Watching the three series later, I realized a very important fact… The writers that tied the three together were brilliant. I probably would have preferred the original meaning of 'Protoculture' in the first series, but it was absolutely the hook needed to rewrite the latter two series… virtually every word was re-written for American audiences, and the writers did something I have never seen before or since.

I have even heard that they did not speak Japanese at all, and rewrote from a soundless screen.

The Dialogue and plot in the series from which they originally drew were… to put it bluntly, really awful (at least the latter two). The Japanese have some interesting talents, but storytelling really is not one of them. Most Anime since has left me totally cold, to the point where I really don't enjoy them. But the original Robotech and the movies that were written with American audiences in mind (Ghost in the Shell, Akira, the animated Avatar) Are generally extremely worth watching.

Oh yeah, I clean forgot about Gurren Lagann. That's a classic series.

That said, Gurren Lagann is available.

So is Blame. Which had some seriously "Oh Shit" moments