Personally i was only tangentially aware of anime when i picked up the Robotech novelisations. I was in that stage where the adults had given me a library card and i was going ham reading everything i could like a sponge absorbing all the books. I tore through the dozen or so novels.

If like HBO or similar used just the Jack Mckinney (a pseudonym for 3 authors) novelisations as the basis for their television series they would have the next prestige show. Pretend you're making it for a world that doesnt know or give a fuck about weeb shit. Get Tom Cruise in as Fokker, and