I watched exactly the same animes in my youth, and feel exactly the same resentment about contemporary visual media like you...
And I loved this show just as much as you - and even have the same criticisms.
Here's another one that blew my mind last year:
https://boxd.it/1b3JSFAnd just in case, but I would be surprised if you haven't seen them, you can savely watch everything made by Satoshi Kon - most importantly Paprika.