 If you liked
Koi Kaze
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 ...then you might like
NHK ni Youkoso!
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A young girl suddenly appers and changes the main hero's life forever. Both anime's have a great psychological aspect in them.
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Recommended by Johnny_FBI
The old school art and serious vibe immediately link the two Masterpieces. Both main characters, Satou and Koshiro share similar habits and inner turmoil. This ranges from smoking, badgered clothing and unkempt/unshaven appearance, and accumulating garbage and tissues around their residence, as well as the psychological ramifications of their predicament and the societal acceptance, or lack thereof. Both share comparable female's in Misaki and Nanoko, who are fairly younger and intrude in the MC's life as love interests out of the blue, but with a predetermined goal in mind. Both MC have reservations from pursuing their love interests, albeit for different reasons, yet both divulge
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Both sets of protagonists, or couples rather, are socially inept, naive, aimless wanderers with disjointed families. In addition both use their relationships to straighten themselves out and reintegrate into society. While in NHK our protagonist are already outcasts and fully detached from society, in Koi Kaze you witness that transformation happen first hand. Both these shows are excellent examples of the social standard.
Before you check my recommendation, check SlickDragon's; everything he said is completely spot on. First, let me immediately say that both these shows are some of my absolute favorite I've come across in the anime medium. If you want bittersweet psychological dramas (emphasis on the bitter), then you've found your shows! Koi Kaze and Welcome to the NHK both specialize in what I'd like to call the "quintessential hopeless and aimless societal outcasts" archetype. Each put their own spin on it, but this is the main focus of these two shows which drives their drama and protagonists' predicaments. Both Satou and Koushirou are bound by
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