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I loved the first season of Aldnoah Zero
It’s realistic mecha, e.g. Patlabor, using believable science to fight science fantasy mecha with un-realistic abilities powered by “Aldnoah” a magical/“sufficiently advanced technology” power source discovered on Mars.
Don’t bother with the 2nd season though, they lost the head plot writer Gen Urobochi it the writing really suffered.
If you like 80s anime and hordes of polygonal ships flying around fighting each other, there’s Legend Of The Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, a remake of the long running 80s TV and OVA series.
If you like big things fighting each other, there’s SSSS.Gridman. Technically the titular figure is a mech, but it’s a take on a mostly-forgotten Tsuburaya tokusatsu show.
And, as someone else said, definitely finish Gurren Lagann