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 2014From November 19, 2012 to November 17, 2013. 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 2014From November 19, 2012 to November 17, 2013. 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 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 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 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 - , 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 - , manga artist , manga artist
See also 2013 in anime
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