Hell yeah dude.

I agree with your assessment. A lot of them struggle with budget and I suspect they just pad it out with some scenes that are easy to animate / are easy to progress the story. Kinda funny how B movies do that too.

Angel's Egg is weird as hell, kinda boring but worth a watch if you have not yet!

I recommend OG show first AT Votoms. Starts sorta slow, has QUALITY (so bad its good) moments, but man i find it ramps up in a great way thats uncommon for some anime. After that I would watch some of the side OVAs.

Ooh actually, if you want a great lil taste - watch Mellowlink! It's also kino.

Haven't been following your quest too closely, have you done Venus Wars yet? Riding Bean? Dallos?

VOTOMS is goated, I assume you've done that already (and not a movie). The OVA's are pretty good too though if you haven't that as well.