Ghost in the Shell (probably any of them)
I’d start with Stand Alone Complex, really ticks the competency porn box.
Now that I think of Cowboy Bebop works too, all very competent in their ways, you can consider Jet the father figure / ‘leader’, but it’s more in the vein of the formation of a team / family. Worth the watch anyway, if only for the music.
Fair, but it was generally for a good reason. Lots of property damage though.