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If you liked Saigo no Door wo Shimero! add

...then you might like Junjou Romantica add

While Junjou Romantica definitely has a more developed story, both are fairly well done and enjoyable for BL shows. Both are more modern with better looking art than the average BL - as opposed to dated looking. Lastly, both capture the angst, turmoil and most importantly humor that makes BL so fun while steering clear of being melodramatic or overly theatrical.

If you liked Hatenkou Yuugi add

...then you might like Vampire Knight add

Mainly I think the producers had the same target audience for these 2 shows - probably 14 year old girls- and are in the same general genre. Having said that they're are pretty enjoyable with pseudo-dark plots and complicated relationships.

If you liked Hatenkou Yuugi add

...then you might like Pandora Hearts add

While I feel calling either of these animes "dark" is inaccurate, they do both share somewhat gothic sensibility (more like loli gothic than genuinely gothic). What could be considered dark about these animes is greatly lessened or broken up by the characters' personalities and a healthy does of humor. I think the characters relationships have several similarities as well. Mainly I think the respective creators had the same target audience in mind and catered to them appropriately.

If you liked Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann add

...then you might like Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02 add

While Birdy lacks some of the epic-ness of TTGL, they are similar in many respects. Both successfully incorporate action into a meaningful and interesting plot, both question the the meaning of humanity, and both can pack an emotional punch. Additionally they both involve love, space and aliens, and I would say their visual style is similar.

If you liked Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e add

...then you might like Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02 add

Action, love and time jumping - what more could you want? Both these anime have epic love stories that cross time and space which of course involves actually jumping through time and space. Both have a fair amount of action, but still have a coherent plot - always nice. They also have a similar visual style, but Birdy luckily does not have the tacky CG effects like Noein.

If you liked Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e add

...then you might like Tetsuwan Birdy Decode add

Similar plot elements - humans interacting with more advanced beings, people changing thier physical bodies and a some what clueless boy with romantic feelings for a girl that happens to have the potential to change the world hidden in her. Also some visual similarities.

If you liked Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei add

...then you might like Kuuchuu Buranko add

Unique and new, at times even strange or crazy, animation, offbeat stories and characters, and most importantly people with odd psychological problems.

If you liked Nabari no Ou add

...then you might like Durarara!! add

Ancient magic in a modern setting, pretty art and character driven plot.

If you liked FLCL add

...then you might like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann add

It's rare to find an anime, or any show for that matter, that illuminates the human spirit or emotion, but oddly enough both these anime do it. *neither of these anime are random, they are deliberate and informed.

If you liked InuYasha add

...then you might like Samurai Deeper Kyou add

Men fighting, fantasy, and semi historical settings in both anime as well as similar art and character design.

If you liked Bleach add

...then you might like Samurai Deeper Kyou add

Fighting and ok/decent plots. They are the kind of anime you watch for the action but don't drop because the plot remains fairly interesting.

If you liked Sundome add

...then you might like Nana to Kaoru add

Lust, love, desire, confusion and the complexity of human emotions.

If you liked Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha add

...then you might like Nabari no Ou add

Mysterious powers, characters searching for their past, complex relationships and a dash of action in both.

If you liked Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e add

...then you might like Shinreigari add

Both anime deal with human awareness, ideas of existence, questions of reality and the nature of the universe.

If you liked Nabari no Ou add

...then you might like Kuroshitsuji add

They have similar essences - similar protanists, emotions etc.

If you liked Junjou Romantica add

...then you might like Kirepapa. add

Both have nice art with great use of color. Both also have very attractive guys and light but enjoyable humor.

If you liked FLCL add

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

These are both so unique that it's hard to make a good recommendation based on similarities. While these shows are in many ways very different from each other, they are the only ones I've seen that are comparably amazing. That's not very descriptive, but if you loved one I think you'll enjoy the other.

If you liked Amatsuki add

...then you might like Natsume Yuujinchou add

Both deal with the realtionship between spirits and humans obviously. That isn't enough to make them similar on anything but the surface, but there is a similiar tension between them.

If you liked Nabari no Ou add

...then you might like Natsume Yuujinchou add

Both deal with the complexities of relationships and life. They have similar art and contain bittersweet and touching moments.

If you liked Tactics add

...then you might like Natsume Yuujinchou add

Both deal with the complicated realtionships bewtween humans and spirits. Both also have humor.

If you liked Samurai Champloo add

...then you might like Mugen no Juunin add

Samurai Champloo is a funnier and edgier but the stories are similar - samurai helping a young woman search for something in a semi historical setting, sword fights etc.

If you liked Samurai Champloo add

...then you might like Stranger: Mukou Hadan add

Both have beautiful art and thoughtful stories. Also both have action that is executed well and without being gratuitous or over done.

If you liked Tactics add

...then you might like Amatsuki add

Both deal with how bonds are formed between people and the main characters have similar personalities. Also both deal with the supernatural.

If you liked Amatsuki add

...then you might like Nabari no Ou add

Journeys of friendship and self discovery with solid and enjoyable characters and nice art.

If you liked Samurai Deeper Kyou add

...then you might like Mugen no Juunin add

Both have interesting samurai main characters going on adventures with another person/people who are trying to figure things out about their life.

If you liked Tactics add

...then you might like Shounen Onmyouji add

The set up for these two seems very similar in the synopsis but they aren't as similar overall when you watch them as it makes it seem. Having said that, they are similar enough that if you like one you'll probably like the other one, but different enough that you cans still enjoy both of them with out it being to repetitive.

If you liked Zombie-Loan add

...then you might like Nabari no Ou add

Both have good music, similar art, dark pasts, touching relationships and a dry sense of humor. They can both be sad and funny within the same minute.