Full disclosure: I recommended Genesis Climber Mospeada, merely the third series that makes up Robotech. I'm pretty certain nobody would recommend the 2nd series and I've never been that into Macross. I tried Gatchaman Crowds and it was awful. Patlabor is from '89. Seriously influential on mecha design. FWIW, Bandai has re-released most of the model kits from Patlabor so my local hobby shop is drowning in them. And you're right. It's boring. Technically it's called "Slice of life anime" and I hate it. I'll also point out that you skimmed right the fuck over my big recommendations, which were Lain, Madoka Magica and Psycho Pass, all three of which we actually covered under #animeclub so wtf ever, bro, go sit there and watch Star Blazers and maintain "you were never much of a fan of anime" as if that were somehow anime's fault. ;-)