# 2013 in manga

The following is an overview of 2013 in manga. It includes winners of notable awards, best-sellers, title debuts and endings, deaths of notable manga-related people as well as any other relevant manga-related events. For an overview of the year in comics from other countries, see 2013 in comics.

## Awards

* 37th Kodansha Manga Awards
** Best Children's Manga: Animal Land by Makoto Raiku
** Best Shōnen Manga: Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa
** Best Shōjo Manga: Ore Monogatari!!, written by Kazune Kawahara and illustrated by Aruko
** Best General Manga: Gurazeni, written by Yūji Moritaka and illustrated by Keiji Adachi and Prison School by Akira Hiramoto
* 6th Manga Taishō: Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida
* 44th Seiun Awards
** Best Comic: Inherit the Stars by Yukinobu Hoshino
* 58th Shogakukan Manga Awards
** Best Children's Manga: Mysterious Joker by Hideyasu Takahashi
** Best Shōnen Manga: Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa
** Best Shōjo Manga: Piece – Kanojo no Kioku by Hinako Ashihara
** Best General Manga: I Am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa
* 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
** Grand Prize: Kingdom by Yasuhisa Hara
** New Creator Prize: Sunny Sunny Ann! by Miki Yamamoto
** Short Work Prize: Kikai-jikake no Ai by Yoshiie Gōda

## Best-sellers
### Titles

The following is a list of the 10 best-selling manga titles in Japan during 2014 according to Oricon.
| Rank | Title | Copies |
| 1 | One Piece | 18,151,599 |
| 2 | Attack on Titan | 15,933,801 |
| 3 | Kuroko's Basketball | 8,761,081 |
| 4 | Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic | 7,151,001 |
| 5 | Naruto | 5,553,933 |
| 6 | Silver Spoon | 4,858,699 |
| 7 | Assassination Classroom | 4,595,820 |
| 8 | Hunter × Hunter | 4,231,475 |
| 9 | Fairy Tail | 3,790,151 |
| 10 | Terra Formars | 3,602,630 |

### Volumes

The following is a list of the 10 best-selling manga volumes in Japan during 2014 according to Oricon.
| Rank | Volume | Copies |
| 1 | One Piece vol.69 | 3,147,224 |
| 2 | One Piece vol.70 | 3,039,487 |
| 3 | One Piece vol.71 | 2,890,263 |
| 4 | One Piece vol.72 | 2,354,005 |
| 5 | Attack on Titan vol.9 | 1,950,807 |
| 6 | Attack on Titan vol.10 | 1,915,976 |
| 7 | Attack on Titan vol.11 | 1,453,879 |
| 8 | Attack on Titan vol.8 | 1,339,845 |
| 9 | Attack on Titan vol.1 | 1,299,048 |
| 10 | Attack on Titan vol.1 | 1,267,129 |

## Title debuts

* January - Aikatsu!, written by Shiori Kanaki and illustrated by Akane
* January - Aoharu x Machinegun by NAOE
* January - The Asterisk War, written by Yuu Miyazaki and illustrated by Ningen
* February 12 - Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryōsuke Asakura
* February 15 - Kōdai-ke no Hitobito by Kozueko Morimoto [ja]
* April 27 - Absolute Duo, written by Takumi Hiiragiboshi and illustrated by Shin'ichirō Nariie
* April - Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai by Aya Nakahara
* April - Seisen Cerberus: Mō Hitori no Eiyū, written and illustrated by Seijirō Narumi
* May - Complex Age by Yui Sakuma
* May - Bamboo Blade C, written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Jingu Takao
* June 13 - A-bout!! - Asagiri Daikatsuyaku Hen by Ichikawa Masa
* August 26 - Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, written by Ryō Suzukaze and illustrated by Satoshi Shiki
* August 30 - Ashizuri Suizokukan by Panpanya
* August - The Comic Artist and His Assistants 2 by Hiroyuki
* September 28 - No Regrets, written by Gun Snark and illustrated by Hikaru Suruga
* September - Mini Vanguard by Quily
* October 12 - Handa-kun by Satsuki Yoshino
* October 25 - Akame ga Kill! Zero, written by Takahiro and illustrated by Kei Toru
* October - BB Deformer, written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Saki Azumi
* October - Battle Spirits: Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero, written by Hajime Yatate and illustrated by Masato Ichishiki
* October - Salaryman Exorcist: The Sorrows of Yukio Okumura, written by Kazue Kato and illustrated by Minoru Sasaki
* November 6 - Bartender à Tokyo, written by Araki Joh and illustrated by Osamu Kajisa
* November 9 - 12 Beast by Okayado
* November 9 - Bayonetta: Bloody Fate by Mizuki Sakakibara
* December 27 - Abyss of Hyperspace, written by Tatsuo Sato and illustrated by Chibimaru
* December 27 - A Certain Scientific Accelerator, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Arata Yamaji
* December - 37.5°C no Namida by Chika Shiina [ja]
* December - Angel Beats! The 4-koma: Osora no Shinda Sekai kara, written by Jun Maeda and illustrated by Haruka Komowata
* December - Sungeki no Kyojin by hounori
* December - Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun by Yōichi Takahashi
* The Ancient Magus' Bride by Kore Yamazaki
* Clockwork Planet, written by Yuu Kamiya and Tsubaki Himana and illustrated by Kuro

## Title endings

* April - Seisen Cerberus: Mō Hitori no Eiyū, written and illustrated by Seijirō Narumi
* May - A-bout! by Ichikawa Masa
* October 12 - Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryōsuke Asakura
* December 9 - Bayonetta: Bloody Fate by Mizuki Sakakibara
* December 13 - Oboreru Knife by George Asakura
* Bartender à Paris, written by Araki Joh and illustrated by Osamu Kajisa

## Deaths

* February 6 - Yūji Nishi [ja], manga artist
* April 4 - Noboru Yamaguchi, light novel author
* August - Jun Sadogawa, manga artist
* October 13 - Takashi Yanase, manga artist
* October 22 - Yanwari Kazama, manga artist
* November 3 - Ichirō Tsunohazu [ja], manga artist
* Isuka Hakozaki [ja], manga artist