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If you liked Death Face add

...then you might like Henshin add

occasionally i hear someone talk about how ShindoL's Metamorphosis went above and beyond all manga that preceded it in terms of erotic cruelty and torture. ofc, that's far from true, and while i might be at first tempted to point to sleazy eromanga from the 80's, perhaps people who found Metamorphosis intriguing will be able to see clearer similarities between ShindoL's series and Uziga Waita's "Material", a four-chapter work that leads Waita's collection Death Face. the cruelty is there, the cold mercilessness is there. in fact, looking back on it, i think that Metamorphosis may show more sympathy toward its heroine than does "Material". while extending such cruelty into pure guro territory, including amputees and (admittedly VERY creative) body modification, "Material" also establishes a even colder tone than ShindoL's series. obviously not for the faint of heart, but anyone who found Metamorphosis to be worthwhile reading will quickly discover they're only at the tip of the iceberg once they've begun reading Uziga Waita. Death Face also contains ShindoL's equally merciless ryona one-shot "A Valueless Insect"/"Cockroach", which I think is a little more interesting, and which i'd recommend to fans of extreme horror in the vein of Texas Chainsaw. of course, anyone who is already reading things like "Material" will probably find Metamorphosis to be pretty tame, but I still would recommend it to people interested in cruelty within eromanga, especially considering how immensely popular Metamorphosis has become outside of Japan.

If you liked Ichigo Mashimaro add

...then you might like Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! add

wataten is the ichigo mashimaro of a more recent generation. i'm even convinced that miyako and hinata's mom is a direct homage to nobue from ichigo mashimaro, the most obvious signifier aside from their hair being that both are constantly smoking. wataten fans should absolutely go back and try the classic ichigo mashimaro, and fans of the classic kirara-kei show would almost certainly love wataten as well.

If you liked Vlad Love add

...then you might like Urusei Yatsura (2022) add

imo, vlad love was in its own way very similar to urusei yatsura, as if the series' writer/director mamoru oshii was in many ways returning to the sorts of characters and storytelling styles used in the more comedic episodes of the 80's uruyatsu and his other work on patlabor. however, vlad love had me interested from episode 1, but i can't say the same for this new uruyatsu. full disclosure, though, i have a huge bias toward the first anime adaptation. regardless, if the characters, stories, and humor of urusei yatsura are appealing to you, vlad love will likely be your speed as well, and vice versa.

If you liked FLCL add

...then you might like Inu-Ou add

inu-ou and flcl feel incredibly similar in their style and forward-thinking approach to animation and japanese anime in particular. both have plenty of substance to back up the style in their forefronts, and they have in common a revolutionary attitude that made flcl legendary in the early 2000s and will almost certainly warrant inu-ou claims of "based"-ness in its own time.

If you liked Inu-Ou add

...then you might like Ongaku add

fans of either ongaku or inu-ou are likely to appreciate both films for their music, their visual style, and sense of humor. both films have an off-the-wall feel to them that will likely appeal to "alt" animation enthusiasts, music geeks, and probably napoleon dynamite fans. both are standouts for anime films of 2020s

If you liked Hi no Tori: Yamato-hen add

...then you might like Inu-Ou add

inu-ou shares with phoenix's yamato arc a theme of competing histories. while inu-ou's take on this issue comes by way of government-sanctioned versions of the heian period tale of the heike, yamato is concerned with even earlier histories written during the kofun period. both of these stories are historiographical; they reflect on the influence of state power over the versions of history that descend through the years, the inherent biases of these grand narratives, and the necessity for constant revision of the histories we share with future generations.

If you liked Dororo add

...then you might like Inu-Ou add

without getting into spoiler territory, all i can really say to compare these two is that inu-ou very clearly has intentionally shaped a significant part of its narrative around the general premise of osamu tezuka's original dororo manga. on a more superficial level, fans of either work may appreciate the fact that both are set in japan's muromachi period, so any fan of one of these will immediately see a resemblance with regard to the setting and the clothing of the characters.

If you liked Kidou Senkan Nadesico add

...then you might like NHK ni Youkoso! add

in source novel for welcome to the nhk, the protagonist's otaku friend yamazaki at one point acquires a life-sized bishoujo doll which he intends to literally worship. the bishoujo doll just so happens to be one of martian successor nadesico's ruri, a character who would have been very popular at the time the nhk novel was written. it's actually a little surprising how similar the two anime are, given their far different genre labels. but anyone who appreciates parody of anime or otaku culture would be likely to enjoy both of these very funny series'.

If you liked Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala add

...then you might like NHK ni Youkoso! add

in the source novel for nhk, the protagonist's neighbor yamazaki is a hardcore otaku who regularly blares anisongs in his apartment. while the pururin song is the only example of this displayed in the nhk anime, multiple "real"-world anime songs are referenced by the novel, one of which is the op for the phenomenal late 90's magical girl series fancy lala. anyone who related to yamazaki or wants to understand the character's tastes better might as well try fancy lala, but fancy lala fans might see something of themselves in yamazaki--in his more positive and healthy characteristics, I'm sure.

If you liked Ojamajo Doremi add

...then you might like NHK ni Youkoso! add

in the source novel for the nhk anime, there's no reference to any character named pururin. however, multiple real-life anime are directly referenced in the nhk novel. in one early nhk scene, wherein satou is overwhelmingly annoyed at his assumedly otaku neighbor for repeatedly playing the pururin anisong over and over again, the original novel referred instead to the op of ojamajo doremi, an incredibly popular magical girl series from that era. hence, the denpa pururin song was most likely inspired in part by the first ojamajo doremi op, "ojamajo carnival".

If you liked Di Gi Charat add

...then you might like NHK ni Youkoso! add

i'm nearly certain that dejiko from di gi charat was the inspiration for pururin, at least with regard to character design. both characters are self-conscious parodies of the hyper-otaku denpa characters popular in the late 90's and early 00's, each one a rearrangement of the kinds of database elements discribed by hiroki azuma in his influenctial book Otaku: Japan's database animals. i believe there was some relevant historical precedence to pururin's name as well, but it involves things that could potentially ruin pururin for those that don't know, so i'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not to research the origins of her name

If you liked Wata no Kuni Hoshi add

...then you might like Nekopara add

all nekomimi fanatics should give the star of cottonland a shot. the film is an adaptation of one of the very first manga characters that we might now identify as a "catgirl". imo the more nichijou-kei/slice of life segments of the film would be enjoyable to nekopara fans bc they are just the cutest things ive ever seen! additionally, the star of cottonland is worthwhile viewing for anyone interested in the evolution of shoujo manga & anime. on the other hand, oldhead fans of the star of cottonland might enjoy this nekopara adaptation because it is certainly cute, and may be said to epitomize the state of the nekomimi moe element circa the early 2020's. additionally, i have to say that i more consistently enjoy the character designs in nekopara, bc while i love chibi-neko's design, I'm really not at all fond of the design for raphael in the star of cottonland.

If you liked Umezu Kazuo no Noroi add

...then you might like Inuki Kanako Zekkyou Collection: Gakkou ga Kowai! add

the kazuo umezu and kanako inuki OVAs are both essential viewing for fans of classic horror manga and/or anyone interested in horror manga anime adaptations, and they should also satisfy anyone who occasionally craves the grisly or vaguely sleazy OVAs of old. while the kazuo umezu OVA adapts two of his one-shots, the somewhat-misleadingly titled kanako inuki OVA only adapts stories from inuki's 1995 manga series bukita-kun. both of these works are successful in reproducing the art styles of their source material, a real treat for fans of these mangaka and a solid introduction to the work of each artist for anyone who came across these anime first. these are also well-suited to group watching, as both retain the campiness of their source material and feature short stories instead of continuous plotlines.

If you liked Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami add

...then you might like K-On! add

in my opinion, many of the magical girl shows of the 80's were like spiritual predecessors to the kirara-kei/cute-girls-doing-cute-things genre that blew up during the 00's. before sailor moon left its all-encompassing impression on the magical girl genre, magical girl shows like creamy mami were often devoid of the near battle-series nature epitomized by sailor moon. instead, many of this era's magical girl anime would focus on cute, nichijou-kei/slice of life stories where the stakes were often very low and the episodic adventures of their characters made for spectacular levels of moe. creamy mami and k-on are similar in that the magic possessed by yuu in creamy mami only really serves to transform her into a beautiful pop idol. due to their kawaii day-to-day scenarios and their focus on performing musicians (as well as the absolutely stellar animation in both), the viewing experiences of the two shows are surprisingly similar.

If you liked Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä add

...then you might like Seisenshi Dunbine add

the post-apocalyptic world of nausicaa and the fantasy world of byston well in dunbine have a very similar feel to them in my opinion, and the efficiency with which these anime build their worlds is impressive in both cases. additionally, the mechanical and creature designs of the two would likely appeal to similar audiences. in fact, because the nausicaa manga had already begun its serialization by the time dunbine aired, it's not unreasonable to suggest that dunbine director yoshiyuki tomino and nausicaa creator hayao miyazaki may have been vaguely inspired by each other's work at the time.