if i had to choose one of the cipher works that i rlly love, it'd have to be jeorge's (also linking his second one). he's so pretty and i am a sucker for akira's art! i hope to see more of their work in feh (like legendary seliph). runner ups are franz, arlen, merric, forde, and just so many more... rip cipher
best feh art hands down goes to annand and jeorge!
that's all for my little ramble! hope this was an interesting answer!