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If you liked Ao no 6-gou add

...then you might like Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova add

On the surface, these anime are similar since they are about submariners fighting for humanity against lifeforms that rose from the sea, and they both provide the thrill of naval warfare with plenty of excellently-animated submarine scenes. But at a deeper level they are really about the enemies, born into the world with intelligence rivalling that of humans, as they struggle to understand their newfound emotions and find a moral way forward. Aoki Hagane was surely inspired by Ao no 6-gou, but offers its own take on these themes.

If you liked New Game! add

...then you might like Comic Girls add

These are 4komas about cute girls doing cute things, to be sure, but this time they are all about girls making the entertainment you love! In New Game!, the cast are definitely adults with adult problems, while in Comic Girls, they are high school students who really are close to adulthood. If you're a gamer or avid manga reader, you'll be sure to laugh at the jokes, and sympathize plenty with the characters' struggles.

If you liked Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? add

...then you might like Comic Girls add

These manga have a very similar setting, a group of teenage girls living and working together, as well as art style and sense of humour, playing up how the characters are between childhood and adulthood in a lighthearted, goofy way. There even are a lot of parallels between their main casts. And they are serialised with the same 4koma format in the same magazine, so it's not for nothing Comic Girls is called the new GochiUsa in Japan.

If you liked Tari Tari add

...then you might like Hibike! Euphonium add

These are both coming-of-age tales about people making music together, with more interesting characters and authentic stories than your average anime set in high school.

If you liked Teekyuu add

...then you might like Choboraunyopomi Gekijou Ai Mai Mii add

With preposterously fast and maximally absurd back-and-forth, these shorts pack enough into each episode to make you laugh the whole way through. If you liked one, there's no way you won't like the other. (Also, they're both a real treat if you're a seiyuu fan.)

If you liked Tsuritama add

...then you might like Uchouten Kazoku add

Both are based around a supernatural story drawing on Japanese folklore, and combine it with lighthearted slice of life that lets you get to know their eccentric casts and the interesting (real) places where they live. They main theme of both is the importance of family and friends, and they have remarkably similar, colourful art styles.

If you liked Dounyatsu add

...then you might like Chikyuu no Houkago add

It's Tokyo after the apocalypse, and a small group of survivors… spend their days goofing off! In their own way, both of these series use an eccentric take on the post-apocalyptic genre to combine rollicking (if frequently black) humour with the intriguing and gripping mystery of how the apocalypse came to be. I can recommend each one on its own merits, and especially if you like the other.

If you liked Yuri Seijin Naoko-san (2012) add

...then you might like Docchi mo Maid add

A similar premise—lesbian alien(s) move in with a schoolgirl—and a similar level of absurdity along with it.

If you liked Hansu no Kikan add

...then you might like Doromamire no Tora: Miyazaki Hayao Mousou Note add

Both are stories about German tankers during World War II by Hayao Miyazaki; Hansu no Kikan being fictional, while Doromamire no Tora is the true story of the legendary Otto Carius. They likewise have abundant humour both light and dark.

If you liked Cat Shit One add

...then you might like El Alamein no Shinden add

Despite initial appearances, these are both gritty stories of war with a great deal of truth to them. They rely on absurd humour (anthropomorphized animals in one, strange alternate history and sci-fi scenarios in the other) to make what might be a boring story immensely entertaining, and to explore some ignored aspects of famous wars.

If you liked Tonari no Seki-kun add

...then you might like Craft Girl add

These manga are comedies about a person with a remarkable ability to resolutely ignore reality and think their own way, and their tsukkomi friend. In both of them, a third character has a delusion that romance is going on.

If you liked Yuri Pop add

...then you might like Yuri Mekuru Hibi add

Both of these manga have "Yuri" in the title, and they both have good art that's pretty typical for yuri manga. However, they aren't really about romance and angst—but light-hearted comedies about relationships in which one of a pair is an idiot, however adorable an idiot. They both have all the usual yuri tropes, but gently reverse them here and there.

If you liked Pumpkin Scissors add

...then you might like Adarshan no Hanayome add

What happens after a war? How can peace be made to last? These two manga, with similarly functional art, look at this question rather than the action of war in fantastical medieval-esque societies. They have very different viewpoints, one that of royals and the other focusing on a band of extraordinary soldiers. Pumpkin Scissors is already a long series of stories and may only be beginning, while Bride of Adarshan tells a single short story. They have similar shortcomings—unexplained and weak parts of the story—but both end up having a similar charming feeling.

If you liked Double House add

...then you might like Mermaid Line add

Honest, beautiful stories about the lives and loves of lesbian and (quite unusually!) transgender women.