It sounds like Fukuda takes nothing seriously fomr that interview.

Q: Any influence/ideas from other Gundam?
A: Before I started, I watched CCA and F91. I watched the first ep of X and returned the video. *laughs*

I didn't laugh when i read that line about GX. While its not the best of shows the first episode is to early to have an opinion, SEEDs first episode wasn't all that either.