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If you liked Detonator Orgun add

...then you might like Dragon's Heaven add

While not the best works of the mecha genre, Detonator Orgun and Dragon's Heaven offer an outlook that deviates from the usual mecha show. Obscure OVAs, yes, yet they are worth the look.

If you liked Berserk add

...then you might like Shingeki no Kyojin add

There is an oddly resemblance between the characters of Eren and Griffith. It gets more interesting considering that one of them is a protagonist and the other, the antagonist (even if by circumstance). These works are not only connected through similar settings, as it is often said, they also both work as different lenses for viewing a quite curious character development.

If you liked Hotaru no Haka add

...then you might like Kaze Tachinu add

Even if both were made by studio Ghibli and both share the theme of the Japanese POV of WWII, The Wind Rises and Grave of the Fireflies have differences, for example, the former is more light-heart than the latter. Still, even with the difference in atmosphere, both movies give an interesting outlook for western audiences how Japan was at the end of WWII. One tells the story of a young pair of children trying to survive the ruins of the constant bombing, and the other one is about the story of an inventor whose fascination towards his craft ended up creating, unintentionally, one of Japan's most known warplanes. Anyone interested in Japanese culture and/or history should watch this films, as the portrayal of Japan in a period were they're commonly known as "the bad guys" as the protagonists, helps one see that some of them weren't warmonger, specially in The Wind Rises.

If you liked Hotaru no Haka add

...then you might like Giovanni no Shima add

World War II is probably one, if not the most, talked period in modern times, so much that one can get tired of it. However, most of this is because it's always the same story, from the same perspective, at least here in the west. What makes Grave of the Fireflies and Giovanni's island interesting is that they tell the story we know from the perspective of the losers. While they differ on what part of the war they portrait (Grave of the Fireflies covers the endgame and Giovanni's island covers the post-war situation), they both manage to tell the story of how the Japanese side of the war looked like. Another aspect they share that may be annoying for some people is that the protagonists are children, and they must confront the horrors of war while young, which gives some rather interesting interactions, specially considering that the each protagonist's psychology about how to approach their situations could be considered total opposites.

If you liked Hourou Musuko add

...then you might like Bokura no Hentai add

It is nice to see stories were transgenders are treated like actual people, and not some weird fetish. What both of these manga manage to do is make you understand the struggles of gender-nonconforming youth such as cross dressers, to actual trans people, and the struggles they face while growing. Although coincidentally, both take story desitions towards the latter end that some in the target audience might find uncomfortable. At the end of the day both stories work as entertainment of a similar kind, and both work as windows on how their respective authors feel on the matter. This recomendation has been edited as my opinions on the matter have changed since it was originally written.

If you liked Fairy Tail add

...then you might like Nanatsu no Taizai add

Both of them are really similar. A fantasy world filled with magic is what characterizes both of these shows. If you're liked the quick-action lasting in on very short arcs (With some fan-service here and there) of one of them, then you will enjoy the other one.

If you liked JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV) add

...then you might like One Punch Man add

OPM and JoJo are some of the most popular anime to date, and are both commonly used as "beginner-friendly anime" in order to introduce and familiarize people with the tropes and workings of your average japanimation. Even if you aren't new to anime, I consider that if you liked one you might want to check on the other as it shows two perspectives of Japanese humour (one is a story from the '80s while the other one is originally a webcomic) that one could help get familiarized with. Similarly, in terms of comedy both have been fairly influential, and thus getting familiar with them as cultural material might be in the interest of some.

If you liked One Punch Man add

...then you might like Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! add

One Punch Man & KonoSuba both are about parodying themselves and what they represent, a superhero show and an isekai. Thus, they both end up having a very enjoyable satirical humor.

If you liked Aria the Animation add

...then you might like Yuru Camp△ add

While Aria is about tour guides and Yuru Camp is about camping, both series focus on the daily lives of their characters, which ends up in the two having a very similar, enjoyable and relaxing atmosphere. Also, it's a big coincidence that both have a wholesome pink-haired girl and a somewhat "serious" blue haired girl as protagonists.