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If you liked Panda Kopanda add

...then you might like Shirokuma Cafe add

A fun, comedic story involving humans interacting with talking pandas like it's perfectly normal, and there being a zoo or circus holding some importance. Now granted, Polar Bear Cafe is focused on the interactions of talking animals period, not just pandas (although one of the main characters is Panda, a young panda who works part-time at a local zoo), and relies a lot on puns and running gags and dialogue to carry the story. Opposed to that, Panda Kopanda is about a young girl who "adopts" a father and son panda duo as her family, and her adventures with them. That said, the similarities in subject matter and the lighthearted tone should be enough to make a fan of one want to watch the other.

If you liked Juuni Kokuki add

...then you might like Kingdom add

Twelve Kingdoms is, as its title suggests, focused on a world with twelve "kingdoms" each ruled by a different king, and their societal politics, advances, and so on and so forth. The culture and technology level is similar to that of Ancient China. Kingdom, on the other hand, is specifically about a nameless commoner boy aiding a young king on the run in taking back the throne that had been usurped from under him, back in Ancient China. Kingdom focuses a lot more on battles than Twelve Kingdoms, while Twelve Kingdoms has many fantasy elements (creatures, where babies come from, etc.) that you won't find in the far more realistic historical Kingdom. If those dissimilarities don't turn you off from the title you're less familiar with, give it a try.

If you liked Bleach add

...then you might like Kingdom add

Battles, conspiracies, societal politics, war tactics, rebellions, a sword-wielding main character voiced by Morita, and several other common seiyuu (such as but not limited to Fukuyama Jun). There are a lot of dissimilarities between these two series that could take up a lengthy sheet of paper, but if the above is enough for you, it's worth giving the series you're less familiar with a try.

If you liked Kekkaishi add

...then you might like Mushibugyou add

In both of these series we have a special group assembled to fight off creatures that threaten the safety of a designated area. In Mushibugyou, the setting is 17th century Edo (Tokyo) and the creatures are oversize insect creatures, with the group being the Insect Magistrate. The members of this group are mostly fighters of some sort or another, using swords and sometimes onmyouji arts or bombs. In Kekkaishi, the setting is modern Japan (I forget which city/area in particular), and the creatures are ayakashi (demons, youkai, mononoke, etc.) who seek out a certain school campus that was built on sacred land, with the group being the kekkaishi, or barrier users. The kekkaishi use a type of spiritual power to create and manipulate barriers, trap the creatures inside them, and otherwise fight said creatures.

Between the two series, I would venture to say that Kekkaishi is the far superior one, both in terms of art, storyline, and characterization.

If you liked Sakura Taisen add

...then you might like Mushibugyou add

In both of these series that take place in Japan's past, we have a special group assembled to fight off large creatures that threaten the safety of one of the more populated cities in Japan. The main character is the new addition to the group and happens to be of questionable skill and quality, but is taken into the group anyway.

If you liked Lucky☆Star add

...then you might like Yuyushiki add

Slice of life that focuses on a small group of characters (mainly female) at their school. Humorous and dialogue-driven, both of these series contain many random moments. Yuyushiki has a bit more fluidity to its pacing and conversations. Lucky Star makes a lot more references to other series and features an otaku girl as the main character.

If you liked Higurashi no Naku Koro ni add

...then you might like Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge add

Once you dig in a little, there's this feeling of wrongness in the atmosphere and the characters. Murder mysteries that carry on for generations, curses, murderous impulses bequeathed upon people for X reason, usage of instruments of torture and murder, that sort of thing. The Higurashi series is far more bloody and maimy as it does follow through with maiming, murder and mayhem and we get to see a lot of that to a graphic degree, whereas Crime Edge is more about characters wielding cursed instruments of murder and controlling their murderous impulses by only imitating murder in order to stay sane.

If you liked Nichijou add

...then you might like Yuyushiki add

Slice of life that focuses on a small group of characters (mainly female) at their school. Humorous and dialogue-driven, both of these series contain many random moments. Yuyushiki has a bit more fluidity to its pacing and conversations. Nichijou is a bit more 'out there' in terms of everything.

If you liked Eureka Seven AO add

...then you might like Vividred Operation add

A group of children use mechas or mecha-based abilities to protect the world from mysterious invading entities that have more to them than initially suspected. There are also some other similarities between these two series that you will notice once you get far enough into the storyline. I'll leave that as a surprise.

If you liked Kamisama Hajimemashita add

...then you might like Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun add

There is a distinct focus on the relationship between humans and demons/spirits, with art styles generally geared toward a female audience. Kamisama Hajimemashita has more of a shoujo romance feel to it, while Hakkenden has more of a 'bishounen deal with their problems' feel to it with a side order of shounen ai subtext (thankfully this is fairly lowkey enough for those not so interested in such things to gloss over).

If you liked Tasogare Otome x Amnesia add

...then you might like Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS2 add

Both deal with urban legends or rumors, though in drastically different ways.

If you liked Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa add

...then you might like Tottoi add

Both are stories about the difficulties of humans and nature/wild animals coexisting. Nausicaa is well known for focusing on the effects of pollution, while Tottoi is a simple story about a boy who discovers and later tries to protect a mother and baby seal in a place where those seals were believed to be extinct.

If you liked Sakura Taisen add

...then you might like Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou add

A group of people who get along to varying degrees must work together to protect the capital (former in the case of Nurarihyon no Mago, current in the case of Sakura Wars) from a supernatural enemy of great proportions.

If you liked Elfen Lied add

...then you might like Btooom! add

Both have a fair amount of violence and deal with the ugly side of human nature, consequences, horrible backstories, social outcasts/unwanted people, somewhat naive male protagonists, and female protagonists with specific vendettas (Lucy hates and mistrusts humans, Himiko hates and mistrusts men).

If you liked Queen's Blade: Rebellion add

...then you might like Hagure Yuusha no Estetica add

Both are bad ecchi fantasy fighting/battle series.

If you liked Queen's Blade: Gyokuza wo Tsugu Mono add

...then you might like Hagure Yuusha no Estetica add

Both are bad ecchi fantasy fighting/battle series.

If you liked Queen's Blade: Rurou no Senshi add

...then you might like Hagure Yuusha no Estetica add

Both are bad ecchi fantasy fighting/battle series.

If you liked Sengoku Basara add

...then you might like Oda Nobuna no Yabou add

Both focus on the Sengoku (Warring States) Era and feature a number of historical figures with major changes made to them. Sengoku Basara features ridiculous weapons and personality traits among the various famous generals and other figures, and has a general theme of "turn off your brain and enjoy the over-the-top badassery, instead of questioning things." Oda Nobuna no Yabou features a number of genderswitched historical figures, such as the title character, Oda Nobuna, and also employs the use of a boy from the future accidentally landing in the past and accidentally killing another historical figure so he ends up trying to keep history from getting too screwed up by helping out Nobuna.

If you liked NieA Under 7 add

...then you might like Eve no Jikan add

The main social issues that crop up throughout each series are those of discrimination and racism. Eve no Jikan uses humans and robots to show this, while NieA Under 7 uses humans and aliens, and even takes it one step further by having a caste system for the aliens that even the aliens care about.

If you liked Mobile Suit Gundam Wing add

...then you might like Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam add

The storyline has a similar treatment of war and peace involving multiple nations and organizations/factions, with plenty of battles (Gundams and other mobile suits, air ships and vanships, etc.).

If you liked Mouretsu Pirates add

...then you might like Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam add

Space pirates, sky pirates. Spaceships, airships & vanships. Thievery, although most of it in Mouretsu Pirates is prearranged and staged. Good CGI. Strong female characters.

If you liked Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto add

...then you might like Hakuouki Reimeiroku add

Same time period, during the final years of the shogunate (bakumatsu). Heavily historical.

If you liked Ray add

...then you might like Franken Fran add

The title characters are skilled and slightly unconventional female surgeons. Franken Fran involves a heck of a lot more body horror than Ray, in case that's an important factor, however both series are about using the doctor's special skills in order to help her patients.

If you liked Monster add

...then you might like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood add

Both are gorgeous, wonderfully faithful adaptations of their respective manga and are roughly the same length. Human experimentation, fugitives, a mastermind antagonist with a big plan who manipulates those around him, characters seeking revenge, monstrous characters (physically and mentally), a large cast that is continually interconnected throughout the show, deep mysteries being slowly unraveled, and the list goes on.

If you liked Yuru Yuri♪♪ add

...then you might like Joshiraku add

All female cast with lots of dialogue-driven zany comedy.

If you liked Yuru Yuri add

...then you might like Joshiraku add

All female cast with lots of dialogue-driven zany comedy.

If you liked Katte ni Kaizou add

...then you might like Joshiraku add

Same author, same fast-paced comedy from beginning to end. Joshiraku is a fair bit lighter on the content rating and social commentary, but both are enjoyable in a zany way.

If you liked Nichijou add

...then you might like Katte ni Kaizou add

Bizarre humor and a lot of completely ridiculous situations and characters with a school setting. Nichijou is a bit more PG-rated in its content, while Katte ni Kaizou is like a hard PG-13 in contrast, but it's quite likely that a fan of one will enjoy the other.

If you liked FLCL add

...then you might like Katte ni Kaizou add

Fast-paced zaniness and humor. Both are short OVA series that embody this and are pretty much on crack.

If you liked Shounan Jun'ai-gumi! add

...then you might like Koukou Butouden Crows add

Both are 90s short OVA series that are adaptations of well known mangas about high school boy delinquents being dumb and badass.

If you liked Yu Yu Hakusho add

...then you might like Shounan Jun'ai-gumi! add

If you enjoyed YYH for the awesome fights and Kuwabara and Yuusuke being dumb yet charismatic thugs, and if you don't mind a fair bit of crass humor, then you will probably like Shonan Junai Gumi. SJG is a prequel to Great Teacher Onizuka and covers the main character Onizuka's days as part of the delinquent duo Onibaku. It's got great humor and some badass fights, and shows Onizuka and Ryuuji both kicking ass and getting their ass kicked.

If you liked Bad Company add

...then you might like Crows add

A lot of juvenile delinquent boys being dumb. :Db

If you liked Last Exile add

...then you might like Tegami Bachi add

Both shows feature a steampunk setting and message deliverers, with a fair amount of CGI used in-show (for the airships etc in Last Exile, for the heart-eating giant insects in Tegami Bachi). Tegami Bachi has more of a focus on the message delivery, while Last Exile has as two of its main characters some teenage message deliverers who end up getting caught up in airship wars.

If you liked Video Girl Ai add

...then you might like Toradora! add

Both are romantic comedies with similar setups (guy crushes unrequitedly on girl, guy gets help from another girl, guy also helps one of these girls with her own unrequited crush, guy eventually grows to care for the girl helping him, etc) that will tug on your heartstrings. For those who are not fans of the ecchi shows, don't let the ecchi genre tag for Video Girl Ai scare you off. The ecchi moments in this six-episode OVA are far and few between, and of a more mild variety than the more blatant stuff you see nowadays. VGA came out in 1992, after all.

If you liked Beelzebub add

...then you might like Binbougami ga! add

Binbougami ga! seems like it would appeal to people who liked the female delinquents in Beelzebub. It has similar humor and roughness of language, as well, and beings of the supernatural involved in the main plot (demons in Beelzebub, gods of poverty/misfortune in Binbougami ga!).

If you liked Tomie add

...then you might like Sankarea add

Both series feature as the main female protagonist, and title character, a "zombie" high school girl. They are fairly different series in that Tomie focuses more on the horror aspect and features a fair amount of body horror, and Tomie doesn't so much as come back as a zombie as she simply . . . keeps coming back for various reasons even after being killed, while Sankarea is more of a slightly comedic romance between a girl who wants to die and be reborn as someone else (and ends up becoming a zombie as a result) and a boy with a fetish for zombie girls.

If you liked Weiß Kreuz Glühen add

...then you might like Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin add

Both involve some sort of dark conspiracy involving death and mayhem taking place at a high school. Also, they're both relatively bad shows that if you should watch, it should be for reasons other than good writing.

If you liked Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final add

...then you might like Sword Art Online add

The main characters are stuck in a video game and must clear the game in order to leave. Death is also permanent. Sword Art Online is a virtual reality video game played using NerveGear; the log-out button has been removed from the menu, leaving clearing the game's 100 levels as the only way out. Greed Island is a rare video game that only Hunters, who have a special power called nen, can play; players who start the game are transported to the actual island in real life, and cannot leave without collecting all the cards necessary for clearing the game. Please note that this particular OVA series is the second half of the Greed Island arc. There is another set of OVAs that covers the first half.

If you liked Arakawa Under the Bridge add

...then you might like Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita add

Both are subversive comedies that frequently make you go WTF as you watch.

If you liked Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02 add

...then you might like Level E add

Aliens living on Earth in disguise, and the problems that crop up with that.

If you liked Asura Cryin' 2 add

...then you might like Mirai Nikki (TV) add

Preventing the end of the world, and multiple worlds. Other similarities as well.

If you liked Asura Cryin' 2 add

...then you might like Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin add

Preventing the end of the world, and some other similarities I will not spoil you for.

If you liked K-On! add

...then you might like Tari Tari add

High school clubs about music. In K-On it's the light music club, and in Tari Tari it's choir. Both series also feature quite the quirky cast, although the main character lineup in K-On is significantly derpier and more geared toward "cute girls doing cute things," while the lineup in Tari Tari is more relatable to the viewer and is mixed, i.e. both guys and girls.

If you liked InuYasha add

...then you might like Kimagure Orange Road add

A teenage guy waffles between interest in two different girls. Similar art style, although I should note that Kimagure Orange Road is at least fifteen years older than Inuyasha, from the early 80s to be precise, and therefore may be harder to find, in anime or manga form.

While the focus of KOR is the relationships and mishaps revolving around the triangle corners (Kasuga, Madoka and Hikaru), the triangle in Inuyasha is more of a recurring subplot that helps add flavor to the trials and tribulations that Inuyasha, Kagome and company must face while collecting jewel shards in the Warring States Era.

I should also note that both series feature a large, very fat pet cat who is frequently used for scenes of comic relief.

If you liked Persona 4 The Animation add

...then you might like Tasogare Otome x Amnesia add

The concept of rejecting your negative traits and feelings which are then personified in the form of a Shadow being.

If you liked The Star of Cottonland add

...then you might like Unico add

Both feature a kitten who wants to become human. Katy (Chao) wants to become a human girl so she can become a witch (Unico). Chibi-Neko wants to become a human girl so she can be with the boy who took her in after she was abandoned (The Star of Cottonland).

If you liked The Star of Cottonland add

...then you might like Chi's Sweet Home add

Both are about an abandoned kitten who gets taken in by a family and cared for. The kitten 'talks' a lot throughout the show, although while the watcher hears 'human words' from her, the human characters in the show only hear meows.

If you liked Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu add

...then you might like Asura Cryin' add

The world ended three years prior to the series' main timeline. There are a lot of dissimilarities between these two shows, but this particular plot point is of note, and important in both animes.

If you liked Ranma ½ add

...then you might like Igano Kabamaru add

Martial arts comedy where a boy martial artist (Ranma practices an anything-goes style, while Kabamaru is a ninja descended from the Iga) is invited to live with a new family thanks to a parent/grandparent, but the new family's daughter/granddaughter doesn't get along with him.

If you liked Ouran Koukou Host Club add

...then you might like Kimi to Boku. 2 add

Similar character types among the main group. You have the twins, the glasses-wearing guy with short dark hair with the occasional short fuse, the exuberant blond guy, and uh . . . okay, so there isn't really a genderbending person in Kimi to Boku, there IS a guy who's a tad on the feminine side when it comes to interests, and who originally had long hair and got confused for a girl in the first half of the first season. Also similar humor type, though for Kimi to Boku it is much more subtle and understated.

If you liked Neon Genesis Evangelion add

...then you might like Eureka Seven AO add

Teenagers protecting the world from mecha creatures that aim to attack the earth, while piloting mechas themselves.

If you liked Sasameki Koto add

...then you might like Acchi Kocchi add

Among a group of friends, there is a pair of friends where one girl has unvoiced feelings for her friend that her friend is completely unaware of. Acchi Kocchi has Tsumiki and Io (het), and Sasameki Koto has Sumika and Ushio (shoujo-ai).

If you liked UN-GO add

...then you might like Hyouka add

Mysteries and good animation.

If you liked Tetsuwan Birdy add

...then you might like Outlanders add

Short OVA series about a badass alien girl who has to stick around with a geeky human boy.

If you liked Ann Cassandra add

...then you might like Gokukoku no Brynhildr add

Both have a boy and girl duo using future predictions to stop people from dying. This is more the main focus of the plot in Ann Cassandra, whereas it's a secondary plot in Gokukoku no Brynhildr.

If you liked Juuni Kokuki add

...then you might like Rose of Versailles add

Both are about young queens and their hardships in managing their kingdoms. Rose of Versailles follows Marie Antoinette during the late 18th century in France, while Twelve Kingdoms follows Youko in the kingdom of En, one of twelve kingdoms in a mysterious land separate from the world we know. There is a fair amount of court politics and oppression of the lower class in both.

If you liked Great Teacher Onizuka add

...then you might like SKET Dance add

Both are high school comedies featuring a blond main character named Onizuka who is a reformed delinquent. With the series Sket Dance we have Onizuka Himeko, formerly known as Onihime, who is now a proud member of the Sket Dan, an extracurricular club that takes on students' requests for help. With the series Great Teacher Onizuka we have Onizuka Eikichi, formerly known as Eikichi the Oni, who is now striving toward becoming a good teacher now that he's finished a student teaching position successfully. Both shows are mostly comedies with some serious overtimes from time to time, although Sket Dance has a lot more slapstick comedy and general ridiculousness and not taking itself seriously, and pretty much avoids the crude humor often found in Great Teacher Onizuka. How no one thought to rec these series together before I did, I have no flipping idea.

If you liked Great Teacher Onizuka add

...then you might like SKET Dance add

Both are high school comedies featuring a blond main character named Onizuka who is a reformed delinquent. With the series Sket Dance we have Onizuka Himeko, formerly known as Onihime, who is now a proud member of the Sket Dan, an extracurricular club that takes on students' requests for help. With the series Great Teacher Onizuka we have Onizuka Eikichi, formerly known as Eikichi the Oni, who is now striving toward becoming a good teacher now that he's finished a student teaching position successfully. Both shows are mostly comedies with some serious overtimes from time to time, although Sket Dance has a lot more slapstick comedy and general ridiculousness and not taking itself seriously, and pretty much avoids the crude humor often found in Great Teacher Onizuka. How no one thought to rec these shows together before I did, I have no flipping idea.

If you liked Paradise Kiss add

...then you might like Kuruizaki no Hana add

Similar art styles. The genres are very very different, so double-check the summaries first just in case.

If you liked K-On! add

...then you might like Sakamichi no Apollon add

A group of high schoolers form a band. In K-On! it's four girls in the light music club forming a rock band, and in Sakamichi no Apollon it's four guys playing jazz together.

If you liked Speed Grapher add

...then you might like Zetman add

Dark and gritty with a fair amount of violence, as well as genetic mutations/evolutions in humans that may give them monstrous qualities. Speed Grapher is more about corruption and vice, while Zetman is about violence begetting violence, but a fan of one series is likely to enjoy the other.

If you liked Excel Saga add

...then you might like Haiyore! Nyaruko-san add

Cracked out slapstick parody.

If you liked Natsume Yuujinchou add

...then you might like Tasogare Otome x Amnesia add

Both main male characters are able to see supernatural beings that no one else (or rather, very few others) can. In Tasogare Otome x Amnesia it's ghosts, and in Natsume Yuujinchou it's ayakashi/youkai/mononoke.

If you liked Terra e... add

...then you might like Tokyo ESP add

The challenge of dealing with hostility between people with newfound esp powers and the normals around them.

If you liked Ao no 6-gou add

...then you might like Ozma add

Both are short series, 4-6 episodes, where a lot of the action takes place on submersible vehicles. Sand ships for Ozuma, and submarines for Blue Submarine No. 6.

If you liked Shigofumi add

...then you might like Sankarea add

Both feature teenage girls who chose a severe form of escapism in order to get away from their abusive fathers.

If you liked Mirai Nikki (TV) add

...then you might like Guilty Crown add

Both are thrillers that have a somewhat wimpy guy and a pink-haired girl of questionable sanity. In Guilty Crown I am not referring to Inori. You'll see.

If you liked Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu add

...then you might like Arakawa Under the Bridge add

Kyon and Recruit have a lot of similarities, especially in their role in the series. They're both surrounded by a quirky cast and see themselves as the 'normal' one.

If you liked Shakugan no Shana add

...then you might like Zombie-Loan add

A main character who learns that they're dead or about to die, and ends up helping a hunter of sorts (zombie hunters in Zombie-Loan and Flame Haze in Shakugan no Shana). More similarities I am too lazy to list. :)b

If you liked Soul Eater add

...then you might like C³ add

Both series have people with weapon forms.

If you liked SKET Dance add

...then you might like Medaka Box add

The Sket Dan take requests from students to help them out, and Medaka, student council president, has vowed to take all suggestions put in the suggestion box seriously, 24/7, 365/year.

If you liked Hanako to Guuwa no Tera add

...then you might like Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS2 add

Both deal with urban legends, though in drastically different ways.

If you liked The Law of Ueki add

...then you might like Toaru Majutsu no Index add

The main character in each series is a spikey-haired idiot who repeatedly saves people regardless of who they are - friend, enemy, ambiguous. Whoever needs saving at the time, it doesn't matter what their status is, it's no reason to influence whether they should be saved. Both spikey-haired idiots - Touma and Ueki - have a certain view on justice. Ueki lives for following his own justice to the point of challenging opponents who threaten that justice, and Touma repeatedly punches people in the face while lecturing them, and believes in seeing everyone have a happy ending, with no casualties, even if he ends up getting mangled in the process. On top of that, Accelerator and Robert have a lot of similarities, the former being the most powerful esper in the world and the latter being a ten-star Heavenly Being. They are ruthless, seemingly all-powerful, dislike having to fight (for different reasons - Accelerator wants people to see him too powerful to fight in the first place, and Robert loses years of his life from using his abilities too much), and both boys were ostracized by others as monsters from a young age that resulted in some serious destruction of the city they lived in. Then, the Robert-Ueki and Accelerator-Touma dynamics are also similar.

Both series also have characters with unusual types of powers - in The Law of Ueki the various power users typically have one single power granted to them from a God Candidate, and in Toaru Majutsu no Index there are magicians and espers, the latter of whom can only have one single base power.

Index has a second season, so check that out as well.

If you liked Toaru Majutsu no Index II add

...then you might like Tiger & Bunny add

Stern Bild and Academy City are both similar in that they are technologically advanced cities home to millions of people, a number of whom have special powers. In Index they are students going though the Power Curriculum Program in order to become espers artificially. In T&B they are normal citizens with a certain genetic mutation that gives them special powers; several of these citizens use their powers for good and become Heroes. In the case of both series, those with powers can turn toward good or evil depending on their situation and beliefs, and at times are considered by others to be monstrous due to being different from normal humans.

If you liked Toaru Majutsu no Index add

...then you might like Tiger & Bunny add

Stern Bild and Academy City are both similar in that they are technologically advanced cities home to millions of people, a number of whom have special powers. In Index they are students going though the Power Curriculum Program in order to become espers artificially. In T&B they are normal citizens with a certain genetic mutation that gives them special powers; several of these citizens use their powers for good and become Heroes. In the case of both series, those with powers can turn toward good or evil depending on their situation and beliefs, and at times are considered by others to be monstrous due to being different from normal humans.

If you liked Kobato. add

...then you might like Ikoku Meiro no Croisée add

A young girl and a guy in the 18-20 range live/work together while facing off against threats of their workplace being shut down. In Kobato's case, Kobato and Fujimoto are neighbors and work together at a children's nursery whose owner has debt issues. In Ikoku Meiro no Croisee's case, Yune is Claude's live-in maid at a signboard shop in the Galerie du Roy where a lot of small, privately owned shops are gradually (or severely) losing business to new, larger businesses in the area.

If you liked Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. add

...then you might like Mawaru Penguindrum add

A girl who dies gets a second chance at life in some respect. In AnoHana, Menma reappears from the beginning of the series - several years after her death - as an older version of herself, only visible to her friend Jinta, and asks him to help grant her wish. In MP, Himari dies of a terminal condition, but has her life extended by a mysterious being, and several chubby penguins appear that are only visible to Himari and her brothers. The brothers have a special condition to fulfill as the price of having their sister's life extended.

If you liked Koi Kaze add

...then you might like Usagi Drop add

Similar art style, and the plot revolves around an odd familial relationship between a young girl and an older male in the family. In Usagi Drop, the little girl Rin is the thirty-year-old Daikichi's aunt, being his grandfather's illegitimate child. In Koi Kaze, we have a teenage girl and her late-twenty-something older brother (though PLEASE NOTE that KK is a sibling incest romance, albeit one that is sweetly and gently done).

If you liked Hourou Musuko add

...then you might like Usagi Drop add

Similar art style.

If you liked Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai add

...then you might like Yuru Yuri add

One of the main characters is a blond-haired, blue-eyed middle school girl who really likes a particular magical girl show whose main character has pink twin-tails to the point of vaguely implied shoujo-ai on the part of the fangirl. The plots of each series are completely different, but it's an odd enough similarity that I think it's worth mentioning.

If you liked Seto no Hanayome add

...then you might like Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko add

Both series have a side character who usually goes around wearing a spacesuit, often to comedic effect unintentional on their part. Come on, you can't say you see this often.

If you liked NHK ni Youkoso! add

...then you might like Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai Specials add

One of the underlying plot bits in each of these is a pair of gamers working together to create an eroge.

If you liked Kuragehime add

...then you might like Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai add

Both feature main characters who are otaku, and deal on some level with the issues surrounding their hobbies.

If you liked Kobato. add

...then you might like Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. add

Both series are tearjerkers with a plot revolving around all the hard work put in so that a girl can have her wish granted. There are other similarities as well that I will not mention due to spoilers.

If you liked Shoujo Kakumei Utena add

...then you might like Uta Kata add

Both are magical girl series of a darker sort, and involve putting the heroine through a number of trials.

If you liked Shikabane Hime: Kuro add

...then you might like Freezing add

Female fighters who have a male partner for support. In both cases, the females are certain powered entities who have a difficult fate potentially awaiting them, and they share a link to the first of their kind.

If you liked Nekojiru-sou add

...then you might like Paprika add

Trippy, surreal and dreamlike stories.

If you liked One Outs add

...then you might like Moshidora add

Both titles are not your average baseball anime. Moshidora focuses on using the rules of business management to help the team's players understand the game and their role/interest in it better, while One Outs is a psychological battle of wits on the field, whereby a particularly perceptive pitcher who loves gambling manipulates the players around him, mostly on the opposite team but also his own teammates, into earning his team as many wins as he can.

Whether you'll like both will depend on your tastes - shoujo philosophy vs intelligent shounen action - but chances are that a baseball fan will at least want to try both.

If you liked Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor add

...then you might like Deadman Wonderland add

In DMW, prisoners of a particular prison take part in dangerous events meant to entertain spectators. In Kaiji, debtors are scammed into high stakes gambling in order to get a shot at having their debts erased. Some of the high stakes gambles are extremely dangerous or otherwise risky, and sometimes there are upper class spectators watching the poor gamblers fight for their lives.

If you liked Kodomo no Jikan add

...then you might like Astarotte no Omocha! add

Romance between a 23-24 year old guy and an 8-10 year old girl. Kodomo no Jikan is ridiculously ecchi and focuses on an oversexualized and bratty third grader who sexually harasses her new teacher a lot, and Astarotte's Toy is about a ten year old succubus who tries to get over her extreme dislike of men by starting out her harem with a human male.

If you liked Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro add

...then you might like Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor add

The art style in both has a certain stylistic "bad and unattractive, yet awesome" quality to it. This is more apparent in the manga versions of both series, but the animation manages to capture that. In addition, both series have a lot of battles of wits, Kaiji with its gambling and Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro with solving detective cases. Add a little extremism - for example Neuro's physical and mental abuse of Yako and the ridiculous stakes Kaiji wagers in some of his gambles - and it's easy to see at a glance why a fan of one would enjoy the other.

If you liked Witch Hunter Robin add

...then you might like Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica add

Dark series that revolve around hunting witches.

If you liked Prince of Tennis add

...then you might like Softenni add

Both are series about middle school kids playing tennis and aiming for the Nationals. Prince of Tennis is about boys' tennis, while Softenni is about girls' soft tennis.

If you liked Elfen Lied add

...then you might like Terra e... add

Both of these series revolve around a race of "evolved humans" (in Elfen Lied's case, the diclonius girls, and in Toward the Terra's case, the Mu) being considered a threat to the original human race. Granted, Toward the Terra is more of a space drama and shows the Mu in a very sympathetic light whereas Elfen Lied is a traumatic romance with plenty of gore wherein the diclonius kind have a genetic predisposition for showing hostile and homicidal tendencies toward humans... but both deal with the issues surrounding how humans may treat those who are different from them. If you're a fan of one, it's worth checking out the other.

If you liked Fuan no Tane add

...then you might like Hanako to Guuwa no Tera add

Both are about eerie and unsettling paranormal events. Fuan no Tane (The Seeds of Anxiety) focuses more on instances of paranoia getting the best of people, ghost sightings, urban legends, and so on. Its tone is also very sinister, with only brief glimpses of the horrors each mini-chapter's characters come into contact with. It's very episodic, in contrast to the more linear storyline in Hanako and the Teller of Allegory, which focuses almost entirely on urban legends that become so well known that the legends themselves become personified. While each manga is very different in a lot of ways, someone who enjoys unsettling events in a mundane setting should be able to enjoy both series.