Cowboy Bebop is what kicked it off for me. Outlaw Star was a lot of fun, but coulda used more cowboy style shit on the soundtrack. Watching Space Dandy now and while it's not quite a space western, it's pretty fun to me.
Anything else I should check out?
Trigun might be good but I watched it a decade ago idk how well it aged
Cant talk about the original Trigun but the remake Trigun Stampede was pretty good and is pretty free of problematic elements if that is concern (as far as I can remember)
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The first four or five episodes of the original are a bit weak, but it picks up substantially after Wolfwood shows up.
If you have a tolerance for juvenile and problematic anime, Desert Punk is that same Mad Max modern Western vibe.
Watched it for the first time last year and really liked it a lot. I would say it holded up pretty well. I still have to watch the movie and Stampede tho.