have either of you seen Turn A Gundam? it's my favorite anime of all time, partly because it's the only anti-war mecha show i've seen that's been brave enough to basically entirely withhold the big robot fights for like 80% of the runtime. it's mostly just politics, character drama, and slice of lifey stuff. there's an early episode where the main character helps a farmer transfer some cows with his gundam, it's peak.