I'm trying to better understand the subject and part of me is unclear on if any depiction of another culture "counts", even if it's a fictionalized depiction / amalgamation of those cultures.
Also, if you could count stuff like those as examples, I'm unclear on if cultural appropriation is always bad, or more dependent on how respectful / high quality the appropriation is.
That's always a complicated issue, but I'd summarize it by saying it's portraying another's culture without respect, acknowledgment, or understanding of how the portrayed culture feels about it.
It's a difficult topic without clear lines. For example, I visited Japan and met with a few Japanese friends I have there. They insisted we go out and wear kimono since we were in Kyoto. We went out, had some laughs at the rental shop while they found something my size, and had an all around good time after.
That being said, as a USian, I'd never wear one back in the US. Plus, if I ever posted the pictures, a not-insignificant number of whites would take offense on Japanese people's behalf accusing me of appropriating culture.