If the show hadn't been written by a lolicon author, it would be less associated with lolicon? Who'da thunk?
It wouldn't be the same show, either, so that's not much of a point.
> 14-episode-series don't get produced to pander to a single, niche, subculture.
Lolicon is hardly a niche among japanese otaku. It's pretty widely prevalent. And shows most certainly do get produced to pander to otaku subgroupings.