10 anime · avg brightness 0.504 · bright opening

2013 is a bright-opening year with a moderate average — Attack on Titan, Kill la Kill, Monogatari, the full flowering of the post-2010 genre explosion. The bright-opening pattern reflects the industry's discovered confidence: you can begin anywhere, in any register, if you have the craft to sustain it. Kill la Kill's opening is pure shock brightness; AoT's is calculated warmth before the wall falls.