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If you liked Kakurenbo add

...then you might like Shui Naodai add

Both are short films set in a city with (apparently) no adults, in which demons use children for the same general purpose; the design/feel of the cities - and to a lesser extent, the organic/machine hybridization of the monsters - is similar. Water Brain is much gentler and ends on a much more upbeat note.

If you liked Mousou Dairinin add

...then you might like Mouryou no Hako add

Both are dark, fairly intellectual mysteries with surrealist and horrific elements, in which the paths of initially independent characters converge in unexpected ways. Both stories use an experimental narrative style; Mouryou’s timeline is less linear, while Paranoia Agent frequently shifts between multiple characters’ perspective. As the supernatural coalescence of human guilt and fear, Li’l Slugger can even be seen as a mouryou.

If you liked Boogiepop wa Warawanai add

...then you might like Durarara!! add

Both feature nonlinear storytelling, with events depicted multiple times, from different characters' points of view (something shown briefly, or even in the background, of one episode may be the main focus of a later episode). Both deal with urban legends and supernatural creatures, as well as scientists with ambiguous intentions/ethics. Both shows target a relatively mature, intelligent audience. While Durarara raises questions of identity and the nature of human relationships, Boogiepop is notably darker (literally and in tone) and deals heavily with issues of memory, maturity, identity, and change.