Question: In what year was the author of the Japanese manga "Gyo" born? 
Context: Chū-Bra!!  (ちゅーぶら!!  , Chū Bura!! )  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Japanese manga author Yumi Nakata.  The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine "Comic High! " on January 22, 2007, and is published by Futabasha.  An anime adaptation began airing on January 4, 2010 in Japan.  The anime is also being streamed with English subtitles on the Crunchyroll online video service in North America, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Miyako Maki (牧 美也子 , Maki Miyako , born July 29, 1935 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) is a former Japanese manga artist.  She made her professional debut in 1957 with "Haha Koi Warutsu" (母恋いワルツ ) .  In 1961 she married the well-known manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, after their marriage, they started collaborating on shōjo manga mixing photography and painting techniques.  She is the creator of Licca-chan, a popular Japanese doll.  She received the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for General for "Genji Monogatari", a Japanese manga version of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji. Manga Bible (新約聖書 , Shinyaku Seisho ) is a five-volume manga series based on the Christian Bible created under the direction of the non-profit organization Next, a group formed by people from the manga industry.  Though first published in English, the books are originally written in Japanese and each volume is illustrated by a Japanese manga artist.  Each book is adapted from the Bible by Hidenori Kumai.  The first two books were illustrated by manga artist Kozumi Shinozawa, while the remaining three will be illustrated by a different artist.  The first book in the series, "Manga Messiah" was published in 2006 and covered the four gospels of the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  "Manga Metamorphosis" (2008) covers the events in Acts and several of Paul's letters.  "Manga Mutiny" (2008, 2009) begins in Genesis and ends in Exodus.  "Manga Melech" (2010) picks up where "Manga Mutiny" left off and continues into the reign of David.  The fifth, and currently final book, "Manga Messengers" (2011) addresses events starting with the reign of King Solomon and takes stories from several of the major and minor prophets, and the Book of Esther and concludes with anticipation of a messiah. Gyo (ギョ , "Fish") , fully titled Gyo Ugomeku Bukimi (ギョ うごめく不気味 , lit.  "Fish: Ghastly Squirming") in Japan, is a horror "seinen" manga written and illustrated by Junji Ito.  Appearing as a serial in the weekly manga magazine "Big Comic Spirits" from 2001 to 2002.  Shogakukan collected the chapters into two bound volumes from February 2002 to May 2002.  The story revolves around a couple, Tadashi and Kaori, as they fight to survive against a mysterious horde of fish with metal legs powered by an odor known as the "death stench".  The work also includes a pair of bonus stories, titled "The Sad Tale of the Principal Post" and "The Enigma of Amigara Fault". Aurora Publishing, Inc. was the American subsidiary of Japanese publisher Ohzora Publishing, the leading "josei" manga publisher in Japan.  Headquartered in Torrance, California, it licensed and published Japanese manga for the North American market.  Aurora Publishing's first release was "Walkin' Butterfly" under the "shōjo" imprint "Aurora", which features manga targeting female readers in their teens and younger.  Aurora Publishing also released manga under two other imprints: the "yaoi" imprint "Deux Press" featured female-oriented manga about homoerotic relations between beautiful men, while the "josei" imprint "Luv Luv" featured erotic romance manga targeting female readers in their late teens and up.  Aurora Publishing distributed some of its manga via Netcomics.  In 2010, the Aurora office in California closed.  The former employees of Aurora Publishing went on to found Manga Factory.  Manga Factory lasted until at least June, 2013 before it closed as well. Dōjin Work (ドージンワーク , Dōjin Wāku ) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip written and illustrated by Japanese manga author Hiroyuki.  The story revolves around a young girl named Najimi Osana who is about to make her debut into the dōjin creation world with the help of her experienced friends.  Aspects of what it is like to be a dōjin artist are common themes throughout the story.  The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine "Manga Time Kirara Carat" on November 28, 2004, published by Houbunsha.  Since then, the manga has also been serialized in two other magazines published by the same company named "Manga Time Kirara" and "Manga Time Kirara Forward".  The manga ended serialization in "Manga Time Kirara" on February 9, 2008.  An anime adaptation aired on the Chiba TV television network in Japan between July 4, 2007, and September 19, 2007. Yakyū-kyō no Uta (Japanese: 野球狂の詩 , lit.  "Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima.  It follows Yūki Mizuhara, a young woman who wants to do veterinary medicine at college but instead she became a baseball player.  It was originally serialized in the Kodansha's Japanese manga magazine "Weekly Shōnen Magazine" between 1972 and 1976, and has been adaptated into several spin-off manga, a live-action film, an anime television series, an anime film, and a Japanese television drama.  In 1973, it received the 4th Kōdansha Literature Culture Award for children's manga. Junji Ito (伊藤 潤二 , Itō Junji , born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist.  Some of his most notable works include "Tomie", a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness, "Uzumaki", a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals, and "Gyo", a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench."  His other works are "Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection", a collection of different short stories including a series of stories named "Souchi's Journal of Delights", and "Itou Junji No Neko Nikki: Yon and Mu", a light-hearted, but still terrifying, story about moving in a new house with his cats. The Prince Of Tennis (Japanese: テニスの王子様 , Hepburn: Tenisu no Ōjisama ) is a Japanese manga series about a tennis prodigy written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi.  The title is often shortened to Tenni-Pri (テニプリ ) , a portmanteau of the words "Tennis Prince".  The manga was first published in Japan in Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" in July 1999, and ended publication on March 3, 2008.  A total of 379 chapters were serialized, spanning 42 volumes.  As of volume 40, the manga has sold over 40 million copies in Japan.  News that a sequel to the manga series was going to be developed was announced in the December issue of the Japanese manga magazine "Jump Square".  The new manga series, entitled "New Prince of Tennis", began serialization in the "Jump Square" magazine on March 4, 2009, with the story taking place several months after the end of the original manga.  Viz Media acquired the license to distribute the series in English in North America. Digital Manga is a company that licenses and releases, in English, Japanese manga, anime, and related merchandise.  The company has several subdivisions: Digital Manga Publishing, which publishes Japanese manga, novels and instructional and illustration books in North America with multiple imprints, and 801 Media, a sister company that focuses on more explicit "yaoi" manga works.  Digital Manga also owns and operates eManga, a digital publishing site for manga and light novels, that publishes both Digital Manga titles as well as e-book versions of works from other publishers.  Non-publishing divisions include Pop Japan Travel, a tour service; and several e-retail sites for their books and for import products, including Akadot Retail and Yaoi Club.  The company's headquarters are in Suite 300 in the 1487 West 178th Street building in Gardena, California, United States.  Since 2011 Digital Manga has been utilizing Kickstarter as their means of publishing, starting with restocking out of print Osamu Tezuka's titles to the most popular title The Finder series by Yamane Ayano.
Answer: 1963