He means that by limiting yourself to drawing cartoons or manga you cannot get an accurate understanding of how anatomy works in reality, however, by learning realistic proportions first you can then apply those skills to your style of choice. It also makes drawing much easier and faster, even if you are just drawing for fun.
Your bottom two pictures are in manga style, I would assume MM is talking about those.
Last edited by Vyrien; 02-03-2013 at 06:46 AM..
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