Offtopic: As much as I don't want to say this, but it appears that you're trying to convince some that "the old days are the better days" kind of thing, and then you're expecting the whole sky to fall down on the whole anime industry (reminds me of the fierce debate
over the relevancy of moe at the General Anime section) just because of decadent fan pandering.
Unfortunately, these are very hard times, and a studio has to make a profit in any way it could for the sake of survival, considering how expensive anime production can be (and still is), so I can't blame most studios taking gambles (except for the big old ones).
Ontopic: To be frank, this project has a lot of risk and money riding on it, a massive gamble. We can't be sure if this'll fly or crash and burn.
Anyone has to wait and see, even the bitterest of critics, as this is clear the project can be very well thought of as the
Titanic of anime (referring to James Cameron's high-risk hit of 1998, of course).