• Non Non Biyori
• Sketchbook
• Yuru Camp
• Yuyushiki
• Tamayura
• Machikado Mazoku
• Koisuru Asteroid
• Anima Yell
• Locodol
• Kinmoza
• Gochiusa
• Supercub
• Kon
• Kobayashi’s Maid Dragon
• Hanayamata
• Ochikobore Fruits Tart
• Sengoku Collection
• Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai
• Spy Family
• Himouto Umaru-chan
• Asobi Asobase
• Urara Meirochou
• Flying Witch
• Hime-sama Goumon no Jikan Desu
• Maoujou de Oyasumi
• Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon
• Dekoboko Majou no Otona Jijou
• Migakura Gakuen Kumikyouku
• Mitsuboshi Colors

What is similar? Does it need to be a band anime? Does it require social anxiety characters? Just cute girls doing cute things (CGDCT) in general? Have yuri elements?

• slice of life (SOL) with characters playing in a band: K-ON! (band aspect is secondary)
• SOL with anxious main character: Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu
• general SOL/CGDCT classics: Lucky Star, Nichijou, Azumanga Daioh
• more modern SOL/CGDCT: Kiniro Mosaic, Gochuumon wa Usagi desuka?
• SOL with yuri: Hidamari Sketch (moderate, also a classic), Yuyushiki (lots)

edit: I personally don’t think that Bocchi the Rock! is super laid back, but if you compare it to action shows it obviously is. If you really want to go the laid back route you can look into the genre Iyashikei (“healing type”) with anime such as Non Non Biyori, Yuru Camp (still have to watch this one so can’t verify personally but is very popular) and Yokohama Kaidaishi Kikou (absolute classic).

@AWanderingSorcerer If you really care about anime you’re going to have to get into piracy. Shows vanish from streaming or never make it there in the first place, home video goes out of print or is never made available (good luck getting a legitimate release of the iconic Daicon animation!), and some works get memory-holed almost immediately upon publication (eg the Phantom Blood movie).

Piracy can’t entirely solve any of these, but it’s the best hope for continued access to these works both for individuals and for the fandoms as a whole, at least partly because fans care more about these works than corporations do. More than corporations can, in fact.

#anime