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If you liked Terra Formars add

...then you might like Berserk add

An adaptation that had potential but is a mix of greatness and fail. Both failed at being faithful to their source material, since Berserk feels like a half-edgy shounen when it's one of the best dark fantasy seinen, and Terraformars lost the horror factor. Berserk condenses too much material while Terraformars is too dragged out, and both end of course incomplete. The fighting feems campy, as intended for Terraformars, but not in the original Berserk, and there is in particular a recurring sound effect of a punch getting sucked into void for Terraformars and the Dragonslayer hitting like a fry pan in Berserk... Watch only for some cool moments, but read the source material.

If you liked Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou add

...then you might like Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan add

High-school comedies, quite parodic, with "alien" characters. Psi seems to have Cromartie references, such as Nindou and the guy twitching his hair... So far, I prefer Cromartie. It's definitely more manly too.

If you liked JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders add

...then you might like Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan add

Psychological battles of sorts in bizarre settings. JoJo is campy while Psi is a parody, so they are different genres, but similar. Psi has references to JoJo, such as a Jotaro-lookalike in the early episodes, sound texts representing intense situations, characters spelling their character's strategy and thinking a counter to it, a glorious GAR narrator explaining concepts in a bombastic style, shorts arcs, a silent protagonist (mostly applies to Jotaro again), etc. Both are great anime, though JoJo is obviously the better one.

If you liked Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor add

...then you might like JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders add

Top-tier psychological fights. A unique GAR art-style with: - angular character designs, - manly tears - and a glorious campy narrator making lengthy explanations with exaggerated metaphors and emphasis on the situation. A very good balance of smart/stupid. For example, at the beginning of some arcs, you will feel like the drama is overdone, the characters state obvious things with emphasis, which is made worse by the narrator, with a situation going nowhere, but actually, it is a very good setup for the following events to unfold in the witty cerebral fights, down to the sillier moments, who also set the mood for the bizarre situations occurring. I still get had very often about this. "Geez, this episode is a bit cringey, did it get worse or was I a fool?". but then it picks up, and I feel all the greatness once again... Kaiji in particular will spend chapters/episodes setting out a situation, where it's often obvious Kaiji will lose, and you wonder what they will be able to do with such games whose outcomes seem random, especially with all the time they used up already, but it's handled very well. Just go along with it at first, you'll be rewarded and you'll end up trusting the series. These anime adaptations are very good (MadHouse, David Pro!), but they are a bit dragged out at times (the first cour for JoJo and the second for Kaiji). On one hand, they're faithful adaptations, and you can actually enjoy the sometime lengthy arcs if you consider it as suspense (since they've finished airing, you won't feel the frustration of waiting for the conclusion of an arc, and it'll always be less dragged out than most perpetually on-going fighting shounen). Thanks to experience, this got fixed in the latest season of JoJo, and MadHouse would probably do so if they animated the following arcs of Kaiji! Kaiji is a bit more serious and much more realistic. but both are well written, dead characters stay dead, there is very little plot convenience, the arcs are not repetitive and dragged out, ... JoJo was the most influential. It probably influenced Kaiji too.

If you liked Toriko add

...then you might like Terra Formars add

GAR, rule-of-cool, fighting mutant animals by taking their traits, and an alien evolution conspiracy.

If you liked Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu add

...then you might like JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV) add

Gentle and lazy blue haired protagonist and his legacy fighting a charismatic fabulous blond stud with cosmic ambition and looser morals through battle of wits in a sprawling epic where nobody is plot armored. LotGH is far more serious, realistic, politically and militarily centred, science fiction/space opera, the perfect seinen, while JoJo is well bizarre, very creative in its setting, supernatural with super powers, the perfect shounen. Good old retro titles, seminal masterpieces, influencing the entire medium, and getting a re-adaptation nowadays! Bonus: both strongly influenced Death Note.

If you liked Kozure Ookami add

...then you might like Hokuto no Ken add

GAR with manly tears. In a time of turmoil and harsh living conditions (edo post-industrialisation and post apocalyptic WW3 settings), a wandering serious MC, last of his line, heir of a deadly and the best martial art/sword style, is on a quest of revenge, against his natural counterpart, scheming villain sending hordes of skilled fighters after him, while he brings justice along the way in episodic stories. Kozure Ookami is the better title, because it's less cheesy, more varied, the side characters are more developed, and the historical setting is well recreated, but both are great. Hokuto no Ken was probably more influential and famous, for defining the shounen "genre". Definitely play Kenshiro's theme while Oogami is rampaging. Please adapt Lone Wolf & Cub!!

If you liked Clannad add

...then you might like Steins;Gate add

SoL, comedy, slightly harem, time-travelling. The MC has a male friend which isn't competition, but closer to comic relief. The MC is quite interesting, has entertaining dialogues and interactions with other characters. He starts off in a light-hearted SoL, which evolves into more serious drama. Something happens to one of the protagonists, which affects the MC, but resets occur. There is romance, which puts it above simple harem. There is also a similar plot-line about a father who's lost very important breakthrough physics papers about alternate dimensions in a plane accident, which comes into play later on.

If you liked Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann add

...then you might like Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 add

Epic classic space opera. Humanity is kept repressed underground by alien attacks, which have wiped out Earth's surface. With the help of an alien technology that can harness the infinite power of the universe, with risks, a selected cast of determined and competent people, ranging from teens to elders, incorporate it to their vehicles, and reach higher horizons, fighting versus entire armies, which are not pure evil, but mostly facing a grave environmental problem by taming the universe through terror. There is some strategy involved, but the main crew is still plot-armoured, and the solution always ends up being to ram the enemy! fire the freaking Wave Motion Cannon! shout very loud and pierce the heavens with your drill! though TTGL leans much more toward rule of cool and self-awareness. The boat configurations of the mechs are totally a reference to Yamato. There is even a late trial when the crew is drowned in a cosmic ocean which absorbs their fundamental energy.

If you liked Mushishi add

...then you might like Black Jack (TV) add

Eponymous wandering doctor with a special physical condition that looks cool, but is a consequence of a tragic past, which shaped his life and appearance. Mostly dealing with episodic cases, involving a degree of supernatural, which are simple tales, often tragic and with a moral. He's benevolent, but not a boyscout, and may have to teach characters important lessons the hard way, and fight life-threatening dangers once in a while.

If you liked Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai add

...then you might like Osomatsu-san add

Goofball comedy, about teen protagonists, their family and friends, in various settings which parody several genres with references to famous titles, mostly episodic, but with an overarching serious plot, coming of age, dealing with an existential problem, which the various adventures may be metaphorical for escapism.

If you liked Tentai Senshi Sunred add

...then you might like One Punch Man add

Super-hero parody. OP MC, with a bland and funny head (bald derp/helmet), bored and annoyed about his opponents, who are creepy and bragging, struggling in his mundane life, somewhat a loser (shut-in/pachinko). Becomes more serious near the end. Sometimes, animation quality is used as a gag (drop for Saitama/Tatsumaki moe-blobs/sakuga). The aesthetic is more comics and manga in OPM, while tokusatsu in Sunred. There is a twist with polite villains vs. rude hero in Sunred, as opposed to exaggerated clichéed characters in OPM. The jokes are more diverse, less repetitive and predictable in Sunred. The animation quality in OPM is way better, but Sunred's art-style serves it better.