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If you liked Tokyo Ghoul add

...then you might like Astro Baby add

Tokyo ghoul has a similar premise to Astro baby, but all the dark, gruesome, psychological horror elements are turned up to 11.

If you liked Choujin X add

...then you might like Astro Baby add

The two works have a similar premise, with a foreign presence of some kind threatening humanity; It explores a lot of the same concepts like times of crisis making the forsaking of one's morality for the sake of one's safety the norm. It also has a very similar tone: a dark gruesome vibe that manages to have significant periods and moments of levity without detracting from it's darker, more serious themes.

If you liked Tista add

...then you might like Ori no Naka no Soloist add

A tortured female protagonist struggles with their sad backstory and their choice to live a sordid life full of death and murder. Soloist has a more dystopian setting than Tista, but the emotional journeys the main characters go through are similar.

If you liked Levius add

...then you might like Abyss Rage add

Both manga have incredible art styles that are super cool. Immensely angst main characters with edgy, sad backstories. Lots of people beating the hell out of each other; in Levius it's boxing, while in Abyss Rage it's martial arts. All in all, both of these series are so freaking cool.

If you liked Cross Manage add

...then you might like Shindou add

A story about a boy and a girl with an odd personal/professional relationship born from a hyper fixation with something. In the case of Cross Manage it's lacrosse, rather than Shindou's piano. The story follows our two protagonists through their developing relationship using their fixation as a conduit, without downplaying the element and making it feel like a contrived excuse for these characters to interact. Cross manage is a more 'conventional' manga than Shindou at first glance, but they're both very good.

If you liked Cowboy Bebop add

...then you might like Eat-Man add

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.

If you liked Tokyo Ghoul add

...then you might like Wild Strawberry add

A dark gritty tragedy involving an emergent species that consumes humans for sustenance.