No there isn't. Not unless there's another delay. And we're so far past pre-alpha at this point. That was a weak excuse when people kept using it to explain why Inquisition was so ugly compared to the "in-engine" trailers and I really don't want to see that excuse being thrown around for MEA.
First half of 2017 is what's being reported. We're currently 13 days (depending where you live) into the second half of 2016. Therefore we have anything up to a year, or, anything up to 352 days if you want to be pedantic.
To be fair, the odd facial expressions may be intentional. The character may be someone you're supposed to view as somewhat off, sort of like Sera.
I don't think so, mate. The character looks young but I'm talking about the smoothness of the animation, or lack thereof. It looks like a puppet on a string. Look at the way the mouth drops in an over exaggerated manner. There is no progression between expressions. There is one then there is the other immediately afterward. Try moving the video frame by frame to see what I mean. It's really poor when compared to other games.