Anime Recommendations

both anime are amazing comedies that are very addictive to watch, I watched both in a very short time, both focus on school and everyday life, I recommend everyone to watch at least one of these anime.

Both sketch animations are all-blue (non-photo blue) and with energetic music. 9 is a music video while Pocari Sweat x Fuji Rock Festival ’17 is a TVCF.

Both are emotional journeys, Frieren similar to Violet is a girl who lost a possible love interest and crew due to there differed life spans, she goes on a quest that requires her to walk through her old adventures and us the watcher reminisces over her old memories along side her. Btw Frieren is a lil more tame then Violet Evergarden, it's very slice of life and focused on learning to value your time together, def go give it a watch!

While differing in their core genres, they share thematic similarities rooted in psychological exploration and crime-solving narratives. Kamonohashi, known for its quirky protagonist who can communicate with animals, delves into the mysteries of human nature through unconventional investigations. Similarly, Psycho-Pass, set in a dystopian future, explores the complexities of the human psyche through the lens of crime enforcement and moral dilemmas. Both works engage with the intricacies of the human mind, unraveling mysteries that extend beyond conventional crime-solving and touching upon profound aspects of society and individual morality.

Extremely similar anime. The tone is identical—deadpan humor mixed with noir elements. Both feature seemingly regular citizens carrying out justice. There's action and tense moments, but also plenty of comedy rooted in mundane Monogatari-esque conversations between characters. A juxtaposition of crime and slice-of-life. More importantly, these two stories are what I'd deem "intellectual." They don't undermine the intelligence of the viewer. They don't outright 'explain' things. These works are prime examples of talented storytelling that don't belittle (spell things out for) the viewer, leaving them continuously guessing, anticipating, and engaged. These Mysteries beckon viewers to figure everything out for themselves. Rather than being simple linear progressions, the stories jump around from/to many different characters' lives (in order) to slowly fill in gaps within the narrative. Scenes are sporadic, sometimes out of order. As you branch off from the main character and explore many other seemingly unrelated characters, the puzzle pieces will fall into place, revealing a bigger picture. Explore the darker underbellies of Japanese life. Discover characters who aren't who they seem to be. Grapple with suspense, engage your mind, and occasionally exhale through your nose with a smirk. These two anime are incredibly unique—yet... remarkably similar.

Both movies are slice-of-life stories about a boy who meets his relative(s) younger-versions and has a similar feel

If you like Frieren, you'll love Violet Evergarden. From the great animation, music, story, pace, characters. These are both animes where you need to pay attention to a lot of detail, because a lot of work has been put on and the details matter.

Both explore the lived experiences of how it is to grow up from a girl into a woman, from a girl's point of view ; simultinuasly to how it is to become a mother-figure to a daughter from a woman's point of view. Both have realistic takes from a modern-day point of view.

Both have a Japanese look at American superhero comics.

If you want more unusual horror anime that takes place in a school setting like Another, School-Live! is the way to go. In addition, the art styles, length, mystery, and creepy-cute aesthetics are similar.

Same goofyness and funny jokes, just shorter and more compact. Not a lot of people enjoyed it, I did tho.

Ergo Proxy takes place in a dystopian land similar to how shinsekai yori is, taking place in a new utopia age of monsters and demons. Shinsekai yori takes the focus on the world and characters actions to the heart of it's story and shows their development through the unexpected events that occur throughout their life in their new world. A real similarity is the hidden message within the story, but I will not dabble on it since it would require spoilers similar to ergo proxy. Definitely check out this similar psychological and philosophical anime and see if it is worth the hype!

Both anime share similar vibes, they are both are stories set in a fantasy world with great world-building and slow paced episodes with great character development. The biggest difference being that MT is an Isekai about getting a fresh start in life and Frieren is a story where the Hero already defeated the Demon King.

Both series take place in the same universe, with both series having amazing main characters and crews to go along with them.

The way of thinking doing deductions smart guys also helping out solving cases

Both have a similar quirkiness and share some amazing voice actors!

-Both are creature that lived longer than human. -Got melancholic vibe to it and share the same nostalgic feeling of passage of time. -The character have regret in their lives

both series' are supposed to be a commentary on society. Beastars uses animals to communicate discrimination by using things like herbivores and carnivores. Pluto uses robots and humans to do this and utilises stuff like mechanical and biological things. Both showcase discrimnation and unjust in society. Both are a reimagining of the current world but they both substitute it with other things but essentially the problems in beastars and pluto are evident in the real world too!

I can proudly say both anime are the ultimate slice of life/iyashikei anime.

Both animes centering around an elementary school group of friends and an older sister! Both an anime to just relax too and enjoy the fluff and cuteness of the simple school life. Both animes include the cast of cute girls doing classic elementary activities like culture festivals, and home etc. baking.

These are similar in the BJ aspect, and the way it plays out. However given is far better in most aspects.

Has a similar baseline of a medical protagonist and a loving female assistant

Both of the anime about brother taking care of each other.

If you like anime with cute girls, good battles and a bit of comedy, I recommend watching this anime (part 2)

If you like anime with cute girls, good battles and a bit of comedy, I recommend watching this anime (part 1)

Both anime follow the developing relationship of a gloomy kid and the light of sunshine that changes their world. Jijou wo Shiranai focuses on the gloomy girl realizing that she can have friends and be happy, despite her "shinigami" moniker. However, the relationship starts out a bit one-sided, since the main boy is incredibly earnest, but very oblivious with the affection he shows the main girl. Boku no Kokoro is more evenly balanced with a mutual progression of them both realizing their love for each other and the gloomy boy coming out of his shell. It's a slow burn, but there's a good amount of development in each interaction that continually builds up. Also, know that both anime are absolute diabetes for the heart, but that Boku no Kokoro can be a bit lewd near the beginning.

Dystopian world where children are raised in a creepy school and have powers accompanying them. Technically both take place in a post apocalyptic setting. Top notch world building.

I recommend this anime because in some ways it is very similar, both protagonists can be defined as antiheroes, in both anime there is the factor of hiding one's identity, there are intrigues and planning and finally both protagonists have a very powerful power .

Both were created by the same mangaka (Yoshihiro Togashi). Whilst Yuu Yuu Hakusho was created first and the mangaka definitely evolved his work with Hunter x Hunter, both anime are very enjoyable and have a similar vibe going on.

Characters share similar personalities. Both go on adventures and have goals they want to achieve from the beginning of the anime to the end. Both have a large cast of characters with unique abilities. Character development plays a big part in both shows. There are many fights in both animes where, rather than the characters throwing fists they use abilities.

Both are comedy shows with a large cast in a school setting, with short snippets every episode revolving around a different joke.

Both nice anime’s to watch when passing time or when you’re just not digging the show you are trying to binge watch. Calm plot that just makes you smile when you watch it.

Lelouch and Ayanokoji are both Manipulators who will use any tactics to achieve their goals, regardless of morals or consequences.

Both protagonists use overpowered magic attacks to defeat their opponents

Both protagonists are overpowered and completely mog their opponents. Both use overpowered magic attacks, artifacts and legendary items. Both have strong minions/harem members.

Both protagonists are overpowered and completely mog their opponents. They both have overpowered minions/harem members who gas them up constantly. They both pretend to be someone they aren't for the sake of the plot. They both use overpowered magic attacks.

Both anime are about an all girls cast (plus their animal sidekick) of high schoolers in a school club doing cute things with a survival element. They are also both 12 episode anime released in the mid 2010's.

It's BL, cute couple, slow burn, and the only difference is that BD is taking care of a kid and Sasaki to Miyano is a school setting.

Although .hack//Sign it's more of a slow slice of life and coming of age series with some mystery, while Good Night World is a fast adventure that turns into a psychological sci-fi thriller mid way, in half the length of the other, they share: -Broken people trying to connect with others through a videogame, something that they couldn’t do in the real world with their real families, more so in Good Night World. -Similar head sets, though smaller and more advanced in Good Night World. -An advanced AI going crazy and affecting the real world and people, more so in Good Night World. -A dead girl resurrected in a way, in the form of an AI, and being hidden in a game as one of its main objectives and reasons for its existence. -A girl falling in love with the protagonist and trying to reconnect him with reality. -Anti-escapism messages

If you like girls chosen by fate to become magical guardians. Symphogear might be for you! There's ton of good fights, cute outfits, and tons of magitech. The music is also a plus.

Both have magical girls, fighting, and magitech! Great animation and characters as well!

Black clover is both eye catching and inspiring and funny in cool way the pace is good not too slow nor too fast allowing good world building ( 2 ) what i like about it is that the main character is not totaly dumb or ignorant he learns also i like the challenge in the story where the characters evolve with time instead of a 1 year training arc ( training exists but its not the main point ) making it deferent from your typical Shonen sires that`s what i liked about it😊

A girl trying to investigate various apparently supernatural events and resolve it. There's even a similar scenario case where they were investigating about a crazy girl doing killings due to her obsessive belief with the supernatural being able to help her.

A loli girl and a couple trying to deal with various evil spirits, ghosts, supernatural issues and hauntings, while also investigating as to why the various hauntings happened in the first place so as to properly resolve it. With the help of other spirits and their own powers. While both animes have their own comedic, lighthearted and dark moments. Dark Gathering was generally more grim while it's art and tone appearing to be light and humorous at times while In/Spectre have a more mature and serious tone and art but was generally more light hearted and less dark.

While seemingly different in many ways, both anime delves deep into different topics. For Kino no Tabi, it is human culture and traditions. For Psycho-Pass, it is human psychology (specifically what drives someone to kill). The anime are different in pacing and Psycho-Pass has an overarching plot line that connects the episodes. Do note that Psycho-Pass is much more violent than Kino no Tabi.

Plenty of overlap in their themes, especially regarding "fighting the system".

This anime, K-On, is also similar to Bang Dream. They have same genre which is music and also has that Girl's Band. Although, Bang dream gives us that essence of being in a band in a way of dream. Their dream to reach Budokan or reach higher peak, even if they don't show it. K-On is the opposite to that, it's not like they don't want to play in Budokan but it's chill version, it's moe is the cherry on top. They goof around and do their thing, play at their culture festival, etc. K-On is the slice of life and comedy version of bang dream, if you just wanna chill, I highly reccommend to you watching K-On worth the time and has a proper ending

"Bang Dream" and " Bocchi the Rock!" are somewhat similar and the reason for that is first both anime shares the same style which is Girl's Band, Second they share the same genre which is music, and Bang Dream has that competitive kinda vibe here and there which is somewhat same to Bocchi the rock. Bang dream has great music, especially I love their vocals (Yukina Minato and Kasumi Toyama). Bocchi the rock doesn't let us down either with its chaotic yet eye-catching way of portraying how bands vibe with each other, its slice of life genre is just an additional spice to its perfect dish.

Episodic anime. Bot MC are ready to help these maladies, often helping these afflicted individuals discover the equally unpleasant sides of themselves and/or the people around them that they desperately wish to deny.

I think both stories are very human. Imo most of Ai Yazawas work is very human, all of her work is worth taking a look at if you ask me.

Similar plot points, development, MCs, and MC relationships, and supernaturals. Watching this really reminded me of after story. After story does have a lot more drama, while dreaming girl has more time time travelling stuff.

Both have this male MC going around helping girls with their supernatural issues. Similar energy male MCs, with their own "semi-harems" but still maintaining a nice monogamous relationship with one girl that carries on to their respective stories. Both touch on supernatural themes, using these supernatural themes to build onto the characters and their developments. The sequels are very similar as well (Clannad after story & Doesnt dream of a dreaming girl)

If you liked the way that Sakuta flirt with Mai then you should watch Raeliana too they do have the same type of interaction quite interesting.

Chizuru and Mai share very similar personalities the main difference between the two animes aside from the plot is that Sakuta is smarter than Kazuya. you can see the contrast of a smart dude and a loud crybaby simp. so my recommendation here is learn from Sakuta guys! Kazuya is basically what are the things to avoid doing. What is interesting after watching both anime we can picture a alternative future of Chizuru becoming a celebrity and a better Kazuya a confident smarter guy that knows to have a healthy relationship.

They're both shoujo anime about a red haired royalty girl with some fantasy elements. Yona is more an adventure while Shirayuki is a romance.

Switch the place of an Apothecary and an wannabe Librarian and you get Honzuki as kusuriya equivalent. Honzuki has Isekai elements, magic powers and Western scenario but both of them have brilliant protagonist that literally change the world around them, conducting innovations even when their resources are limited, that being related to the current technology or hierarchy/social barriers. All of those themes are common in one and another. The protagonist are really passionate about their on areas of expertise and that make them really intriguing. Also, curiously, both of them have similar casts roles in the side characters roaster which made me baffled... I literally could see characters correspondences between the series (not point out that they are copycats, after all, their conjectures are different... differently context and locals - Kusuriya being apparently in Ancient China). If you like curious protagonists that seem to have every answer to their own respective fields of knowledge and, along the way, debating social roles and Information as power (most of time, presenting those topics implicitly), both anime are absolutely bangers.

both are set in the same era, heian period for "onmyouji" and "heike monogatari", both potray the culture of pre-sengoku era japan including references to the courtly life in the palace "onmyouji" has supernatural themes in it

both have onmyouji (ancient japanese exorcist) as its main character "onmyouji" is historical fiction with fantasy themes "Saikyou Onmyouji no Isekai Tenseiki", as in its title, is an isekai

both are set in the heian period, both make major references to poetry onmyouji has supernatural themes and displays male x male brotherhood chouyaku hyakuninisshu is non-supernatural and displays more male x female relations

both are historical fictions with a dash of supernatural themes and represent mythologies from both countries koukyuu no karasu has implied romance between male x female character onmyouji is about the friendship of 2 guys

Short anime focused on regional promotion (Hokkaido vs Ibaraki)

If you love the work of Ryohgo Narita or anime/manga with a mixture of fantasy and realistic elements, as well as interestingly interwoven characters and plot lines then I highly recommend you check out Baccano! Aside from the shared author i quickly became smitten by the setting in Chicago roughly around the early 1930s, the mafia/cast conflict/investigation involving an elixir that grants immortality and the breath taking sakuga throughout the anime. A fair warning Baccano is very difficult to find but i promise you that in any form you consume it in via light novel or anime it is well worth the hassel!

It has a similar vibe, theme and has a similar concept. The main difference is that in shadows the horror elements are played more lightheartedly. Episodes 5-10 also brings a similar level of suspense and intelligence as TPN.

So this is going to be a weird rec, but: -Both MCs are refreshingly direct and to the point -Violence is treated with a lot of weight -Wide cast of memorable characters

BNHA does card games with holograms, clearly inspired on classics like Yugioh.

both set in ancient china, female lead with super psychic power can talk to spirits/ghosts, relation with emperor/prince, male lead handsome cool vibes, both have romance elements but tong ling fei has more

It's really similar in genre. But there are somethings that Lovely Complex does better and somethings that Nodame Cantabile does better. Regardless they both also have some similar flaws. Like some really bad two dimensional characters or some gags being too forced. --- One big flaw of Nodame Cantabile is oddly the main female lead. The author uses her for comedy gags all the time, so you just don't really end up taking her character as a mature main lead specially when the main male lead is way more mature. It would have been great to add some depth to her character instead of being used as a comedy gag ragdoll all the time. Frankly, i could only take the female lead a bit seriously only if i just imagined that she is a bit on the autism spectrum. Ah and i have nothing against autistic people, in fact i consider them to be gifted. It's the eccentric behaviour. One really strong aspect of Nodame Cantabile is the concerts, if you have some attention span in your brain then you will get completely sucked into it, you'll get goosebumps. Even if you don't appreciate classical music. The anime does an exemptional job to make you feel like you're part of the audience too. --- On the other hand lovely complex does a fantastic job with the female lead character but the dense trope in the male lead feels forced at times. Otherwise some of the other side characters also have bad two dimensional tropes, to the point of being a bit annoying for viewers. The musical score in the anime is highly underrated, the orchestra hits you hard at the right timing in certain moments. --- Well both are a fun ride to watch if you have a soft spot for shoujo/romance genre. These are NOT seinen titles, so don't expect any serious psycchological/adult themes dumbass. It's all family friendly.

Both of these anime have a mellow, haunting quality to them that really sticks with you. Good for if you're looking for something calming to watch that might make you feel a bit lonely or melancholy.

Comedic special shorts with chibi characters that are sure to make fans of both animes have a laugh with their meta humor and cuteness.

They're both serious, Sci-fi anime, from around the same time period, with an 'adventure of the week' episode format. They're also both very conscious of, and poinient about, their heavy themes and messages.

Hikaru no Ou shares a lot of similarities with Mononoke Hime, to the point where it could almost be set in the same universe a thousand years later. The plot shares many similarities as well, together with the overall atmosphere. Despite the somewhat disappointing animation Hikaru no Ou is worth watching if you like this type of anime.

Watching an actual WW2 propaganda movie after seeing Kaze Tachinu really put it in a new light. There's even the scene with the dandelion seeds that seems like Miyazaki used as inspiration.

Both are packed with over the top action and they have very fast pacing.

Strong, kind, and eccentric female lead with a clingy attractive male lead in a seat of power who has a mostly one-sided attraction to the female lead in an ancient Chinese setting

Both are about fighting and are insane and very unrealistic, though insanity is consistent so there are no problems there

If you love the royal palace in ancient China setting, this is another great one! It follows a strong female lead with handsome love interest. I was really surprised no one had recommended this one yet! I love both of these so much!

If you like bizarre social commentary in the style of plasticky turn of the millennium CGI please watch the other short.

The author of Hikari no Ou seems very inspired by Uehashi Nahoko (author of Seirei no Moribito and Erin), and the animation department has enforced this impression with a similar art style. Even if Hikari no Ou has some flaws it's well worth watching if you enjoy Seirei no Moribito.

Believe it or not, School Days and Milkyway both take place in the same universe, as their source material came from the same company. If, like me, you're a huge degenerate and can't get enough of the wacky world of 0verflow, consider giving Milkyway a watch.

What do Pure Mail and Milkyway have in common? Well, for starters, they're both 2-episode hentai OVAs that came out in the early 2000s. But more importantly, they're both based on eroge that were made/worked on by 0verflow, so they actually share the same universe! Neat, huh?

Sabagebu is basically shoujo version of the gintama. The quality of jokes is on about same level too.

End of Evangelion and Attack on Titan Final Chapters both deliver intense and thought-provoking experiences that fans of one are likely to appreciate in the other. You are in for an emotional rollercoaster if you are captivated by their despair-filled narrative and post-apocalyptic struggles.

Both presenting it's idol culture and plotline in happy way with no hard drama on it. Although locodol didn't touch the "fan" or "wota" POV.

70s sci-fi anime where the characters are the crew of a futuristic WWII-style Japanese battleship. They fight against a race of very humanoid aliens who have evacuated their home world and want to take over Earth. Similar music and art styles with a story emphasising patriotism and military values.

Gritty, hot-blooded super robot action. Lots of yelling and shouting attack names with a rock-style soundtrack. The main character is introduced as a travelling “lone wolf” who ends up teaming up to battle against a planet-sized mutant robot monster to save the Earth.

Comedy anime about (now) old PC hardware and hobby culture. The protagonist is a perverted young PC enthusiast who fights using a computer against technology related threats. BPS is more grounded in reality while Buttobi CPU is purely science fiction.

- Both start with the premise of worlds where teenagers develop strange powers due to yet unknown phenomena - Both have massive plot twists regarding the main character’s true ‘ability’ - Both feature shady organisations connected to the powers in some way - Both have all of the super-powered people in a single school to keep them in check

Frieren and Kino are two highly capable and skilled women. Both travel around, exploring and interacting with the world. The storytelling styles of the two films have many similarities, each episode is one or more stories told and shown excellently. Frieren's world is somewhat brighter than Kino's world.

Both have supernatural elements as well as strong association with a city. They also show the viewer opposing factions in a relatively unbiased way.

A silly romantic comedy featuring gals. It's filled with all the clichés but adds its own twists to the plot, including the classic love triangle. Similar to the other recommendation, I prefer Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman as it has a less pitiable male protagonist.

Both of these are 2 of my fav sports anime and are polar opposites of one another in terms of how it explores its characters, however the storytelling of both is on par with one another and is really fun to binge

These two 6 episode 90's OVAs show very different adventures, but both have a similar character dynamic where two main characters compete to see who would be the better 'wife' for the titular male character.

Legendary Protagonists who are really all about that harem life and Seriously/Earnestly love their girlfriends.

Belladonna of Sadnes has had a massive influence on the Shoujo genre, here apparent in similarities between it's ending and the ending of Sailor Moon's first season.

This is probably the only non-mystery recommendation for this show but Ayatsuri Sakon had another major theme, Bunraku. This is a form of Japanese puppetry and is reference in the show often since one of the main characters is a Bunraku puppet. Nitaboh, while not a mystery anime, shares the same likeness when it comes to sharing a cultural aspect about Japan. Nitaboh was created a 5 years after Ayatsuri Sakon but both their execution and sound tracks are top notch. Nitaboh focuses on an instrument called a Shamisen, a three stringed instrument and is often used in Bunraku performances during narrative songs. Both movie and show share dark moments with times of joyous triumphant, and both protagonists (Nitaboh and Sakon) find their places through partnering with inanimate objects that held a special place in their hearts.

MF Ghost is thje "spiritual successor" to Initial D in that Takumi is explicitly stated in the anime and manga, although it is legit fine to not know any Initial D/MF Ghost knowledge to watch either of them. Both are car-oriented animes that race a ton, and both feature teenage boys wanting to push their cars faster and faster, and also both Takumi and Kanata possess insane racing skills.

Both GTO and Golden Boy are similar late 90's comedies. Onizuka is older but to be honest both of them are about the same age mind-wise haha. Both of them go after women, and both also share some theme of lessons in that GTO wants to better the class while Golden Boy wants to learn new things the world has to offer.

The protagonist is cursed since his birth, he is a skilled and lonely swordsman who does not know the meaning of happiness. During the journey he encounters a group of hunters/warriors and among them there is a single woman who is strong, fearless and driven by a traumatic past that made her stronger. A medieval world with technologies similar to our current ones, supernatural creatures, fights and wars. If you liked one of these works, you should watch the other one.

Both have similar meta commentary within their genre and feature world-ending events that the characters need to come to terms with to solve.

In this recommendation, I'll give you some aspects which fit into both series. Here are the similarities: 1. Both series has a serious intense conflict in their 'drama'. 2. 'Death Parade' and 'Angel Beats!' are the original Anime whom bringing up an 'Afterlife' theme. 3. The characters' development from both series, we as a watcher are already known each character before (Their past). 4. Pin point both series is all about the sins and regret. 5. There is one character whom has an important role throughout the series. *** Happy Watching from SBK ***