Common Side Effects vs The World Is Dancing
Common Side Effects has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7/10 for The World Is Dancing). 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
The World Is Dancing| Common Side Effects | The World Is Dancing | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Maaya Uchida, Katsuyuki Konishi, Takahiro Sakurai, Romi Park, Yumiri Hanamori |
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.
The World Is Dancing
In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts' long running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha is born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, haunted by a simple but persistent question: Why do people dance? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of…
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