i started watching this new show on hbo max called 'common side effects' it's only got three episodes so far but they introduced these little suckers
aaand I was instantly reminded of this guy from scavengers reign
turns out it's the same creator ??? so yeah, as someone who's obsessed with scavengers reign, I'm all the more excited for this new show and I look forward to where it goes !!
Okay I still get notifications for this post and it has always reminded me that I myself have actually never finished common side effects !! So last night I finally watched the last half of the season, and yeah I still greatly enjoyed it and would recommend for fans of scavengers reign.
Plots and animation styles are nothing alike but i love when adult animation takes itself seriously and can get weird, which this one does.
One of the things I love is that they have a really similar "vibe". Very surreal, very much commentary on society and environment. But where Scavengers Reign is a world build-y "wide" story, is Common side effect a more traditional linear drama story. It feels like the same messages, but catered in such an interestingly different way, that both are definitely something to recommend if you love the other.













