Regarding the Colony Drop review and Hideaki Anno... I'd always thought that he was know for his strong remarks against the otaku community? Like the infamous Shinji scene in the first set of Eva movies and his famous "I'm so fucked up..." line.
After reading the review, I feel like hes done a 180 and just gave in... Still, I can't blame him for it... there's really no sense in fighting an endless war... and hell, if pandering is gonna give him the bigger bucks... more power to him (insert evil laugh here... and yes I too find it rather delicious
).