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If you liked So Ra No Wo To add

...then you might like Violet Evergarden add

There is a very similar feel to both series, perhaps to do with the style of anime, perhaps the storyline and perhaps the setting. Both are set in a fictional world very similar to our own that has been ravaged by war. Both concern a small group of working women in their late teens and early twenties and both deal with the trauma of war. In particular, the almost autistic character of Violet reminded me strongly of Noël Kannagi (寒凪乃絵留) who displays similar autistic traits, an inability to express emotions and has played a role in the fighting and bloodshed.

If you liked Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa add

...then you might like Fushigi no Umi no Nadia add

I believe that Miyazaki was instrumental in the original concept of Nadia and that he later reused some of the ideas in Laputa: Castle in the Sky. That was really noticable when Nadia falls from a great height and the jewel glows and stops her from crashing to the ground, just like at the start of Laputa.

If you liked Fushigi no Umi no Nadia add

...then you might like Taiyou no Ko Esteban add

I was introduced to the world of anime back in the mid-1980s when, as a child, I saw The Mysterious Cities of Gold. Ever since then I've searched for a series that can compare and now, I have found one. Nadia is not MCOG and I still prefer the latter, but in style, plot and characterisations, there are lots of similarities, from an historical setting, world travel and survivors from an ancient civilisation destroyed by war. Nadia is better in terms of characterisation. There is a degree of depth to all the characters that does not exist in MCOG. The dynamics between Nadia and Jean are excellent. The opening tune is catchy and brilliant, just like with MCOG, but the rest of the score, particularly the ending tune, is pretty average to awful, whereas all of MCOG's soundtrack is immense.