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If you liked Girls & Panzer add

...then you might like Sabage-bu! add

Both really have the same formula and achieve much the same thing. Sabage-bu is comedy-focused with great action scenes while GaruPan is straight up action. Nonetheless, just take your pick for what flavour of autism you prefer - cute girls with guns or cute girls in tanks. Both absolutely rock though!

If you liked Gachiakuta add

...then you might like Kagurabachi add

The New Kings of Shonen Jump and Shonen Magazine respectively, these two series are going to be the new faces of shonen battle manga and the next big hits. Mark my words, the era of Gachi and Bachi is fast approaching! Both offer amazing action, fluid art, interesting and engaging worldbuilding, yet have vastly different approaches to things. Both are also the first fully serialized manga of their respective young authors and despite their lack of experience, both already show an astonishing level of quality. Get to reading and dive into this peak while you're ahead so you can brag about being a fan before everyone knew about it!

If you liked Hellsing add

...then you might like Afro Samurai add

Both series have this cool as fuck early 2000s style that is super edgy but super cool too. Both are also very violent, gory and action packed. The biggest similarity though has to be in the artistic direction as both like to use a very exaggerated artstyle where all the people and weapons stretch, warp and twist in all kinds of unreal ways, as if everything is made of magic rubber. The way both mangakas draw hair in particular is very characteristic and an instantly recognizable aspect of their character designs. This adds a lot of dynamism and energy to the ubiquitous fights and makes for compelling and entertaining reads!

If you liked Gunnm add

...then you might like Gachiakuta add

Do you think that floating city, The Sphere, looks a bit familiar? Well, that's because of Zalem of course! In terms of setting, Gachiakuta and Gunnm/Alita have a lot in common - a floating city of elites towering over a dystopian wasteland, buried in the endless trash of the other world above them. In both cases, the MCs have the ambition to reach the city in the sky for different reasons. On a purely technical level, they share plenty in common too. Both have very expressive artstyles that strike an awesome balance of having stylized and exaggerated faces and poses but also having a high standard of detail and quality across the characters, weapons, backgrounds, etc. Both have very deep and well written morally grey characters and feature a lot of good elements - amazing action, awesome worldbuilding, superbly cool aesthetics (one is 80s and the other is early 2000s) and a healthy dose of humour and wit. Both are also amazing on so many levels that they definitely deserve a read!

If you liked Cyber City Oedo 808 add

...then you might like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners add

Edgerunners can basically be considered the modern and more complete interpretation of many of the same ideas as in Oedo 808. The universes are a bit different but many of the topics explored are the same. Both also focus on a cast of deep, interesting characters who are criminals and both deliver on some awesome cybernetic action! Also, if you enjoyed Edgerunners, then you've noticed that the Cyberpunk universe already pulls heavily from the 80s aesthetic, as most works in the medium tend to do. Well, if you wanted to see an actual 80s anime with this aesthetic and with similar themes and vibe, Oedo 808 is the best place to go! Plus there's a lot of surprising overlap in certain weapons, tech, subplots, etc. Even some characters like Gabimaru and Maine look almost identical. Also, cmon, even Hideo Kojima himself made the comparison between these two. Cyberpunk goodness, old and new!

If you liked Asobi Asobase add

...then you might like Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan add

Hey, did you like the absurdist comedy of Asobi Asobase derived from a bunch of girls running a wacky school club with an unusual topic? Do you think the jokes were still too high-brow? Do you think you have way too many functioning braincells lying around? Do you think crayons look yummy? Well, look no further. The answer all along was deer.

If you liked Sabage-bu! add

...then you might like Asobi Asobase add

I have no idea how nobody has made this connection before me, but here goes! Both Asobi Asobase and Sabage-bu! focus on groups of cute yet goofy girls running a bizarre and wacky school club with an unusual subject matter. Both animes unfold thanks to the insane antics that unfold between the main girls as they run their club. Sabage-bu focuses more on the action and slapstick while Asobi is more absurdist and has a lot more referential jokes. Both are really funny and while they have a lot of similarities, they are also very different, so it's worth it to watch them both!