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If you liked Dragon Half add

...then you might like Kyoufu no Bio Ningen Saishuu Kyoushi add

These hilarious parodies are very similar in their "everything AND the kitchen sink" approach to humor. In addition, all the characters are in on the joke, and seem to be having great fun even. That is probably because everyone involved with these two titles were having a blast. They also each have ultra powerful teenage girls who face bizarre opponents and situations with both fisticuffs and fancy.

If you liked Guy: Youma Kakusei add

...then you might like Devilman: Tanjou-hen add

Hailing from the heyday of the "releasing the monster from within" blood n' guts action anime, both "Devilman: The Birth/Demon Bird" and "Guy: Double Target" (particularly Part 1) are thrilling, visceral and stylish trips through hell. While Guy: Double Target features several hardcore (with a gun?!) sex scenes, but they are not the only focus of the story. The real meat of the program comes from brutal mutating body horror blood moshing right out of the Devilman playbook. Bodies are crushed, erupt into chunks of fleshy mulch while our heroes struggle to maintain their humanity.

If you liked Kidou Senkan Nadesico add

...then you might like Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster add

Nadesico is often viewed as a 'response' to Evangelion, but it can also be linked to other Gainax productions as well, especially Gunbuster and even Otaku no Video (Gainax productions have a lot of common threads). In the case of Gunbuster and Nadesico, both are most similar in their tonality, which can lurch back and forth between zany comedy to stark moments of pathos and loss. In addition, both build upon well worn tropes in the sci-fi/mecha genre and update them with self-awareness. Each protagonist, Akito and Noriko, are anime fans who find themselves embroiled in the 'real-life' versions of their fantasies to do battle against an overwhelming and faceless enemy and must reconcile the disparity.

If you liked Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa add

...then you might like Green Legend Ran add

They are both stories with an idealistic and capable male lead (Pazu/Ran) that comes to the aid of a mysterious female lead (Sheeta/Aira) that is connected with otherworldly powers or entities. Laputa and The Holy Green are both unknown and forbidden landmarks that offer entryway into an unknown power that has the power to destroy humanity (or most of it). There are rival factions that oppose one another as well (Colonel Muska/Rodoists vs. Dola Gang/The Hazard) and the two leads end up involved as well.

If you liked Escaflowne add

...then you might like Macross: Do You Remember Love? add

Both films are beautifully animated big budget adaptations of earlier classic mecha-series (both with Shoji Kawamori involved in a major way). With an emphasis placed upon darker and more realistic animation and tone alongside an intangible and alluring mysticism, each work strengthens their respective franchises.

If you liked Macross Plus add

...then you might like Gatchaman add

The two storylines are quite different, but there is a stylistic and spiritual link to these titles. They are both contemporary to one another (early/mid 1990's) and are also "facelifts" to older franchises as a retelling or in-universe sequel. But what really strikes a similar is the design and animation of the Phoenix to the YF-21, they could have been designed by the same animators! The areal flight scenes also feel similar as well with lots of excellent explosion and armament effects.

If you liked FLCL add

...then you might like Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa add

Pretty much any Gainax work have some common threads, but Honneamise and FLCL have a similar sense of sadness about them. This is due to both main characters having a dream/ideal can't really be met with their current lifestyles. Mundane life is expressed in both through a sense of directionless inertia on the part of the main characters. Both of the main characters also meet a woman (Riquinni for Shiro and Haruko for Naota) who change their lives. While completely different in style (surrealist/superflat vs. hyper-realism) they remain comparable in my opinion.

If you liked Venus Senki add

...then you might like Freedom add

While almost 20 years apart in creation, both feature space colonization plotlines, and high production values, young people (mentored/taken in by an older male) on tri/mono/motorcycles who get embroiled with opposing factions in some sort of larger scale conflict. There are also aspects of political critique that emphasizes the differences in 'freedom' on the colony and the Earth.