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If you liked Ultra Heaven add

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Fever dreams in manga form. A deliberately unclear plot, strange imagery, and an overall bizarre experience to read. They are drawn with very atypical arthouse panelling styles combined with art that “melts” together between scenes to create a continuous stream.

If you liked Houseki no Kuni add

...then you might like Ginga no Shinanai Kodomotachi e add

A post-humanity Earth is inhabited by immortal humanoids who spend their days idling in thought. There is a parent/mentor figure who looks after immortal “children”, and has destructive powers for an unknown reason. The protagonist is a naïve and curious girl who likes to explore.

If you liked Gokusen add

...then you might like Great Teacher Onizuka add

A young adult with a criminal/delinquent past becomes a teacher in charge of a problematic class of rebellious students. The students antagonise the teacher at first, but warm up to them after being taught valuable life lessons.

If you liked Kamen Rider add

...then you might like Himitsu Sentai Gorenger add

Manga versions of classic tokusatsu shows of the same names. The hero dons a cybernetic costume and fights against an evil organisation as a symbol of justice. Kamen Rider is more supernatural with monster-like villains while Gorenger leans more towards science-fiction with laser guns and robots.

If you liked Buddha add

...then you might like Hi no Tori (1967) add

Manga with stories that span over long periods of time covering the deaths and births of different characters who are connected by their faith in a certain divine being. They are melancholic and attempt to teach the reader about the value of life.

If you liked Hokuto no Ken add

...then you might like Violence Jack add

Post-apocalyptic manga set in a desert wasteland ruled by violence. The protagonist is a large, muscular man who uses inhuman strength to fight against bandits and the underlings of his rival who rules over the new world. They have a focus on martial arts and are extremely violent.

If you liked Versailles no Bara add

...then you might like Paros no Ken add

Old shoujo manga with sparkly-eyed and flowing-haired characters in a historical European inspired setting. The aristocratic female protagonist is skilled at sword fighting and lives on the border between man and woman. There is romance, particularly between the protagonist and a man who she was raised with from childhood.

If you liked Uchuu Senkan Yamato add

...then you might like Uchuu Kuubo Blue Noah add

70s sci-fi anime where the characters are the crew of a futuristic WWII-style Japanese battleship. They fight against a race of very humanoid aliens who have evacuated their home world and want to take over Earth. Similar music and art styles with a story emphasising patriotism and military values.

If you liked Kidou Butouden G Gundam add

...then you might like Change!! Getter Robo: Sekai Saigo no Hi add

Gritty, hot-blooded super robot action. Lots of yelling and shouting attack names with a rock-style soundtrack. The main character is introduced as a travelling “lone wolf” who ends up teaming up to battle against a planet-sized mutant robot monster to save the Earth.

If you liked Buttobi!! CPU add

...then you might like Battle Programmer Shirase add

Comedy anime about (now) old PC hardware and hobby culture. The protagonist is a perverted young PC enthusiast who fights using a computer against technology related threats. BPS is more grounded in reality while Buttobi CPU is purely science fiction.

If you liked Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver add

...then you might like Kamen Rider add

Tokusatsu-style manga with a henshin hero protagonist. Very similar story structure of fighting waves of technologically-enhanced villains who work for an evil organisation trying to take over the world.

If you liked Oniisama e... add

...then you might like Watashi no Ashinaga Ojisan add

Naïve protagonist is out of her depth when she starts high school at an upper-class girls’ school. She narrates the show through letters which she writes to an older man who she addresses as a nickname because she doesn’t really know him. Oniisama e.. is darker and set closer to the present day, while Ashinaga Ojisan is a bit more light-hearted and set in a more historical period.

If you liked Haikara-san ga Tooru add

...then you might like Taishou Otome Otogibanashi add

Romantic comedies set in Taisho era Japan where the couple is already bound by an arranged marriage at the beginning of the show. There is a wealth-gap between the couple, with the male being from a more aristocratic family.

If you liked Rikujou Bouei-tai Mao-chan add

...then you might like Alien 9 add

Mao-chan is like a more light-hearted version of Alien 9. A group of 3 schoolgirls are part of a special military effort tasked with defeating aliens which routinely crash into the surface of Japan from space. The girls use alien weapons to fight which give them powers similar to magical girls.

If you liked Ojamajo Doremi add

...then you might like Mahou no Angel Sweet Mint add

Light-hearted mahou shoujo comedies where the ditzy protagonist and her friends work at a shop owned by a witch. The protagonist is a witch apprentice and uses magic by holding a magical object and saying magic words to activate it. The magic mostly involves transforming people and conjuring objects.

If you liked Alps no Shoujo Heidi add

...then you might like Makiba no Shoujo Katri add

A young European girl with absent parents spends her days herding livestock in the countryside. She also spends some time living in a city away from her home for work, where she looks after the child of a wealthy family. The main difference is that Katri is about herding cattle in Finland, while Heidi is about goats in Switzerland.

If you liked Aku no Hana add

...then you might like Chi no Wadachi add

A young Japanese boy gets emotionally abused and manipulated by a mentally troubled woman. A relationship develops between psychologically distressed schoolchildren and they bond over their shared trauma. They have a similar sketchy art style and unsettling narrative and imagery.

If you liked Mononoke add

...then you might like Hakaba Kitarou add

Supernatural anime based on Japanese folklore and apparitions where the protagonist acts as a medium between the human and yokai worlds. They are both set in historical Japan, although Mononoke is about 100 years older. They have a similar crumpled-paper texture as part of their art styles and include the obligatory shamisen and ambient sozu sound effects of Japanese folklore anime.

If you liked Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! add

...then you might like Yojouhan Time Machine Blues add

Soliloquy-filled theatrical anime with a smitten male protagonist on a quest for love that somehow adds time-travel into the mix. They use monologues heavily and have self-aware jokes about their absurd plots and don’t take themselves too seriously.

If you liked Apollo no Uta add

...then you might like Yakeppachi no Maria add

Bizarre and allegorical sex education manga by Osamu Tezuka. The protagonist is a misguided delinquent/criminal boy who lacks a proper mother figure and gradually learns to become civil after interacting with women and falling in love.

If you liked Giant Robo the Animation: Chikyuu ga Seishi Suru Hi add

...then you might like Tetsujin 28-gou (2004) add

When a powerful new technology is discovered, humanity questions if it will be a tool to help them or a devastating weapon. The protagonist is a suit-wearing child-genius who inherits the burden of controlling the world’s strongest robot from his dead father at a young age.

If you liked Serial Experiments Lain add

...then you might like Boogiepop wa Warawanai add

Thematically and artistically dark anime with slow pacing and little dialogue. They follow a series of supernatural occurrences during the turn-of-the-century surrounding a “God” who may or may not exist in the respective fictional worlds. They have a similar unnerving atmosphere to them that comes from the gloomy colour palettes, haunting music, and ambient hum of electronics. Mental illness is an underlying focus of the series, especially paranoid schizophrenia.

If you liked Hokuto no Ken add

...then you might like Saint Seiya add

Battle shounen from the '80s with muscular warriors doing battle using martial arts tied to stars and/or constellations. There is a big focus on fate, destiny, and inheriting them from a previous generation. The fights follow a similar pattern involving punch-barrages, a life-aura effect, and lines like “now I’ll show you my ultimate technique”.

If you liked Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World add

...then you might like Ginga Tetsudou 999 add

Melancholic slice of life anime about a travelling duo. Each place they visit sets up a new allegorical story that takes place over the course of 1 or more episodes. The stories are mostly concerned with things such as war, social degradation from technology, human nature, and survival of the fittest. The protagonist considers travelling to be dangerous and always carries a handgun.

If you liked R.O.D: Read or Die add

...then you might like Afro Samurai add

Shorter anime series that caricature an existing genre (samurai/secret agent) by dialing up the absurdity and character-quirks. The stories revolve around a chase for a coveted object that the protagonist is especially interested in, and ends up fighting against a range of enemies who have ridiculous but powerful weapons/abilities.

If you liked Shadow Lady add

...then you might like Cutie Honey add

Ecchi Magical girl manga with an older protagonist who uses her power for her own benefit instead of fighting for peace or the sake of justice. The protagonist can transform into an alter-ego form that features a somewhat sexualised outfit which is often (unsurprisingly) torn during action sequences.

If you liked Versailles no Bara add

...then you might like Ribbon no Kishi (1963) add

A royal/noble father needs his next child to be a boy, but a girl is born instead. The protagonist is then raised to be a male successor, trained in sword-fighting, and is forced to wear male clothes. They have themes regarding gender-identity and the fight for political freedom. They also have historical Western settings, with Versailles no Bara being set in 18th Century France and Ribbon no Kishi being set in a fairy-tale-esque medieval European kingdom.

If you liked Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock add

...then you might like Black Jack add

They depict a gruff, black-cloaked, scar-faced man and his thrilling life as an outcast from the law. Appearances aside, he has a strong moral code and sense of justice that inspires people that he meets and encourages them to pursue their dreams. The protagonist dislikes the greedy bigwigs who plague the medical society and government, and makes a point of giving them a hard time through their extra-legal endeavours. The protagonist also acts as the Guardian and father figure to a little girl who he is not related to by blood.

If you liked Hokuto no Ken add

...then you might like Sakigake!! Otokojuku add

Comically muscular men fight each other with “2000-year-old” martial arts with a strong emphasis on honour, camaraderie, and masculine bonds. The fights are made to be as dramatic and manly as possible, with lots of stare-downs and bulging muscles. Otokojuku is more comedic and has self-aware gags regarding the excessive manliness, while Hokuto no Ken takes a more serious approach.

If you liked Midnight add

...then you might like Shinya Shokudou add

A man runs a late-night business by himself and takes pride in going the extra mile to provide his customers with a service tailored to their needs. Each chapter peers into the life of a customer who enters the protagonist’s place of business as he listens to their stories. Despite his interest in the people he crosses paths with, the protagonist reveals very little about himself to the customers and rarely (or never) says his real name.