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If you liked BanG Dream! add

...then you might like Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku add

The main characters, Kasumi and Akebi, have very similar personalities. Both are bubbly, outgoing, and optimistic.

If you liked Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi add

...then you might like Fruits Basket 1st Season add

In both stories, the central character is a girl who finds herself dealing with dealing with supernatural beings. In both cases, these include some difficult characters that the girl eventually wins over with some effort. Their personalities are somewhat different but overlapping. FB's Tooru is incessantly cheerful and optimistic, whereas Kakuriyo's Aoi is more precocious and incorrigible. Both make frequent references to who raised them, though they are vastly different from each other. Tooru's mother was an inspiration not only to her but everyone else she met, whereas Aoi was abandoned by her mother and raised by her grandfather, who we learn was quite a scoundrel to those Aoi later meets. (I could have listed either version of Fruits Basket. I chose the later version only because it has follow-up seasons that complete the story.)

If you liked Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon add

...then you might like Dekiru Neko wa Kyou mo Yuuutsu add

Both series are about a salarywoman who acquires an unusual and supernatural companion who becomes the caretaker of her home.

If you liked Fruits Basket 1st Season add

...then you might like Niehime to Kemono no Ou add

Though they have very different settings, both feature a female protagonist who is incessantly cheerful and optimistic despite circumstances that would have destroyed many of us.

If you liked Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai? Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen add

...then you might like Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru add

In both stories, the male lead and the female lead are in love with each other but won't confess their feelings, instead dancing around the issue even as they flirt with one another.

If you liked Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko add

...then you might like Isekai Yakkyoku add

Both are isekai animes where a person who dies in the real world get a new life in another world, as a child, where they're able to apply the skills from their first life, which includes both creating things and starting a business.

If you liked Sabage-bu! add

...then you might like Lycoris Recoil add

Both series include a heavy dose of girls with guns action and a cast of wild and crazy characters. Sabage-bu! is more an overt comedy, whereas Lycoris Recoil is more of a light action show. Neither is as serious as some of the classic GWG shows such as Noir and Gunslinger Girl.

If you liked Kill la Kill add

...then you might like Black Fox add

The female leads in both are similar in appearance and in their fighting style. In both cases the girl's father was killed and they are out to render justice to those responsible.

If you liked Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki add

...then you might like Yuusha, Yamemasu add

Both series take place in fantasy settings where the MC applies modern real-world ideas to manage people and work to achieve goals

If you liked Isekai Shokudou add

...then you might like Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi add

Both shows are isekai with a fantasy setting that also prominently feature cooking and food preparation as a main story element.

If you liked Usagi Drop add

...then you might like Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi add

Both shows involve the theme of a single male who never had to worry about kids finding himself in the position of taking care of one, resulting in him making adjustments in his life and priorities.

If you liked Hotarubi no Mori e add

...then you might like Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid add

Both explore the theme of two characters who are in love but may never physically touch one another.

If you liked 1+2=Paradise add

...then you might like Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!? add

Both anime have characters getting into comically ridiculous over-the-top ecchi situations.

If you liked Girls & Panzer add

...then you might like Love Live! School Idol Project add

Both stories involve a school under threat of closure, where the efforts of a small group or club are undertaken with a primary goal to save the school.

If you liked Sunohara-sou no Kanrinin-san add

...then you might like Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun. add

Both revolve around a middle school age boy who goes to live in a house where all the other residents are older girls.

If you liked Usagi Drop add

...then you might like Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. add

Some similarities between these two anime were evident in early episodes. Both revolve around a single guy who lives alone and works a salaried job who with little warning ends up taking a younger girl into his home. In "Usagi Drop" it's a 5-year-old who is technically his aunt despite being 25+ years younger than him. In "Hige wo Soru" it's a 17-year-old runaway, 9 years younger. In both shows his co-workers are supporting characters and we see taking on a child having effects in the workplace, albeit in different ways. The stories take different paths later but the theme of the guy being a parental figure remains throughout in both cases. Differences are most obviously the ages of the girls. Also, where in "Usagi Drop" it's a more permanent custodial relationship, in "Hige so Soru" it's an ad hoc arrangement where the girl's past life and relationship could quite possibly come into play by the end of the season.

If you liked Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de add

...then you might like Shounen Maid add

Both involve a character (or two) in an unfortunate situation getting an opportunity to live and work in a mansion as cleaning/support staff. In both cases the residents of the mansion are unusual and quirky characters. While there are plenty of differences between the two, there were moments where they have a similar feel to one another.

If you liked Tteotda Keunyeo!! add

...then you might like Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! add

Both feature a girl who is relentless in her pursuit of a guy who has caught her interest. He tries to rebuff her advances but eventually capitulates. A difference: Uzaki-chan has supporting characters trying to help the relationship along. In There She Is!! it's a taboo mixed relationship where they later have to deal with societal disapproval.

If you liked Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta add

...then you might like Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara add

Both films are directed by Masaaki Yuasa and share a similar art style. With both films, much of the story takes place in or near the ocean.

If you liked Kill la Kill add

...then you might like BNA add

Both series feature a female lead who discovers her powers as the series progresses. The two series have similar art style and use the same sort of over-the-top cartoon gags, particularly in the fight/action scenes.

If you liked Neko no Ongaeshi add

...then you might like Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu add

Both stories involve humans getting involved in the world of cats in unexpected ways, including the main character turning into a cat and then having to explore the world of cats in an effort to return to their life as a human.

If you liked Seitokai Yakuindomo add

...then you might like Oshiete! Galko-chan add

These two anime have similar formats, in that they consist largely of brief comedy sketches and gags strung together into episodes, and have a small group of high schoolers as their main cast with numerous supporting characters. In both cases, the subject matter is often sexual and includes topics that are taboo (at least by western standards), such as feminine hygiene. Of the two, Seitokai Yakuindomo has more perverted characters and topics.

If you liked Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? add

...then you might like Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san add

Both stories have a male protagonist finding a place to live at a low price because the place is said to be haunted. In both cases, not only does he end up meeting the ghost girl who haunts the place, but soon finds that he has to deal with an assortment of other girls who have various supernatural powers.

If you liked Gake no Ue no Ponyo add

...then you might like Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta add

Both are family-friendly films that have a mermaid girl and a human boy as the two main characters. If "Ponyo" is only loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen story, "Lu Over the Wall" is even further removed. Both stories take you to places you never imagined you'd end up at, though in different ways in accordance with the styles of their respective directors. Whatever else I could say, others before me have said better.

If you liked Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru add

...then you might like Giovanni no Shima add

"Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru" is an anime version of the classic story by Kenji Miyazawa, most often referred to in English by the title "Night on the Galactic Railroad". That story is referred to numerous times throughout "Giovanni no Shima" ("Giovanni's Island"), which includes several dream/fantasy sequences of events from that story.

If you liked Zero no Tsukaima add

...then you might like Hayate no Gotoku! add

Although the story and setting of these two works is quite different, the relationships between the lead female and the lead male characters are very similar. In both cases, the female is in a position of privilege and the male is initially a servant to her, but over time they develop strong bonds between them.

If you liked Rosario to Vampire add

...then you might like Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou add

Both are ecchi/harem anime where the girls are monster girls of various sorts. Also in both cases, even though the girls are friendly toward the primary male protagonist, their monster nature sometimes gives rise to problems or awkward situations, both for him and with each other.

If you liked Ouran Koukou Host Club add

...then you might like Blend S add

The relationship dynamic between the male lead and the female lead is very similar, in that the male shows interest in the female but is at times boggled or clueless, while the female at times reciprocates the interest but other times can also be clueless, or simply takes it in stride. In both stories, the female lead has to play a role that may differ from their underlying personality. Both have a supporting cast of characters who all have their quirks and their stories.

If you liked Summer Wars add

...then you might like Kimi no Na wa. add

Both have much of the story taking place in the mountainous regions of Japan west of Tokyo (Kimi no Na Wa in Gifu prefecture, Summer Wars in the neighboring Nagano prefecture). In both stories we see the contrast between the modern and the traditional, both have an older woman who best personifies the traditional aspect, and in both the main male protagonist is used to life in the city and finds himself trying to bluff his way through being in this more rural, traditional setting (though the circumstances are quite different). There is also a notable similarity in the endings.

If you liked Byousoku 5 Centimeter add

...then you might like Hotarubi no Mori e add

Both revolve around a relationship between boy and girl where love develops and yet in the end they cannot come together to find their happily ever after. In addition, the two films are similar in their use of visual styles and music to create a mood and draw in the viewer.