I must say that I feel that I've grown out of anime at large. I find one or 2 shows to download and watch and check out some stuff I've heard about through the grapevine.
Yes, the anime industry itself feeds the pedo/rape stereotype in many ways. Not blatantly, of course, but I can easily see how people would get that impression. Hell, it isn't even lack of exposure, I think the more exposed to anime I get the more apparent it becomes.
Part of the reason that I've bid my farewell to the industry is that I feel like I've seen the same stuff repeatedly. There are the cliches that crop up over time be it in mannerisms, art style, etc. I'm starting to notice the more ridiculous aspects of the medium more readily to the point where I've decided to actually investigate older manga/anime to get something "different" that hadn't fallen into the conventions we have today.
Macross gets by because its Macross.