Robotech technically is Macross, since Macross was never licensed officially in the USA. They based it loosely off of Macross.
Give Macross Frontier a go, it was a more recent release of the series circa 2004, but very well done nonetheless. FYI I still prefer Gundam
Does the Reaper Dream of Darkness Darker than Black?
I can recommend BTB as well, it's not too serious at times and has a good plot as well as nice memorable characters.






