If you liked
Beck
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...then you might like
FLCL
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-Both series have some coming-of-age elements and explore the facets of puberty/adolesence -Music plays a role in both series (FLCL: Metaphor, references, and soundtrack from a real band. BECK: References, story revolves around creating a band) -Both have well-produced English dubs with favourable opinion within the anime community -Both have likable and realistic characters
If you liked
Chobits
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...then you might like
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex
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Both series deal with androids and have plausible futures. While Chobits focuses on the issue of androids replacing humans in a relationship, Ghost in The Shell (Stand Alone Complex) takes on the subject of cyberization and highlights a few issues that would arise from that (your brain getting hacked, reluctance to be cyberized due to beliefs, morals, or values, etc.). If you liked Chobits more for its intellectual take on androids than for the romance and ecchi, give Ghost in the Shell a try.