Common Side Effects vs Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Common Side Effects has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 8/10 for Puella Magi Madoka Magica). Puella Magi Madoka Magica is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are animation, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
| Common Side Effects | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2011 |
| 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 | Aoi Yuuki, Eri Kitamura, Chiwa Saito, Ai Nonaka, Emiri Kato |
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.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time... Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn't know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny. This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls.
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