Some of my favourite Ren & Stimpy episodes...
This episode goes completely insane at the 13.30 mark!!
You liked Nichijou didn't you?
You might like Gunsmith Cats. Early 90s OVA with good production values typical of the time, it's a little fan servicey but in a more cheesecake way like Bubblegum Crisis (same designer). Not the cyberpunk atmosphere of Bubblegum Crisis but there's sort of a general tone similarity, a fair amount of action counter-balanced with some light-hearted comedy and cute characters. Basic buddy-cop plot about two Chicago gun dealers who are blackmailed by the government into performing extra-legal vigilante work. I'm sure there are movies from the 70s that do the same idea better, but in anime format it checks every possible entertainment box for me.
EDIT: Oh and the jazzy soundtrack might appeal if that was a selling point of Cowboy Bebop for you, and apparently a key animator of the Bebop movie (which I haven't seen) worked on the show's animation as well.
Everything else on my list has things that would probably be deal-breakers for you, if not wholly repulsive.
The people who ran around with the allegations and pitchforks perhaps didn't know about the yaoi part at the time. Reminded me of this though:Employed guy loses job because he doesn't like yaoi
In March 2017, Larry Garfield, a high profile contributor, posted a blog post titled "TMI about me", in which he revealed he had been asked to step down by Dries from the community, and had been removed as a speaker and track curator for DrupalCon. He revealed that he was into the kinky BDSM lifestyle known as Gor, and that someone had dug up a profile of his on a fetish dating site. Based on his statements about consensual master/slave relationships, the image had been created that he was a misogynist who considered women inferior.
The people who ran around with the allegations and pitchforks perhaps didn't know about the yaoi part at the time. Reminded me of this though:
https://drupal.sh/drupal-discrimination-larry-garfield.html
SJW bullshitare liberals really twisting BDSM into sexism?
Is the original Speed Racer anime any good?