2005 Score 7.52 26 eps Red Monochromatic MAL ↗IMDb ↗ Bee Train Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Romance

Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE

Pixel Slice — 1px center crop per frame
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Smooth Average — mean color per frame
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Rank Mosaic — columns sorted by luminance
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Circle / Radial — polar transform
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Edit Pace — frame-to-frame color delta (bright = fast cuts)
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Color Temperature — warm (gold) vs cool (teal) per frame
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Frame Density Comparison — every 2nd vs every 4th frame
Slice · 15s
Avg · 15s
Slice · 30s
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A dark opening arc is a punishing choice for a show that must spend its first act introducing a multiverse premise — and *Tsubasa* pays for it in muddied first impressions. The palette reads Red-dominant at 32%, but those reds are desaturated and earth-toned: #956B5A is a terracotta blush, not a rose. Director Koichi Mashimo and Bee Train lean into a watercolor softness that flattens contrast, landing at an average saturation of just 0.286. The brightness arc tells a more damning story: a 0.505 opening falls to 0.431 in the middle, then recovers only to 0.458. That is not a narrative structure; it is a visual shrug. The cold dominance of Blue-Green (20%) signals the dimensional-hopping mechanics that should feel wondrous but are rendered in the same dim, hazy register as the character drama. *Tsubasa* mistakes muted consistency for atmospheric maturity. The barcode reads less like an epic and more like a collection of pastel sketches left in the rain — ambitions of grand adventure washed out by a refusal to let the light in.

Brightness Arc (episode progression)

Hue Distribution

Act Breakdown

Opening
0.505
Middle
0.431
Closing
0.458
Avg Brightness
0.462
Avg Saturation
0.286
Warmth
0.577

Color Palette

#232225
#5F5B5C
#E2DADF
#A59F97
#956B5A
#D8B39A
#E3996C
#E3C8AB

3-Act Color Story

Opening
Middle
Closing
Color Twins
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