Akane-banashi vs Common Side Effects

Common Side Effects has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.9/10 for Akane-banashi). Common Side Effects is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are animation, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Akane-banashi posterAkane-banashi2026 VS Common Side Effects posterCommon Side Effects2025
Akane-banashiCommon Side Effects
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 8.5/10
Year20262025
Seasons11
GenresAnimation, DramaAnimation, Comedy, Drama
Country––
Creator / director–Joseph Bennett, Steve Hely
Main castAnna NagaseDave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Martha Kelly, Joseph Lee Anderson

Synopsis

Akane-banashi

As a child, Akane witnesses a shocking event during her father's career-defining show. Now in high school, she vows to reach the art's highest rank.

Common Side Effects

Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances begin to unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that may hold the key to curing all the world’s diseases.

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