9 anime · avg brightness 0.452 · bright opening

2015 is One Punch Man, Overlord, Ore Monogatari, the year the industry learned to subvert its own expectations. OPM's deconstructed superhero palette sits alongside the warm confessional pinks of Ore Monogatari, the cold strategic blues of Overlord. The bright-opening pattern is the industry's default by now: hook first, interrogate later.