Blade of the Immortal vs Common Side Effects
Common Side Effects has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Blade of the Immortal). Blade of the Immortal is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are animation, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Blade of the Immortal
Common Side Effects| Blade of the Immortal | Common Side Effects | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Seasons | 1 | 1 |
| Genres | Animation, Drama | Animation, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Hiroshi Hamasaki | Joseph Bennett, Steve Hely |
| Main cast | Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tomokazu Seki, Nozomu Sasaki, Houko Kuwashima, Kenjiro Tsuda | Dave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Martha Kelly, Joseph Lee Anderson |
Synopsis
Blade of the Immortal
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
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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