 If you liked
Kanon (2006)
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 ...then you might like
Bakemonogatari
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To me it feels like Bakemonogatari evolved from Kanon.
Storywise both anime can be summarized as follows: A guy helps a bunch of girls with supernatural problems.
Both male main characters are nice, a little bit saracastic and enjoy making jokes with girls, what leads to interesting dialogs.
Also Kanon does many things well, like giving each girl enough time for her story without blending out the others, Bakemonogatari has the more interesting art, the much more interesting girls (sadly the Kanon-girls sometimes seem to be close to be mentally ill) and the more developed dialogs. On the other hand Kanon is much less challenging to watch.
Still, if
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Abberations/Oddities are prevalent in both series', however only the Monogatari series refers to them as such. There are similarities in the way these supernatural occurances take place, which is to say they are always directly related to humans in some way. The stories behind these are of course different between the two. There are also clear similarities in some of the main characters. Mayoi and Ayu for instance are quite similar in the way they "work" and interact with the main character. Monogatari is a lot more dialog-based than Kanon though, as you might expect, and Kanon is more emotional. In terms of animation and
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