7 anime · avg brightness 0.370 · arc-down (dark midpoint)

2023's arc-down and 0.370 average is the dataset's second-lowest — the dark renaissance in full swing. Oshi no Ko, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Vinland Saga Season 2, The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 (the dataset's darkest at 0.236). The industry has fully embraced the visual grammar of darkness as sophistication, the bright isekai aesthetic retreating before the prestige anime wave.