2013 in anime explained

Events in 2013 in anime.

Accolades

Internationally, Patema Inverted and The Wind Rises were nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The Wind Rises was also in competition for the Golden Lion at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. The Wind Rises won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Wind Rises and A Letter to Momo have been nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature at the 41st Annie Awards. The Wind Rises has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Possessions has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 86th Academy Awards.

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2013.


Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time (minutes)	Ref
	Death Billiards	Madhouse	Yuzuru Tachikawa	25
	Little Witch Academia	Trigger	Yoh Yoshinari	26
		Benesse Corporation	Isamu Hirabayashi	60
		Toei Animation	Masahiro Hosoda	85
		P.A. Works	Masahiro Andō	66	^[1]
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto	130
April 13	Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War	AIC ASTA	Seiji Kishi	83
November 23	Persona 3 The Movie: #1 Spring of Birth	AIC ASTA	Noriaki Akitaya,Tomohisa Taguchi	98

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2013.

data-sort-type="text" width="130px"	First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref<	-- use the following template for new entries
AIRDATES	TITLE	EPISODECOUNT	STUDIO	DIRECTOR	ALT	REFS-->
–	Mangirl!	13	Doga Kobo	Nobuaki Nakanishi
–	Ai Mai Mi	13	Seven	Itsuki Imazaki
–	Encouragement of Climb	12	8-Bit	Yusuke Yamamoto	Yama no Susume
–	Cuticle Detective Inaba	12	Zexcs	Susumu Nitsukawa	Cuticle Tantei Inaba
–	AKB0048 next stage	13	Satelight	Shōji Kawamori Yoshimasa Hiraike
–	Da Capo III	13	Kazami Gakuen Kōshiki Dōga-bu	Ken'ichi Ishikura
–		13	Studio Deen	Mitsue Yamazaki	Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun
–	Maoyu	12	Arms	Takeo Takahashi	Maoyū Maō Yūsha
–	Ishida & Asakura	12	Dax Production Hotline	Pippuya
–	Love Live!	13	Sunrise	Takahiko Kyōgoku
–		13	Feel	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
–	Oreshura	13	A-1 Pictures	Kanta Kamei
–	Senran Kagura	12	Animation Studio Artland	Takashi Watanabe
–	Amnesia	12	Brain's Base	Yoshimitsu Ohashi
–	Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman	12	TMS Entertainment	Hirofumi Ogura
–	Unlimited Psychic Squad	12	Manglobe	Shishō Igarashi	The Unlimited: Hyōbu Kyōsuke
–	Senyu	12	Liden Films Ordet	Yutaka Yamamoto
–	Silver Spoon (season 2)	11	A-1 Pictures	Tomohiko Itō Kotomi Deai	Gin no Saji
–	GJ Club	12	Doga Kobo	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	GJ-bu
–	Tamako Market	12	Kyoto Animation	Naoko Yamada
–	Chihayafuru 2	25	Madhouse	Morio Asaka		^[2]
–	Haganai NEXT	12	AIC Build	Toru Kitahata	Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next
–	Kotoura-san	12	AIC Classic	Masahiko Ohta
–	Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?	10	Diomedéa	Keizō Kusakawa Yasutaka Yamamoto	Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo?
–	Sasami-san@Ganbaranai	12	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo
–	Vividred Operation	12	A-1 Pictures	Kazuhiro Takamura
–	Beast Saga	38	SynergySP	Katsumi Ono
–		59	TMS Entertainment	Hatsuki Tsuji
–	DokiDoki! PreCure	49	Toei Animation	Gō Koga
–	Straight Title Robot Anime	12		Kōtarō Ishidate Toru Nakano
–	Red Data Girl	12	P.A.Works	Toshiya Shinohara	RDG Red Data Girl
–	DD Fist of the North Star	13	Ajia-do Animation Works	Akitaro Daichi
–	Karneval	13	Manglobe	Eiji Suganuma
–	Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE 2000%	13	A-1 Pictures	Yuu Kou Yūki Ukai
–		13	Bridge	Seiji Kishi
–	The Devil Is a Part-Timer!	13	White Fox	Naoto Hosoda	Hataraku Maō-sama!
–	Majestic Prince	24	Doga Kobo Orange	Keitaro Motonaga		^[3]
–	The Severing Crime Edge	13	Studio Gokumi	Yūji Yamaguchi	Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge
–	Samurai Bride	12	Arms	KOBUN	Hyakka Ryōran
–	The Flowers of Evil	13	Zexcs	Hiroshi Nagahama	Aku no Hana
–	My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected	13	Brain's Base	Ai Yoshimura	Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
–	Photo Kano	13	Madhouse	Akitoshi Yokoyama
–	Baku Tech! Bakugan Gachi	39	Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment	Junji Nishimura
–	Danchi Tomoo	78	Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment	Ayumu Watanabe
–	Date A Live	12	AIC Plus+	Keitaro Motonaga
–	Duel Masters Victory V3	51		Takao Kato
–	Haitai Nanafa	13	Passione	Hiroshi Kimura
–	Jewelpet Happiness	52	Studio Comet	Hiroaki Sakurai
–		13	Gonzo	Kenichi Yatani	Zettai Bōei Leviathan
–	Muromi-san	13	Tatsunoko Production	Tatsuya Yoshihara	Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san
–		51	Tatsunoko Production	Masakazu Hishida
–		51	Toei Animation	Toshinori Fukuzawa
–	Attack on Titan	25	Wit Studio	Tetsurō Araki	Shingeki no Kyojin	^[4]
–	Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet	13	Production I.G	Kazuya Murata	Suisei no Gargantia
–	Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai.	13	A-1 Pictures	Hiroyuki Kanbe
–	Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san Z	13	Production I.G	Tsutomu Mizushima
–	Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W	12	Xebec	Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
–		12	Manglobe	Masashi Kudo
–	Mushibugyo	26	Seven Arcs Pictures	Takayuki Hamana
–		12	Satelight JM Animation	Kenji Yasuda Woo Hyun Park	Arata Kangatari
–	Sparrow's Hotel	12	Hotline	Tetsuji Nakamura
–	Yuyushiki	12	Kinema Citrus	Kaori
–	Aiura	12	Liden Films	Ryōsuke Nakamura
–	A Certain Scientific Railgun S	24	J.C.Staff	Tatsuyuki Nagai	Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S	^[5]
–	Valvrave the Liberator	12	Sunrise	Kō Matsuo	Kakumeiki Valvrave
–	The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.	12	J.C.Staff	Yōhei Suzuki	Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko.
–	Kingdom (season 2)	39	Pierrot	Jun Kamiya
–	Dog & Scissors	12	Gonzo	Yukio Takahashi	Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyō
–	Brothers Conflict	12	Brain's Base	Atsushi Matsumoto
–	Gifū Dōdō!! Kanetsugu to Keiji	25	Studio Deen	Bob Shirahata
–	Senyu (season 2)	12	Liden Films Ordet	Yutaka Yamamoto
–		12	TYO Animations	Junichi Sato
–	Chronicles of the Going Home Club	12	Nomad	Hikaru Sato	Kitakubu Katsudō Kiroku
–		13	Lerche	Seiji Kishi
–	Free!	12	Kyoto Animation Animation Do	Hiroko Utsumi
–		13	Studio Deen	Mamoru Hatekayama
–	Senki Zesshō Symphogear G	13	Satelight	Katsumi Ono
–	Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³	13	Gainax	Masayoshi Kawajiri
–	Love Lab	13	Doga Kobo	Masahiko Ohta
–	Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS	13	Project No.9	Tetsuya Yanagisawa
–	Servant × Service	13	A-1 Pictures	Yasutaka Yamamoto
–	Day Break Illusion	13	AIC	Keizō Kusakawa	Gen'ei o Kakeru Taiyō
–	Kin-iro Mosaic	12	Studio Gokumi	Tensho
–	Sunday Without God	12	Madhouse	Yūji Kumazawa	Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyōbi
–	Blood Lad	10	Brain's Base	Shigeyuki Miya
–	Devils and Realist	12	Doga Kobo	Chiaki Kon	Makai Ōji: Devils and Realist
July 7 – September 22	Teekyu (season 2)	12	MAPPA	Shin Itagaki
–	The Eccentric Family	13	P.A.Works	Masayuki Yoshihara	Uchōten Kazoku
–	Fantasista Doll	12	Hoods Entertainment	Hisashi Saitō
–		13	Production I.G	Tsutomu Mizushima
–	High School DxD New	12	TNK	Tetsuya Yanagisawa
–	(season 2)	13	Studio Deen	Mitsue Yamazaki	Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun
–	No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!	12	Silver Link	Shin Ōnuma	Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!
–	Recorder to Randoseru Mi	12	Seven	Hiroshi Kimura
–	The World God Only Knows: Goddesses	12	Manglobe	Satoshi Ōsedo	Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-hen
–	Gatchaman Crowds	12	Tatsunoko Production	Kenji Nakamura
–		12	David Production	Masahiro Mukai
–	Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya	10	Silver Link	Shin Ōnuma Takashi Sakamoto Miki Minato
–	Futari wa Milky Holmes	12	J.C.Staff Nomad	Hiroshi Nishikiori
–	Super Seisyun Brothers	14	AIC PLUS+	Masahiro Takata
–	A Town Where You Live	12	Gonzo	Shigeyasu Yamauchi
–	Diabolik Lovers	12	Zexcs	Shinobu Tagashira
–		49	Sunrise	Masaki Watanabe
–	Miss Monochrome	13	Liden Films Sanzigen	Yoshiaki Iwasaki
–	Beyond the Boundary	12	Kyoto Animation	Taichi Ishidate	Kyōkai no Kanata
–	Coppelion	13	GoHands	Shingo Suzuki
–	Gaist Crusher	51	Pierrot	Yoshihiro Takamoto
–	Kyōsōgiga	10	Toei Animation	Rie Matsumoto
–	Ace of Diamond	75	Madhouse Production I.G	Mitsuyuki Masuhara	Daiya no A	^[6]
–	Golden Time	24	J.C.Staff	Chiaki Kon
–		26	P.A.Works	Toshiya Shinohara	Nagi no Asukara
–	Outbreak Company	12	Feel	Kei Oikawa
–	Strike the Blood	24	Silver Link Connect	Takao Sano Hideyo Yamamoto		^[7]
–	Freezing Vibration	12	A.C.G.T	Takashi Watanabe
–	Infinite Stratos 2	12	8-Bit	Susumu Tosaka Yasuhito Kikuchi
–	Kill la Kill	24	Trigger	Hiroyuki Imaishi		^[8]
–		25	Madhouse MAPPA	Jun Shishido
–	I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job	12	Asread	Kinji Yoshimoto	Yūsha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shūshoku o Ketsui Shimashita.
–	Little Busters! Refrain	13	J.C.Staff	Yoshinobu Yamakawa
–	Log Horizon	25	Satelight	Shinji Ishihira		^[9]
–	Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono	12	Yaoyorozu	Kōtarō Ishidate
–	Gingitsune	12	Diomedéa	Shin Misawa
–	Kuroko's Basketball (season 2)	25	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada	Kuroko no Basuke	^[10]
–		25	A-1 Pictures	Koji Masunari
–	Meganebu!	12	Studio Deen	Soubi Yamamoto
–	(season 3)	25	Sunrise	Junichi Sato
–	Walkure Romanze	12	8-Bit	Yūsuke Yamamoto
–	Wanna Be the Strongest in the World	12	Arms	Rion Kujo	Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!
–	Teekyu (season 3)	12	MAPPA	Shin Itagaki
–	White Album 2	13	Satelight	Masaomi Andō
–		13	Tatsunoko Production	Ryochimo Sawa
–		12	Sanzigen	Seiji Kishi
–	Gundam Build Fighters	25	Sunrise	Kenji Nagasaki		^[11]
–	Non Non Biyori	12	Silver Link	Shin'ya Kawatsura
–	Unbreakable Machine-Doll	12	Lerche	Kinji Yoshimoto	Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai
–	Yowamushi Pedal	38	TMS/8PAN	Osamu Nabeshima
–	BlazBlue Alter Memory	12	TeamKG Hoods Entertainment	Hideki Tachibana
–	Tokyo Ravens	24	8-Bit	Takaomi Kanasaki		^[12]
–	Galilei Donna	11	A-1 Pictures	Yasuomi Umetsu
–	Noucome	10	Diomedéa	Takayuki Inagaki	Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Rabu Kome o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
–	Samurai Flamenco	22	Manglobe	Takahiro Omori
–	Valvrave the Liberator (season 2)	12	Sunrise	Kō Matsuo	Kakumeiki Valvrave
–	Pupipō!	15	AIC Plus+	Kaoru Suzuki

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2013.

data-sort-type="text" width="130px"	First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
		1	Asread	Akira Iwanaga	Mirai Nikki: Redial
–		5	Production I.G	Kazuchika Kise
		4	Asread	Akira Iwanaga

Highest-grossing films

The following are the 10 highest-grossing anime films of 2013 by Japan gross are as follows:

Rank	Title	Gross (Japan)	Ref.
1	The Wind Rises	$119,513,192	^[13]
2		$72,822,122	^[14]
3		$37,229,132	^[15]
4		$36,054,366	^[16]
5		$30,906,537	^[17]
6		$29,947,013	^[18]
7	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	$22,693,504	^[19]
8		$19,169,007	^[20]
9		$15,786,182	^[21]
10		$12,572,797	^[22]

External links

Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

Web site: Hanasaku Iroha Film to Open Throughout Japan on March 30. Anime News Network. December 8, 2012. March 20, 2023.
Web site: TVアニメ『ちはやふる2』1月21日より読売テレビにて放送スタート. Japanese. Saiani.net. 2012-12-27. 2013-07-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019072558/http://www.saiani.net/article/310270141.html. 19 October 2013. dmy-all.
Web site: 2013-03-04 . 東宝がアニメ事業に本格参入〜パッケージやODSも駆使して劇場ヒット狙う . ja . ORICON BiZ online . 2013-03-03.
Web site: 放送情報. https://web.archive.org/web/20130330061739/http://www.shingeki.tv/onair. Broadcast Information. 「進撃の巨人」製作委員会. ja. March 30, 2013. shingeki.tv. January 14, 2016. . "ＭＢＳ 4月6日より毎週土曜25時58分～ ※4月13日は26時10分～" See rest of article for other broadcasting times. . dead.
Web site: A Certain Scientific Railgun TV Anime Gets 2nd Season . Anime News Network . October 21, 2012 . October 22, 2012.
Web site: Ace of Diamond Baseball Manga Gets TV Anime This Fall. Anime News Network. 9 May 2013. 9 May 2013.
Web site: 'Strike the Blood' Vampire Novels by Asura Cryin's Mikumo Gets Anime. Anime News Network. March 17, 2013. March 17, 2013.
Web site: 朝日新聞広告掲載イラスト. Japanese. TVアニメ『キルラキル KILL la KILL』オフィシャルサイト. 2013-10-17.
Web site: Log Horizon Fantasy Novels Get TV Anime By Satelight. Anime News Network. January 24, 2013. October 1, 2013.
Web site: 2nd Kuroko's Basketball Season Slated for October 5. Anime News Network. 29 August 2013.
Web site: TVアニメ最新作「ガンダムビルドファイターズ」テレビ東京系列にて10月より放映開始！ . Gundam.Info . Japanese . 2 July 2013 . 2 July 2013 . The latest TV anime "Gundam Build Fighters" will start airing in October on TV Tokyo!.
Web site: en. Tokyo Ravens Light Novels Have Anime In the Works. 2012-10-19. 2012-11-15. Anime News Network.
Web site: The Wind Rises. Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: One Piece Film Z. Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: The Wind Rises tops 2013 Japan B.O.. Kevin Ma. 2014-01-01. Film Business Asia. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191843/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/the-wind-rises-tops-2013-japan-bo. 2014-01-02. dead.
Web site: Meitantei Conan Private Eye 2013. Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: Gekijouban Pokketo monsutā Besuto wisshu 2013 (Pokemon: Best Wishes 2013). Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya. Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion. Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: Gekijoban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozu. Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.
Web site: Crayon Shin-Chan (2013). Box Office Mojo. December 29, 2016.