Haven't watched much, liked ghost in the shell and macross: suggestions?

So I only got into anime recently (mostly because I never had friends who liked it so I had to do all the work myself XD). Of the few I've seen so far, I liked Ghost In the Shell (really thought provoking; almost felt like reading a novel), and the first two macross movies. I know these are kind of old--are there some new ones in that vein? Futurey, but very clean, maybe some nice relationshipy stuff but that shouldn't be the main focus...not too violent (GITS was definitely pushing it), Akira freaked me out a bit not gonna lie, maybe when I get more into it...

Any suggestions?:)