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If you liked Kimi to Boku. add

...then you might like Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! add

Two shows about high school boys, chilling out, having silly conversations and reveling in the joys of friendship. The banter and close relationships between characters in particular is very similar. Binan is basically if the boys from Kimi to Boku had been chosen to be magical boys ("love princes") and save the world, and Kimi to Boku is essentially if you took the silly magical girl parody out of Binan. If you like one you'll be sure to appreciate the other.

If you liked Ouran Koukou Host Club add

...then you might like Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! add

Both are absolutely perfect and hilarious parodies of typical shoujo genres, Ouran of otome/reverse-harems and Binan of the magical girl warrior genre (like Sailor Moon). Ouran does this by having an unusual heroine who takes things in stride and just won't play along with the shoujo script. Binan does this by replacing the usual middle school girl heroines with high school BOYS, who then point out every bit of ridiculousness about what is happening while still going along with it. Oh, and they are also practically naked in a bath house about 50% of the time and constantly and intentionally tease Boys Love between the characters. Both wholly embrace the silliness inherent in the premises behind their respective shows, although Ouran is known to have some genuine drama occasionally and Binan is pure laugh your ass off comedy from start to finish. If you like pretty boys, funny banter and humor, watching characters embarrass themselves and analysis of shoujo stereotypes, then look no further. Liking one will just about guarantee you'll like the other.

If you liked Cowboy Bebop add

...then you might like Kekkai Sensen add

While they have very different plots and characters, they have a strangely similar feel. Both have strong western influences, an episodic sequence to most of the season until the end resolves the plot with a very serious tone. Most episodes have a similar format, with seemingly easy or innocuous assignments/bounties/activities of the characters turning into crazy chases through the city by the end. Both anime also require a bit of reading between the lines to understand what the episodes are really about, and many have a philosophical note to them. The music is also very similar, with jazzy beats throughout both. If you like one, you'll see something to like in the other.

If you liked Trigun add

...then you might like Kekkai Sensen add

Both anime made from manga by the same mangaka, Yasuhiro Nightow. They have very different plots and settings, but similarities in themes of self-sacrifice and strong western influences. Both anime have an episodic feel to them until the last few episodes where the plot kicks off to a conclusion. Both also have a slapstick style of humor interspersed with unexpectedly tragic plots, and pretty wild action sequences. Oh, and did I mention that they both feature twins? If you've already seen Trigun and are considering watching kekkai-sensen, keep an eye out of a kuroneko-sama cameo!

If you liked FLCL add

...then you might like Kekkai Sensen add

FLCL And Kekkai Sensen have unexpectedly a lot in common. A young male protagonist who finds himself in bizarre circumstances with no control over the situation, quirky characters, strange things happening one after another, intense battles and slick animation, rowdy humor and insane amounts of collateral damage that everyone seems to forget about by the next episode. FLCL is a more tightly, condensed show that focuses primarily on the protagonist's growth, while Kekkai Sensen is more plot focused and less psychological. If you like the story telling and battle elements in one you'll find the other very familiar.

If you liked Space☆Dandy add

...then you might like Kekkai Sensen add

While Space Dandy has no plot to speak of, it does have humans and weird aliens living together in space, in a show where random crazy action and non-standard animation can break out at any moment and the main character is always broke. Kekkai Sensen has much more of a plot, but if you like over-the-top action sequences and a setting where every other background character is a weird out-of-this-world creature, then you've come to the right show because this one has it in spades.

If you liked Baccano! add

...then you might like Kekkai Sensen add

Both take place in a fantastical New York City, with some cool action and a jazzy soundtrack you'll love. Kekkai Sensen is modern-day urban fantasy with a city flooded with mythical creatures living beside humans, where a particular organization performs some crazy action sequences to keep them in line, while Baccano! is more subtle with a non-linear narrative, historical setting during prohibition and great characters, half of which are immortals or in the mafia or arguably insane. If you like one, you'll definitely see something you like in the other.

If you liked Tsuritama add

...then you might like Rolling☆Girls add

If you gender-flip the characters, you'll realize these two anime have a lot in common, from both having a set of four quirky main protagonists (complete with one who is secretly or not-so-secretly a fish-like alien in both), to the dazzling color palette and great animation with retro-rock vibe openings and endings, and 12-episode run. Both anime focus on friendship (and aliens?) although they also both have their unique spin on how they do that. Tsuritama throws in a fishing angle (yes, it's about fishing, and somehow it's glorious and makes complete sense!) as well as humor and a light, but solid, use of real emotion and psychology along with the beautiful animation and excellent pacing. Rolling Girls is a little more outrageous, with retro-rock covers, some colorful action-scenes that defy physics and logic, some random fricken mechas and a quick-paced plot with not a lot of depth but a heck of a lot of fun. Rolling Girls starts out a little episodic but gives plenty of time for the over-the-top plot to kick in later and has a more fantastical premise, while Tsuritama is a little more emotional, with the stationary setting and focus on the main characters resulting in more development and real meaningful catharsis during the climax. If you like one, you'll no doubt enjoy the other!

If you liked AKB0048 add

...then you might like Kantai Collection: KanColle add

Two sci-fi-ish anime that are basically advertising for something else, AKB0048 for AKB48, a popular idol group, and KanColle for an online game of the same name. They both feature cutely designed girls with stock personalities that represent the spirit of something else (past idol group members vs. Japanese warships) and participate in battles wearing skirts, magical-girl style. For two such ridiculously conceived anime they are both surprisingly watchable with quite a bit of effort being put into their animation. If you really liked one of these anime, the other will probably scratch your itch for it.

If you liked Sakamoto desu ga? add

...then you might like Handa-kun add

Both of these school life comedy manga revolve around a high schooler protagonist who is idolized to the point of absurdity by his peers, and unwittingly picks up admirers to add to his bromantic-harem through everyday interactions with other characters. In Handa-kun, the humor comes from the fact that the protagonist doesn't register the attention he gets as admiration and actually believes himself to be a victim of bullying, but countless misunderstandings only seem to cement his idol status. In Sakamoto desu ga? the humor is from the protagonist himself, who is so ridiculously, over-the-top and impossibly perfect in any given situation that it is hilarious. If you want a laugh, you couldn't do better than either of these manga!

If you liked Bungou Stray Dogs add

...then you might like Illegal Rare add

Both have badass supernatural characters in an agency and bishounen art styles. In Illegal Rare the characters are actual supernatural creatures (such as a vampire) while in Bungou they are humans who have supernatural abilities. They are both pretty funny and quite enjoyable and if you like fantasy manga with well-drawn characters, some humor and drama and some supernatural action, then check the other out!

If you liked Gangsta. add

...then you might like Bungou Stray Dogs add

Both feature feature working for a freelance agency of people with special powers in a basically corrupt town. Gangsta gives the impression that it takes place in Italy somewhere while Bungou definitely seems to take place in Japan, but the settings are both vaguely semi-corrupt cities where mafia violence breaks out on a day to day basis, giving the characters a chance to be badasses. Their art styles are rather different, with Bungou leaning toward bishounen-style art, and Gangsta being more seinen, but both are high quality. The abilities in Gangsta are also clearly stigmatized and given a more or less thorough explanation, whereas in Bungou Stray Dogs, the abilities exist with little explanation of their origins and are more like magic. Still, if you like seeing cool guys beat up gangsters with powers (and guns and bombs too!), both of these are great!

If you liked Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark add

...then you might like Bungou Stray Dogs add

Ironically, they both have "stray dogs" in the name, and they also have a pretty similar setting and general feel and art style, with deep shadows, light tone-work and minimalist backgrounds. Both take place in a somewhat corrupt city mostly run by gangsters or mafia that gives the impression that it could be anywhere without really naming the city. The characters are mostly badasses fighting against the mafia, although Dogs (and it's continuation Dogs: Carnage And Bullets) features a group of slightly insane characters with superhuman skills who work together by chance, and Bungou resolves around an agency of "Armed Detectives" with special abilities who the main character joins almost accidentally. While similar in a lot of ways they are also different enough not to feel like they are overlapping, so if you like one, the other will be enjoyable too!

If you liked -Hitogatana- add

...then you might like Bungou Stray Dogs add

The stories aren't especially similar but the art style and tone are somewhat reminiscent, with minimalistic backgrounds and fewer tones. The main characters are similar int he sense that they were rejected by society for the circumstances out of their control relating to their birth, and find a new place among a police-like agency. Hitogatana is somewhat more original and less humorous compared to Bungou Stray Dogs, but both are great reads (especially Hitogatana!)! If you like one, you'll probably enjoy the other.

If you liked Barakamon add

...then you might like Hayachine! add

Two humorous, feel-good slice-of-life manga that show life in rural towns with distinct customs and colorful characters. Both especially focus on the hilarious antics of the child characters. In Barakamon, a young calligrapher in exile from Tokyo moves to an isolated island village where he learns to be better person and develop his own style of calligraphy. He grows and finds happiness through his interactions with the local people and their traditions, giving up the conveniences of civilization, and his adventures confronting nature (icky bugs and fish!) In Hayachine! A family who lost their parents move to their uncle's house in a town called Ohasama and meet the people living there, one of which is a foreign girl obsessed with the local history and customs. They learn about the area where their ancestors came from and to accept their own and others' eccentricities.

If you liked Death Note add

...then you might like Aku no Higan add

Both are serious, realistic manga with an edge of the supernatural which feature teenage protagonists with strong senses of justice but loose senses of morals who come into contact with supernatural forces over life and death. In Death Note, a teenager obsessed with his own justice comes into possession of a Shinigami's (Reaper/Death God) notebook which allows them to kill people when they right their names inside, and steal their life years. Similarly in Aku no Higan (Beyond Evil), there are seemingly demonic dealers in life and death who bargain for human's life years with money, favors or punishments and a teenager finds himself in a contract with one of these demons.

If you liked Kyousou Giga (TV) add

...then you might like Mekakucity Actors add

Both anime are beautiful, stylistic and very mysterious, giving you the story in pieces at a time. If you like a great anime with strange and varied characters, that doesn't reveal the end for you in the first five minutes, these two anime are both for you!

If you liked Blame! add

...then you might like Sidonia no Kishi add

Both are frightening hard science fiction dystopias by the master of japanese sci-fi horror, Tsutomu Nihei. Incredible scenery, eerie silences and just as eerie music, uncanny looking characters and a wholehearted attempt to capture the setting and feel of Nihei's incredible manga. If you like one you'll also like the other. Blame! is sadly only a six part miniseries but Knights of Sidonia is the first full length anime of a Tsutomu Nihei project and it's already hitting the ground running with mecha action, grunge starships and transhumans trying to preserve the human race under the threat of horrific space monsters called Guanas.

If you liked Black Bullet add

...then you might like Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda add

A crazy loli girl with incredible powers and a much less enthusiastic male co-lead. They are both science fiction-y with action and play up the humor. Black Bullet is significantly more serious in terms of it's actual plot, but the tones are both relatively light, despite that.

If you liked Gunslinger Girl add

...then you might like Black Bullet add

Young girls with powers/enhancements are partnered with older males and made to fight. In Black Bullet it's to save the world from virus-made monsters, while in Gunslinger Girl it's to be assassins and protectors for the Italian government. Black Bullet seems lighter in tone than Gunslinger Girl, but they both make a point of mentioning the tragedy of the necessity to use young children in their positions.

If you liked Fairy Tail add

...then you might like Rain add

Magic and Swords, what more do you need? how about humor? Got that. How about dragon slayers? Yes, got that too, both main protagonists are referred to as 'dragon slayers', (except Rain's protagonist actually DID kill a dragon.)

If you liked Vagrant Soldier Ares add

...then you might like Rain add

Soldiers and wars and kickass swordsman. Generally speaking Rain is much more light hearted and simplistic compared to Ares, but they are both great medieval action fantasy manga in the western style.

If you liked Ragnarok add

...then you might like Rain add

Good ol' Medieval Fantasy Action with swords and magic and all that Jazz. If you've read one and wish there was more, jump on over to the other, it will be sure to give you your fix.

If you liked Ao no Exorcist add

...then you might like Mahoutsukai no Yome add

Spirit familiars and magic reign in these two manga with amazing art and interesting characters. Apprentice Exorcists and Apprentice Sorcerers, what's not to love?

If you liked Kamisama Hajimemashita add

...then you might like Ran to Haiiro no Sekai add

Japanese mythology abounds in these two manga full of Tengu, Sorcerers and Kitsune and a girl's heart big enough to love them all. Two great manga with incredible art a healing romance and magic everywhere.

If you liked Zettai Karen Children add

...then you might like Ran to Haiiro no Sekai add

Though one is science-fiction and the other is firmly supernatural/fantasy, both have a similar main protagonist: a young girl with power too immense to be controlled, a beautiful heart, and a busty future self. Both series have great art, a powerful story, lots of humor, and what one might call a tragic romance with an older man. Both are highly recommended.

If you liked xxxHOLiC add

...then you might like Ran to Haiiro no Sekai add

The supernatural world is just next door in these two beautiful fantasy manga. If you like one, you'll surely like the other, though Ran to Haiiro no Sekai is the superior in terms of a comprehensible plot and emotional impact.

If you liked Sidonia no Kishi add

...then you might like -Hitogatana- add

Similar character designs, a near immortal protagonist, futuristic setting and themes of what it is to be human, and what it is to be a weapon. Both really great manga full of intense action, a well-conceived science fiction world, great art and interesting questions. If you like one, the other will definitely be worth checking into.

If you liked Sonomama de add

...then you might like Samejima-kun to Sasahara-kun add

In both, best friends' lives are turned upside down when one of them confesses to loving the other. Awesome Yaoi goodness with happy endings for all around and excellent smexy scenes for good measure~♥

If you liked Tsuritama add

...then you might like Uchouten Kazoku add

Both stories that blend together fantasy and the everyday with perfection. Tsuritama goes a more Science fiction route while The Eccentric Family involves yokai, but both are sure to please with their easy attitude, great characterization, wonderful fantasy and expert story-telling that gives both anime that little something extra.