Common Side Effects vs Fate/strange Fake
Common Side Effects has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 8.3/10 for Fate/strange Fake). Fate/strange Fake is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are animation, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Common Side Effects
Fate/strange Fake| Common Side Effects | Fate/strange Fake | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| 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 | Maaya Uchida, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kana Hanazawa, Daisuke Namikawa, Showtaro Morikubo |
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.
Fate/strange Fake
In a Holy Grail War, Mages (Masters) and their Heroic Spirits (Servants) fight for the control of the Holy Grail—an omnipotent wish-granting device said to fulfill any desire. Years have passed since the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War in Japan. Now, signs portend the emergence of a new Holy Grail in the western American city of Snowfield. Sure enough, Masters and Servants begin to gather... A missing Servant class... Impossible Servant…
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