Pierrot doesn't use lots of motion, and that's a Japanese company. So yeah, totally depends on the company.
Pierrot is perhaps most famously known as the studio behind Yu Yu Hakusho.
It's a 90s anime, and as incredible as it was, it didn't have any particularly complex movements. I chalk it up to the fact that it's an old show, therefore animators were very limited with how much they could actually process, however, there's no excuse for their work with Korra. At least Hakusho had really intense, gruesome fighting scenes, despite restricted movement.
... On a side note, I keep thinking of "Parrot" whenever I see Pierrot. Those darn parrots and their crappy animation skills!