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If you liked Berserk add

...then you might like Vinland Saga add

Both mangas are extremly violent and are set in a historical time period, known for being dark and brutal. They focus on creating a detailed setting out of it, while focusing on a more psychological and philosphical journey.

If you liked Shinseiki Evangelion add

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

Both anime contain subjects, like depression, loneliness, portrayed by a screwed-up and emotionally broken character cast. NHK takes a rather realistic approach, even if both can become extremly depressing.

If you liked Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt add

...then you might like Kill la Kill add

Both are fast-paced and over-the-top anime, that have a similar artstyle, to make it look more cartoonish. They contain a immense amount of stylized fanservice, which is woven in as a part of the plot.

If you liked Beck add

...then you might like Nana add

Nana and Beck are two music anime, that are about the life of a musician and the creative process, that goes into what they´re doing. They´re both heavily focused around rock music and have a score to complement such.

If you liked Shoujo Kakumei Utena add

...then you might like Princess Tutu add

Two anime, heavily influenced by fairy tale stories, which turn into complex and twisted shows later on, revolving around similar themes, such as finding yourself or growing up.

If you liked Death Note add

...then you might like Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor add

Both are Madhouse shows with a similar dark artstyle, which are about a highly intelligent protagonist and his plans to survive, using his intellect. The pacing is similar and makes both anime highly addicting.

If you liked FLCL add

...then you might like Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei add

FLCL and Tatami Galaxy are two short and extremly fast-paced anime, which are about struglles of growing up into adulthood, even if both handle it differently. Comedy, drama and creative use of story telling and art style are frequent in both shows.

If you liked Shinseiki Evangelion add

...then you might like FLCL add

Both are made by Studio Gainax and are higly symbolix and complex shows, which revolve around the same themes with a highly similar cast of characters, which develop throughout the runtime of the anime.

If you liked Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex add

...then you might like Ergo Proxy add

Both are shows deal with similar themes revolving around humanity. Their story includes similar characters and string their events and themes into one similarly paced plot, that even includes some of the same flaws to an extend.

If you liked Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex add

...then you might like Psycho-Pass add

GiTS: SAC and Psycho-Pass are similar Police, Drama and Psychological shows, which deal with some of the same themes. Both shows have the same pacing and only go out of hand at the end of the story.

If you liked Berserk add

...then you might like Vagabond add

Both Mangas are centered around a antihero protagonist, who is on a path to finding himself. Action is used as a story element, in which bloody and gory scenes are highly stylized, as they are also extremly well-drawn.

If you liked Bakemonogatari add

...then you might like Katanagatari add

Both anime are mainly driven by their dialogues and chemistry between characters, as they´re both originally written by Nisio Isin. Their artstyles are similar and are creatively used throughout their story.

If you liked Mushishi add

...then you might like Ookami to Koushinryou add

The stories revolve around a protagonist, which are similar to one another, traveling the land of his world and finding out about the nature in it. The atmossphere is slow, mellow and both mangas rely a lot on it.

If you liked Shiki add

...then you might like Shinsekai yori add

Shiki and Shinsekai Yori are two Horror/Mystery anime, with a eerie and dark tone. Similar events happen in the two similarly build worlds. The story is slow moving, only until the end, in which more and more gets revealed. Psychological themes around human nature are shown in both shows.

If you liked Haibane Renmei add

...then you might like Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World add

These are two quiet, philosophical Slice-of-life anime, which mainly center around humanity and our lifes. They have the same kind of atmossphere and tone and are both open-ended, even when the story is over, with a message that slowly unfolds to the viewer.

If you liked Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita add

...then you might like Mawaru Penguindrum add

The story of these two anime mostly relies on the surrealness and their creativity with a plot that is bizzare, twisted and weird. The artstyle is similar and both shows have a lot of comedic elements, which aren´t too similar in itself though.

If you liked Trigun add

...then you might like Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan add

While playing in widely different settings, Rurouni Kenshin and Trigun both revolve around a protagonist who has sworn to never kill anyone after realizing their bloody actions. Both shows feature the journey of the character, while also having lots of action and a bit of comedy. The animation is also very similar.

If you liked RahXephon add

...then you might like Zegapain add

Zegapain and RahXephon are extremly complex Mecha series, which center around the same themes, with worlds that are widely similar. They also feature mecha action sequences and a plot, that unravels until the very end of the show.

If you liked Versailles no Bara add

...then you might like Shoujo Kakumei Utena add

Utena and Rose of Versailles are two older shows, sharing a similar artstyle, which center around a girl, which is trying to blurre the gender line by becoming a prince herself. The two protagonists are similar in personality and compete in sword fights.

If you liked NHK ni Youkoso! add

...then you might like Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei add

Both shows are both Comedy and Drama, while dealing with similar psychological themes of a protagonist and all his failures. Both also have a rather psychedelic vibe and feature weird, but at times depressing characters.

If you liked Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood add

...then you might like Hunter x Hunter (2011) add

Both anime revolve around a protagonist in search for something and going out to an adventure, involving magic, action sequences and darker themes, which become a bigger part of the story in later episodes.

If you liked Koukaku Kidoutai add

...then you might like Jin-Rou add

Both movies center around japanese policing units and politics as well as the psyche of humanity. Jin-Rou and Ghost In The Shell were made by the same producers and studio. They feature similar futuristic settings and similar animation.

If you liked Oyasumi Punpun add

...then you might like Onanie Master Kurosawa add

Both Mangas are about growing up, adolescence and the problems, that those people deal with. The protagonists of the two Mangas are very similar. There is also a lot of darker and sexual themes involved in both stories.

If you liked Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi add

...then you might like Hotarubi no Mori e add

A girl encounters spirits, which then revolves into a story about the spirits and the girl either growing up or realizing things about herself. Both movies also include a huge amount of japanese mythology.

If you liked Shoujo Kakumei Utena add

...then you might like Mawaru Penguindrum add

Both series were created by Kunihiko Ikuhara. Utena and Penguindrum are similar in their psychological themes presented and both build on their immense symbolism within their story.

If you liked Shinsekai yori add

...then you might like Psycho-Pass add

Shinsekai Yori share the same theme of an utopian future, which is revealed to be a illusion and build upon something much worse. Both Anime explore such a future, as well as the wrongdoings of humanity as a whole.

If you liked Bakemonogatari add

...then you might like Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei add

The Tatami Galaxy, as well as Monogatari, utilize unorthodox and unconventional art and ideas in similar ways to create a show, that is centered around its characters and dialogues between them, with darker themes, as well as slight comedy.

If you liked Monster add

...then you might like 20th Century Boys add

Monster and 20th Century Boys are two Mangas, which were made by Naoki Urasawa and center around different shapes of pure evil.

If you liked Baccano! add

...then you might like Fate/Zero add

They share two main strengths. There is the relatively big character cast, which gives enough screentime to every important character in a minimal amount of time and there´s the action sequences, which are even better, due to the very good animation in both shows.

If you liked Shinseiki Evangelion add

...then you might like Serial Experiments Lain add

Both series are similarly portraying themes in a wide array of ways. They are complexly build, feature darker elements and similar in directing and animation style.