Common Side Effects vs Dead Account
Common Side Effects has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7/10 for Dead Account). Common Side Effects is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are animation, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
| Common Side Effects | Dead Account | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Seasons | 1 | 1 |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama | Animation, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Joseph Bennett, Steve Hely | – |
| Main cast | Dave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Martha Kelly, Joseph Lee Anderson | Nobuhiko Okamoto, Fairouz Ai, Koki Uchiyama |
Synopsis
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.
Dead Account
When people die, their social media can sometimes become "ghost accounts," manifesting their owners as digital specters. While trying to pay for his sister's medical bills, Soji Enishiro awakens cyberkinesis and is dragged to Miden Academy, a secret school where spirit mediums train to fight digitized ghosts. Now Soji must master his powers before the online afterlife spills into the real world!
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