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If you liked Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt add

...then you might like Space☆Dandy add

Both are anime takes on the western episodic cartoon format. Except they don't follow any rules, so things are way less formulaic and way way more funner. Each individual episode of both these series is incredibly unique and embraces artistic anarchy in its own way within the context of each series's own likeable world and characters.

If you liked Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu add

...then you might like Steins;Gate Movie: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu add

"The Disappearance of Okabe Rintarou" takes after its predecessor in quite a few interesting ways. Despite literally being Steins;Gate, Load Region of Déjà vu interestingly utilizes significantly less confusing-feeling time travel conditions than The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya does to tackle the same concept. That concept, of course, being that it takes the series' most beloved character away, placing the rest of the cast in a universe where they don't exist, and tasking the new tentative "leader" of the group with bringing that beloved character back in order to fulfill the hole left in the now “empty” world. Disappearance focuses much more on emphasizing the confusing nature of the time travel, and utilizing an absurdly long runtime to paint its narrative through not only chaotic and mind-bending highs that will stick with you, but also with slow and somber lows, not unreminiscent of the pacing of Someday in the Rain or Endless Eight making up a sizeable portion of the film's conclusion and sendoff. While it's dropped the word from the title at this point, it's still quite "melancholic" indeed. Deja vu, on the other hand, gets straight to the main point of the story just thirty minutes in, and recreates the chaotic, heart-wrenching adventure of the Steins;Gate TV series with a clever inversion of character roles that culminates in an extremely stimulating and overtly satisfying conclusion, all in just an hour and a half. Both of these are among my favorite movies of all time, and I could not recommend one enough to fans of the other. (Just watch their respective original series first!)

If you liked Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven add

...then you might like Flip Flappers add

Apart from both series featuring awesome flying surfboards and SEELE-like shadow organizations, the main pairs of characters between the two series share similar relationships to each other and to the overall course of the series. Both Eureka Seven and Flip Flappers are well-crafted love stories in which the trope of "love saves the world" is brought out to full effect as the young lovers of each series learn to understand and bring out the best in each other. In this parallel, I would further note that Eureka and Papika share a similar situation in which their backstory with the leaders of the main organization (Gekkostate in Eureka Seven, and Flip Flap in Flip Flappers) is the basis of their initial relationship with Renton and Cocona respectively, which is then allowed to organically develop throughout the course of each series.

If you liked Violet Evergarden add

...then you might like Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song add

Both of these shows are about main characters that each story is named after learning how to feel. Violet was made into a machine by the military, while Vivy is a literal android. To Violet, life's greatest question is "What does 'I love you' mean?" and to Vivy it is "What does it mean to sing with all your heart?", but both of these questions ultimately have the same answer, which cannot be explained through words, but only through experience. This experience, in both shows, takes the form of a series of arcs dealing with different kinds of emotional stories.

If you liked Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu add

...then you might like Angel Beats! add

Angel Beats!, while being fundamentally distinct, references Suzumiya Haruhi in many ways that shouldn't go unnoticed. A lot of the characters in Angel Beats!'s Afterlife Battlefront feel like less-extreme, more flushed-out versions of SOS Brigade members. Like, how Otonashi is similar to Kyon in that he's the only "normal" one in the brigade, or how Yurippe is similar to Haruhi herself in that they both take charge and order everyone in the group to partake in silly tasks with a silly goal in mind. Despite this, the characters in Angel Beats! are still able to feel original given that they all possess heart wrenching backstories, and have dialed back on the extreme goofiness from Suzumiya Haruhi in order to fit better into the more serious show.

If you liked Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann add

...then you might like Kill la Kill add

Both of these shows are full of great use of art, color, and direction, that present these beautiful over-the-top moments that you won't see anywhere outside of the anime medium. Gurren Lagann does this through the raw manliness and courage that Kamina brings to the table, which is juxtaposed when considering Kill La Kill's undeniably female-centric "sexy" ethos. While Gurren Lagann isn't a Studio Trigger work, it definitely *feels* like it is in this regard. Beyond that, they both also use their first handful of episodes to focus on developing a narrative ethos and establishing the absurdities of their worlds, before dropping a twist on the viewer that invites more genuine character moments. PS:These two shows both employ the incredible voice acting duo of Nobuyuki Hiyama and Katsuyuki Konishi, who's performances in both cases exemplify the over-the-topness ethos to their respective characters.