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If you liked Aozora Shoujo-tai add

...then you might like Idol Bouei-tai Hummingbird add

Both have cute girls flying airplanes and are both from the early '90s.

If you liked Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa add

...then you might like Balthus: Tia no Kagayaki add

Balthus is basically just a pervy cash-in on Laputa borrowing many design elements and themes. It's not even hardcore, as there are no explicit genitalia shots.

If you liked RideBack add

...then you might like Dead Heat add

These anime are similar in the concept of competitively racing of stand-up motorcycles on track circuits.

If you liked Macross Flash Back 2012 add

...then you might like Okubyou na Venus add

These two OVA shame the same setup of being an anthology of music videos about a performer's career, from her rise to stardom. There's very little in the way of a recognizable plot or storyline, and almost no true dialog.

If you liked Exper Zenon add

...then you might like Accel World add

Similar concept of having to fight opponents and gain their experience to level in a virtual reality world.

If you liked Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa add

...then you might like Spirit of Wonder: China-san no Yuuutsu add

While not tonally linked, some themes and ideas feel similar enough to merit giving this short OVA a try.

If you liked De:vadasy add

...then you might like Aquarion Evol add

While the tone and presentation of Devadasy were trying to cash in on Evangelion's success, the sexual frustrations and hormones of the characters are bluntly stated: the robots run on sexual energy, and it's certainly clear that the Aquaria get powered up by the same mystical force.

If you liked Sirius no Densetsu add

...then you might like Gake no Ue no Ponyo add

Both films are similar in themes of unlikely love, characters from different worlds meeting in love in conflict, and similar character design.

If you liked Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari add

...then you might like Redline add

If you liked the idea of racing as dangerous and violent with champions obsessed with winning in Redline, then the second segment of Neo-Tokyo: Running Man, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, shares many of the same convictions. Smooth animation and great detail in destruction of vehicles are present in both.

If you liked Choujin Gakuen Gowcaizer: The Voltage Fighters add

...then you might like Angel Blade add

As they're both Masami Obari properties they're naturally rife with his trademark touches. They're even more similar since many of the characters from Gowcaizer are recycled and recolored for Angel Blade.

If you liked Genmu Senki Leda add

...then you might like Mujigen Hunter Fandora add

Heroines fight against evil in worlds of fantasy and some advanced technology, and they wear skimpy outfits. They're also both 1985 OVAs.

If you liked Sengoku Kitan Youtouden Movie add

...then you might like Jigen Sengokushi: Kuro no Shishi - Jinnai-hen add

Both feature Oda Nobunaga as the evil warlord bent on complete control and uses supernatural help to do so. Of course, only one lone protagonist has the power to stop him. Also both are rife with gratuitous violence.

If you liked Gunsmith Cats add

...then you might like Cleopatra D.C. add

Both feature women with firearms and hot cars, often fighting crime syndicates with returning villain characters. Cleopatra DC is has more of a comedic streak while Gunsmith Cats tends to be more serious and gritty.

If you liked Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro add

...then you might like Layton Kyouju to Eien no Utahime add

A lot of the same themes: crests, ancient mysteries, puzzles, enormous castles, and masked villains.

If you liked Soukihei MD Geist add

...then you might like Violence Jack: Harem Bomber-hen add

Same type of world setting and outlook on humanity, also with a violent beast of a protagonist whose only purpose in life to is horrendously cut people into pieces.

If you liked Fushigi no Umi no Nadia add

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

Both of these anime take place in the past and feature stories about rediscovering ancient technology that is beyond the wildest imagination and power of the modern civilization. Both also have relations to ancient Atlantis.

If you liked Memories add

...then you might like Robot Carnival add

Similar anthology movies again with Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA, Freedom) as a main director.

If you liked Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari add

...then you might like Robot Carnival add

Similar late 80s anthology movies with Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA, Steamboy) as a main director.

If you liked Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu add

...then you might like Nana Toshi Monogatari: Hokkyokukai Sensen add

Aside from also being an adaptation of a Yoshiki Tanaka, this OVA is remarkably similar yet set within a completely different kind of world. Both contain cunning naval strategists on opposing sides, except in the Seven Cities, it's actually based on the sea. Unfortunately the OVA is only two episodes long, so the story is never able to become realized through anime.

If you liked Fushigi no Umi no Nadia add

...then you might like Shin Kaitei Gunkan add

Similar stories involving advanced civilizations and technology, fought mostly in open water or by using submarines. There's also doomsday devices and plots of betraying one's own kind.

If you liked Haibane Renmei add

...then you might like Angel Beats! add

While Haibane Renmei couldn't be more dissimilar, the concept of the characters being in a supposed afterlife or purgatory are both extremely integral to the setting. Although in Angel Beats!, it seems like they fear the next step and thus rebel in anyway to ensure they don't disappear. However, in Haibane Renmei, they do the exact opposite and are more resigned to their fate, and there is little conflict.

If you liked Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor add

...then you might like Tokio Kidou Police add

Tokio Private Police may be a hentai, but in terms of a cute girl going to work for the police of a big city that uses robots to stop crime, this is obviously a big homage to Patlabor and Dominion Tank Police, but with sex scenes interspersed.

If you liked Yuugen Kaisha add

...then you might like Teizokurei Daydream add

Similar OVAs in that they both revolve around rather attractive women who do detective work relating to the supernatural.

If you liked Mahou Shoujo-tai Arusu add

...then you might like Soul Eater add

Tweeny Witches (Mahou Shoujo Tai) is a bit more stylistic than Soul Eater, and with quite a more wild story telling pattern. But what's really striking similar between the two shows, besides dealing with the topic of witches, is the art design. Especially evident in the backgrounds and the ways the cities are drawn. Honestly, this recommendation is more because of the art than the stories or characters. If you're a huge fan of straight up action shounen and not more wild storystelling, you might want to pass.

If you liked Five Star Stories add

...then you might like Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Waga Yuku wa Hoshi no Taikai add

These two films hold similarities in being the beginnings to extremely long and complex stories that span lightyears and hundreds of characters. While LoGH aims for the more realistic depiction of war, FFS has a more flamboyant style and story, but remains just as broad in scope and detail. Both films also are relatively contemporary to each other, also both are more or less an hour long.

If you liked Giniro no Kami no Agito add

...then you might like Green Legend Ran add

I'm surprised no one's made this recommendation yet, honestly. The stories in the two series are somewhat similar, a post-apocalyptic future where with a lot of desert environment. Except in Origin it was a man made disaster, and in Green Legend Ran it had to do with aliens descending onto the planet. There's a lot of similarities, like with nature being aggressive and fighting back, sometimes through the bodies of hosts, people with silver hair being special, and of course that a normal kid finds a girl who's on a journey.

If you liked Macross: Do You Remember Love? add

...then you might like Five Star Stories add

DYRL and FSS are similar in that they both sort of through you into the situation without a whole lot of backstory, it's probably assumed you should know what's going on already by having seen their previous adaptations. Both are mecha anime, although the focus isn't entirely on the robots but instead on the characters and their situations. Other than that, both feature great animation and coloring, and haven't aged that badly over time. In addition, both are considering space operas and both are the beginnings to their much longer respective stories.

If you liked Area 88 add

...then you might like The Cockpit add

Shintani and Leiji Matsumoto both stay true to a somewhat 70's character design, and they both feature a lot of nice airplane action. Area 88 focuses on post-Vietnam era jet fighters while Slipstream focuses on only a few World War II era fighters. But what makes these similar is the attention to detail and level animation both possess. I also think that shows like Macross (and all of its sequels) have yet to achieve the intense thrill of the dogfight like these do.