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If you liked Dead Leaves add

...then you might like Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt add

As products of the same twisted mind (that of animator/director Hiroyuki Imaishi), these two anime have a lot in common: the uber-stylized visuals, hyper-speed pacing, audiovisual overload, surreal "storytelling", love of overkill and deranged sense of humor which characterize Imaishi's work are on full display in both works. It's a style that will repulse some as much as it will fascinate others, but if you like one you're practically guaranteed to like the other.

If you liked Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex add

...then you might like Evangelion Movie 1: Jo add

Like Rebuild of Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a 21st-century reimagining of a classic 90's sci-fi anime, set in an alternate continuity. Whereas Evangelion made the transition from a TV series to feature-length films, GitS does the opposite. The results of both are uniquely satisfying and provide a memorable experience apart from their original source material.

If you liked Shinseiki Evangelion add

...then you might like NHK ni Youkoso! add

The premier anime psychological drama. Welcome to the NHK takes many cues from the Evangelion school of psychological exposition and character deconstruction, and any viewer with a taste for such things would do well to check out both.

If you liked Puni Puni☆Poemii add

...then you might like Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo add

Often compared to one another, Bo-bobo and Puni Puni Poemy share their ADHD-stricken sense of pacing and "storytelling" and a very similar sense of humor. Where PPP mocks magical girls, hentai, and the anime industry itself, Bo-bobo's humor is more focused on making fun of shounen cliches and/or popular culture in general - either that, or just being completely spontaneous. While PPP's jokes are decidedly more explicit and adult in nature, however, Bo-bobo's humor falls more safely into the PG/PG-13 realm, though it is no less bizarre.

If you liked Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen add

...then you might like Shigurui add

Both feature an extensively researched historical setting (though they are set in different historical periods) and capture the mood of some of the more contemplative, subtle and philosophical chanbara films. Both also feature intense, thrilling swordplay with a touch of gritty (and oftentimes grisly) realism, and dark, violent storylines that deconstruct in some ways the romanticism surrounding historical Japan in the time of the samurai. Shigurui goes much further in this regard, however; the themes of redemption and love present in Kenshin are nowhere to be found here, as Shigurui instead adopts an exceptionally bleak and cynical tone as it lends a more distinct "horror" atmosphere to its bone-chilling depictions of violence and depravity.

If you liked Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen add

...then you might like Afro Samurai add

Both have intense, brilliantly choreographed, and lavishly animated swordfights and stories that explore themes such as vengeance and the morality of killing. In stark contrast to RuroKen's quiet, contemplative and sentimental tone, however, Afro Samurai is rife with energy, black comedy (in more ways than one), and an overall pop-culture vibe. Where RuroKen's story and presentation can be described as "beautiful", Afro Samurai's would be more accurately described as "badass".