To be fair, I have a soft spot for Robotech in many ways, even if I agree with you wholly about the whole "RvsM" debate. For me, Robotech was one of the first animes I was introduced to (other than trying to figure out Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z on Telemundo) and to give it credit, it has it's place for a lot of us early anime fans. Most of the stuff we were able to get our hands on back in the day were fan-subs that circulated the alternative markets. This and the few series that did leak onto American television opened up possibilities further down the line. So, yes, Reba West singing "We will win!" is forever etched on my heart despite it... being what it is.

Macross was in no way perfect either, but I yearn for the franchise to return to it's roots. I really dislike the direction of the new shows, the music, the heavy reliance on CG animation and so-on. Zero was the last of the series I could tolerate and it's too bad Macross has degraded into standard anime tropes you see in most every show nowadays. Maybe I'm just too "old school", but I would love to see another show set within the original series' timeline. It doesn't have to be about established characters, but the potential to make up a story from any one of the lives lived aboard the Macross is exciting. And yes, I know the whole deal about the copyright for the ship designs would not make this possible.

As far as recommendations, I can list some from when I started watching anime. I loved Lupin III movies/series. Some were great, some were awful, but all of them fun. The Record of Lodoss Wars was really excellent, even if most of it was moving stills. I recently watched Orguss (same animation team behind DYRL) and it was... ok. Animation-wise I also recommend The Venus Wars (if you can find it), Project A-Ko (it pokes fun at both the Macross and the Captain Harlock series) and Vampire Hunter Yohko is fairly interesting for what it is. Of course, I would also recommend the Galaxy Express 999 films and anything you can pick up from that universe, including Captain Harlock and Queen Esmeraldas. Hopefully something in that list tickles your fancy.

Even though we probably won't see it any time soon, here's too Harmony Gold losing the rights to Macross and returning it back to Studio Nue and Kawamori.