Selector Infected WIXOSS

If you like one you will surely like the other : • Both are about young girls with wishes • Both deal with dramatic wishes • Both have the drama teenager feels • Both are about sacrificing everything for friendship • Both have at least a character centered in a love romance • Both are dark magical girls. • Madoka may be a little darker dealing with real death and real combats • Wixoss is lighter with card fights but real person also fighting. 

Spooky dreams of potentially prophetic nature, cute girls pained by the smaller and larger hardships of their youthful existence, and a curious "thing" that can grant any wish upon meeting certain requirements. 

Cute girls, story that starts cute and nice, then gets darker. Both have nice art. 

Both shows star a cute innocent girl who joins a battle of some sort to get a wish granted, even though she doesn't really have a wish. It turns out that this battle is even more dangerous than it seems as the mascots of the shows are keeping secrets. What follows next is a psychological thriller about cute girls making friends and having terrible things happen to those friends. WIXOSS even tries to rip off Madoka's ending until going for a "screw you, we have more planned" thing.  

Wishes. The main theme for both shows. And teenage girls are the only ones involved in all this. Madoka has a mahou shoujo system while WIXOSS has the LRIG system, which are very identical as such one may grant a wish should certain requirements are fulfilled and there is a fair price to pay should one be involved. With that said, both started out pretty light-hearted before turning into something really dark. The Madoka vibes are strong in WIXOSS, if you love that sort of thing.  

-starts out to be a simple and happy story and later on turns out to be a dark one. 

They are both very dark psychological shows that involve fighting for your life for a wish. they differ however in fighting. Selector is based around a card game that the girls have to play in order to have their wish come true. While Madoka gives them their wish but in return they become magical girls who fight witches. They both offer some dark plots and memorable characters. They were both amazing animes and easily in my top 10. 

They're ALOT like eachother. Both have the magical powers that are granted to young girls without revealing the dark side of the contract until it's too late. Both have naive MCs Both have characters that forget about their past relationships while their friends are endlessly fighting for them. Both have "higher powers" using the girls for their own agendas. Definitely recommend both, if you like one of them, you'll probably like the other. Madoka is a bit more colorful while WIXOSS have a more depressing tone from the start, but they're both really similiar at the core. 

Psychological and dark anime that involves cute girls 

Both have very similar plots- A group of girls discover new powers (transforming into Magical Girls in Madoka, Becoming a Selector in a card game in WIXOSS), and struggle to decide whether fighting is the right thing to do. There are a lot of moral dilemmas over their situations, and there's a lot of crying in both shows. There are also a lot of similar plot points later in their respective series, to the point where some scenes are nearly identical. 

- Very depressing, annoying characters that make you want to claw your eyes out. - Both involve wishes. - Psychological involving little girls. - MC is depressed 80% of the time and constantly repeats lines. - Both are to do with a sort of magic. 

Both are about group of girls who get in contact with a fairy common anime theme (card game/mahou-shoujo). It all starts nice and innocent but gets darker later. 

- Both take a popular anime genre (Selected Infected = Card Game and Madoka Magica = Magical Girl) and do a much more darker take on it - Both have all the main characters as girls, with few male support characters - Both focus on the psychological affects of the Card Game/ Being a Magical girl on the main characters. 

Both are shoujo. They both have girls having some power and going into another world. Both main characters don't really have wishes and are really strong and cute. Both are a little mysterious and somehow scary?? Selector is about alive cards and mahou shoujo madoka is about transforming. You should totally watch this!! It will certainly blow your mind away. 

- Both are supernatural genre and include a strategy game where once you're in you can't get out unless you win or lose. - Both get darker and sadder - Character stereotypes are very similar; girls in the main role - The storyline is also similar with many twists - Nonetheless, both are very good anime, worth watching. 

Both anime are dark and have a cast of cute girls. At first, both shows seem to have simplistic plots. However, through dark turns and plot twists, they become more intense and the stakes become very high. Furthermore, the topic of wishes is discussed in each show: in Madoka Magica, girls can have a wish granted to become a mahou shoujo. In SIW, girls who are known as selectors can have their wish granted by winning enough card battles. However, in both shows, using this power comes with significant consequences. Overall, Madoka Magica and SIW are basically downward spirals of despair. If you liked one, or if you enjoy dark anime, then these are two you should definitely watch!! read more 

They give off the same type of vibe, and both surround around similar themes (Jealousy, Grief, etc.) Selector Infected involves cards though.  

Yes how many times are people going to make this comparison/recommendation I know but it's really true. It's very good. This was like Madoka Magica except it didn't reach the same depths of morbidity as Madoka such as death. In some ways, these girls reach a fate worse than death. But it doesn't feel as intense. All the Selectors are girls just like all the Magical Girls are girls (naturally) and they can get wishes granted and become tainted. The wish granters in both shows don't explain all the rules to having wishes granted. They're both very enjoyable and you'll absolutely like one if you liked the other. read more 

Young girls fighting something that seems to be more than meets the eye.Wishes also have a lot to do with the story. They both have very innocent/sweet moments to balance out the more horrific ones as well.  

Young girls are gifted, or rather tricked into acquiring supernatural powers which requires them to battle enemies to fulfill a greater purpose. Both anime start out innocently enough but soon diverge into something surprisingly dark with an atmosphere that also gets gradually darker along with its characters.  

If you liked one of these two then you should definitely watch the other. Both seem just cute anime with cute girls and cute, girly concept. Well... no!! they both have a dark concept with psycholigical and dramatical story, wich girls and boys can enjoy.  

Well, they both start off cute, but then turn a bit darker. Both is about wishes too, but Madoka magica gets them instantly, while WIXOSS-selectors strive for them. They are not super similar, but i think you would like it if you liked madoka magica. 

Both start out cheerful and get darker as the series goes on and both involve granting the wishes of young girls. In the beginning they may seem like the typical series for their respective genre but later unfold into something more. 

You are greeted with a cast of cute girls playing card games, to later find that there's more to it behind its initial appearance. There's a constant sort of over-your-shoulder and sinister feeling throughout the story, surprising you with dark twists that keep you on your toes.  

Both start out light hearted and fun but quickly dive into dark themes. Both are revolutionary in their themes and I only wish selector infected WIXOSS would be more popular. If you love any of the mentioned anime then trust me, you'll definitely find the other very appealing. 

Similarities: - Involve young girls taking part in battles (supernatural themes) - Cute animation style - The themes are both rather dark and sad, revealing an unfortunate truth behind having a desire for a wish to be fulfilled - Highly enjoyable, will leave you saying 'just..one..more..episode' 

Both animes are about girls suffering and stuff for their wishes, madoka still better than the other, but is a good anime for me <3 

Both protagonists are pretty much in the same situation, as they can make a wish but they don't want anything (and they are the ones with the "potential"). Their friends make wishes but that just make them suffer even more; also magical girls costumes. 

Both of these anime revolve around girls who have come across supernatural phenomenons and are striving to make a wish come true. There are many plot twists in both that will make you want to keep watching, but I found the plot of Selector Infected WIXOSS to be more unique and interesting due to the fact that it's about a card game. There aren't nearly as many card game anime as Magical girl anime, especially one with such an intricate plot (although that's my personal opinion). This is definitely an anime to add to your watch list if you like anime that are between the super intense kind and easy going kind, or if you like mystery as well.  read more 

They both are dark series which follows girls in the road to make a wish come true. 

In terms of narrative structure the similarities are very apparent. The both focus on a primarily female cast with a problem that only impacts females and the story begins light-hearted and quickly takes a dark turn. They both also contain those big shocking moments that you wont see coming. Both of them share a non-absolute antagonist, with neither antagonist through the series being truly evil so to say. It's clear to me that WIXOSS was heavily inspired by Madoka Magica and the end result shows this. Not a bad thing at all though as both are fantastic shows and totally worth your time. 

In both series, the girls can ask for a wish; they must to fight against each others, and the principal character wants to save everyone. 

Both anime are similiar in: - Main female characters. - Girls and battles for a dreams and wishes. - Stories depressing . - Psychological situations where you have to think about which is the correct decision. 

Both series: -Involve Faustian contracts made in the form of wishes -Transition from a relatively innocent, playful tone to a much darker one -Are incredibly easy to binge-watch In my opinion, MSMM has stronger visuals and music, but WIXOSS has stronger characters. 

Both anime series center around a group of girls fighting to make their wishes come true, but evetually start to fall into despair. Both series present a series of twists and unexpected outcomes, and they can get pretty intense. It is very hard to describe either of these without getting spoilery, but I will say that characters and motives are similar in quite a lot of ways. 

Both animes start like girls with magical powers but then turn to a dark side 

WIXOSS has the same theme of something that is seemingly innocent, not being so. The girls must also fight for the sake of their wishes, as in Madoka. Heavily driven by normal human emotion. 

Wixoss has barely anything to do with magical girl in its regular sense, but both essentially boil down to teenage girls being promised one wish granted, however in exchange they're obliged to fight using the bestowed superpowers. and so they do, not aware of the real stakes.  

Teenagers are selected and forced to fight in return of having one of their wishes granted. If they lose or choose not to fight, something really bad will happen. Main characters are similar, and everyone suffers a lot. Wixoss is not a mahou shoujo anime like Madoka, but the LRIG characters also transform. 

Both MC's find themselves doing something that seems harmless at first, then realizes the true nature of the magical entity they are messing with.  

The main theme for both anime is "Wish and sacrifice" What price do you have to pay in order for your wish to be granted? This question will be answered in these 2 anime. Both anime twist the generic formula of a Card and Magical Girl Anime. Both feature characters who do not have a wish at first and only make a wish after the experience they went thru.  

Both Selector and Black Rock Shooter have a dark aura that permeates the entire show which is linked to wishes being twisted around. Each character is matched up with a color. There is a parallel between the “green” characters, including the fact that the fact they have similar personalities. Both shows are good at making the watcher feel for the characters. 

Weird, dark-ish anime about younger girls battling through avatars, in a sense. Some of the girls have a few screws loose. Both shows just generally have the same feel. 

Both shows are written by the same person (Mari Okada) and thus are very similar by nature. In both shows girls fight for their dreams, realitionships or other personal problems in alternative universes. While in WIXOSS they use card games, in BRS it is super power girl versions of them selves. Both are melodramatic and have a dark atmosphere mixed with SOL and cute girls. 

Both anime feature highly emotional girls, fantasy girls that fight for the sake of those girls, and a story with a creepy and dark psychological undertone. Many of the girls are very lighthearted, yet have very traumatizing situations thrown at them. Some girls are brought to emotional/mental insanity or worse. Some girls are extremely malicious or controlling. Both of the main characters are fairly stoic, hate scary things, but aren't affected by them much. Each of the girls in both anime have a color that represents them and that means something about them. Fights between alter-ego/card girls within both anime have heavy psychological effects on the girls in real life, whether it makes people happier and new friends come together, or if it mentally breaks a girl. Black Rock Shooter definitely seems to have more effort put in to a unique and interesting artstyle, however. Black Rock Shooter has a very colorful fantasy world and fighting, whereas WIXOSS usually only shows a meek, dark, and simplistic battle field and even more simplistic battles. read more 

Girls battling with each other, where they have their real life versions of themselves, and an "avatar" counterpart from another world that does the fighting for them. Both shows involve teenage girls cutting at each others throats, which is quite a thing in anime. Notably, the psychological aspects for both shows are really strong, the girls often struggling from some sort of complex and depression is very prevalent. So if you love seeing girls screaming at one another and hugging their own shoulders weeping in agony, watch BRS and WIXOSS.  

Both have girls experiencing similar dark themes, and both have fighting taking place in an alternate dimension. 

Both involve crying girls. That was a joke; what I really mean is both involve emotional/psychological torment for a bunch of teenage girls. Which results in crying, hence the joke. Unlike BRS, though, which starts off with some fucked-up yandere shit, WIXOSS takes a couple episodes to get to the a) yandere shit and b) unfortunate consequences. Both BRS and WIXOSS have color-coded characters (and the character design, also--Yomi and Hitoe look almost exactly alike, right down to their green motifs, and have similar roles in the story; Akira and Kagari also bear resemblances to each other), with other characters who fight for them in another dimension. The difference is that BRS characters fight because of suffering and WIXOSS characters fight because of a wish or a hope. read more 

Darkness!!! Light!!! the despair over joy both shows can show this really wel. how much you can despair and it also has its light it very fun to watch 

Every card has a unique character that can speak and battle with the master. 

Character in a Card that can talk and interact with the main character. If you win you gain money if you lose you can go bankrupt. 

Even though both settings have vast differences, the battle system boils down to characters commanding other characters. The aforementioned battles also take place in alternate realities 

Both anime feature battles that take place in an "alternate reality" that only a select few know about. People are required to partake and win battles for prizes and to "stay in the game". In C, if you lose and can no longer stay in the game, it is likely that you will die or something so bad will happen that you'll want to commit suicide. You don't lose your memories related to what happened, which in turn makes it all the more traumatic for losers. In Selector, you lose your memories related to the game. In addition to that, the wish of the selector becomes tainted into usually the opposite of what they want, which is similarly traumatic and near suicide-inducing as what happens to people who lose in C. Within both anime, features a relationship between a "player" and a "familiar" that the player owns/plays with/talks to. It just so happens that both anime feature tiny girls that appear to move in cards. read more 

Both animes a=have similar elements and a similar feel to them. They are basically about the protagonist fighting with an partner (avatar/asset) that lives in a card for something that they really want in another dimension. Their wins and losses affect the real world and we learn that losses have some terrible consequences. As the stories progress, they become darker. 

Wixoss and [C] both share a gamble of wishes and dreams: wishes that needed to come true and dreams that needed to be realized for the winner. Losing the game means the consequences of losing one's wishes and dreams, and more of what one could have hoped or thought for. 

Living normal school life with the addition of virtual reality battles and real-world consequences between the two. 

Both anime feature battles that take place in an "alternate reality" that only a select few know about. People are required to partake and win battles for prizes and to "stay in the game". If you end up "out of the game" due to losses, you lose all memories related to the game. Within both anime, feature the main character being thrown into battle before knowing what's going on, and people who try to abuse that early on in the story. Selector is a darker and more psychological type of story, whereas Accel World is more of a hero fighting and becoming stronger. 

Involves a game where you have to do battle and winning grants a reward beyond the usual but losing will erase you from the game forever. 

Characters are introduced to a game that aims to reach the ultimate reward of unknowns, but if they lose during the game they lose all knowledge of the game and can't reenter. Only difference is that WIXOSS is a card game while AW is MMORPG. 

Both anime may look cutesy at first, but slowly become dark and dramatic. They involve girls who play a popular game, and only certain girls are chosen to have special abilities to compete against each other. The stakes are high, and the consequences of losing are brutal. Wixoss is a card game show, while Raising Project is a Magical Girl show 

People may compare Raising Project to Madoka, but I would say Selector Infected is more similar in plot wise and setting. It's still a bit early to say, but I have enough comparison with both series. - Both series feature games that attract people(especially the girls) - Beginning episodes for both series starts out pretty grim and very dark - They both are more self-evident that they will have a twist. - Girls have to fight each other to "get" to their destination. That's most of the things I can think of for now, but Selector Infected WIXOSS is a good recommendation, if you want a game attraction to be the cause of girls suffering. read more 

Both seem to be relatively cutesy anime, but take a very dark twist near the start of the season. Both anime build on the idea of "Is either kill or be killed" where you have to fight your way to the top while sacrificing or killing others.  

The main theme around these two shows is competition, where the characters uses cards for battles. These cards are unique where they summon the avatars in battle and giving them commands from their users. If a user is defeated, a penalty issues depending on the rules of the game. The character designs are either moe, funny, or having a chibi appearance to make it a lovable character. Fantasista Dolls is a lighthearted show, that uses groups in battle, and is a comedy. WIXOSS is a dark show, that is a psychological theme, and uses a single avatar in battle. 

It has the same cute girls fighting with cards concept. Both features cute girls. 

Battles using avatars/ alter egos being controlled by young girls/children in a tournament style competition. The protagonists are both young girls who are missing their parents and enter into the game as complete novices, but seem to hold great potential to be champions. 

SIMILARITIES: both feature an almost predominantly all-female cast (with just 1 or 2 minor supporting male characters, all of whom are quite likable) battling in fantasy game tournaments with vague rules (i.e never explaining the exact rules of the game to the viewer, just showing the battles and you get a vague idea) using miniature female avatars as their companions in battle (in Angelic Layer, the Angel Dolls. in WIXOSS, the LRIGs) required to win or even just play the game for them. in Angelic Layer, the avatars have personalities somewhat "shaped" or "projected" upon them when they are created that reflect their owners and never speak, but in WIXOSS they are their own pre-existing independent selves with minds of their own and are able to speak to their selectors, however in WIXOSS the LRIG is still in some way usually reflected psychologically or has something in common with the girl commanding her. both shows despite having all-female casts, have little-to-no no gratuitous yuri/shoujo ai fanservice (almost no straight fanservice either). i really like yuri/shoujo ai but i have no interest in watching it in shows that feature middle-to-high-school age girls so this can be a positive or negative for you, but i view it as a positive which is why i bring up this similarity. Angelic Layer does have some minor fan service because it's a CLAMP show, but this is very subtle and tame and not very frequent (even in the beach episode, which has to be one of the least gratuitous beach episodes i've ever seen. WIXOSS has no beach episode). each girl in both series has a serious and heartfelt reason for battling, although the protagonist of WIXOSS takes some time to find her own reason as seems to be a common trope in "magic and wish granting shows aimed at girls" for some reason. however, unlike abominations such as GRANBELM (which might appeal to fans of both shows, however i did not like it, but make up your own mind if you watch it) the WIXOSS protagonist has a proper character development plot arc with a meaningful change in her personality and the plot direction once she finds it. DIFFERENCES: in Angelic Layer, the MC's beginning desire for winning the battles comes mostly out of enthusiasm and idealism, and is encouraged by those around her who she makes friends with, rather than being the victim of dark circumstances becoming even darker, as in WIXOSS. despite being in a niche sub-genre of the same battling anime tropes, WIXOSS is a complete deconstruction of that genre, whereas Angelic Layer, despite having many unique similarities, is the opposite and not a critique of the genre in any especially notable way besides a few of the usual "CLAMP" touches. both shows are incredibly tonally different, with Angelic Layer having a mostly light hearted, positive and carefree attitude to the concept, with rivals frequently becoming friends and hanging out or helping each other, or reconciling after battles. WIXOSS quickly devolves into the opposite of this. in WIXOSS, the opposite is the usual case, with some rivals becoming even worse or more twisted towards each other and doing more nefarious things as the show goes on. still friendship plays a very large theme in both anime and in WIXOSS the nuances of friends vs enemies is explored in a lot more fleshed out, adult manner, especially due to the dark secrets behind WIXOSS which can cause even more negative reactions, emotions and behaviors from the cast. Angelic Layer always tends to lean into themes of reconciliation, WIXOSS has both themes of allies and friendships battling *against* the situation of antagonization they're put in at a much higher level. if you want an anime that will make you feel good even if it has some tragic moments and backstories, watch Angelic Layer. if you want something dark and angsty (but not gratuitious with its angst-- most of it drives the plot) then watch WIXOSS. and if you are the kind of person who can like both moods or appreciate them, then you will probably like both shows. also SHORT WARNING: WIXOSS S1 runs for 12 eps and ends on a complete cliffhanger, so make sure you have access to S2 for continuation of the series. Angelic Layer on the other hand is about 24-26 eps (probably due to being an older anime) and contains a complete story within it.  read more 

Pretty obvious, both involves card game based animes, except Yu- Gi Oh! Arc was more of shounen, while WIXOSS was for shoujo. 

Both are the same fighting card themed anime, but, one anime is a spin off of the long running Yu Gi Oh franchise, while the other one is just limited to a 12 ep anime and the players are mostly girls who uses active avatars. 

- both anime are card games - in both anime they battle in different dimension - 1 arc in yu-gi-oh is pretty much they same in wixoss (1 monster which represents the player and if it gets "destroyed" = automatic defeat - both have their dark sides 

Both anime revolve around card games by winning at which the victor can get their wish fulfilled; in both anime battles take place in an isolated environment that pops out of nowhere. 

these animes are practically doppelgangers, the only difference is people are fighting with cards in one and the other with weapons in a alternated world. But everything else from wanting there wish granted, to epic flashy fight. These animes compliment each other like PB&J although if u don't like CG u might not like hand shakers but try and look past it and watch the anime because i'm telling you, you won't regret it 

Both series have characters that are kind of forced to participate in mysterious high-stake games despite not really wanting to. 

The theme if just feel the first few episodes. seems similar with the anime. i liked both the anime. Since i love psychological anime. this is my cup of tea.