No "children only", no dumb yuri-drama, no "politics in the background", just an honest story about a becoming-a-hero protagonist using a not-special Gundam to make do in tough times and building a loyal group of friends and supporters as the show goes on. Gimme pls.
8th MS Team isn't new, but if you're getting through Gundam in release order then it'd be one that you haven't seen.

Well, guess I should check out Macross then. I only watched one of the newer Macrossa-anime, with that green-haired girl and the pink-haired girl who both were singers.
That's Frontier.

I had to turn off my brain for the end of Witch of Mercury. Some stuff just didn't click or make sense. I think I liked the middle aspect of this the most - around when the first terrorist attack happened.