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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) Notes Ref
March 2 Death Billiards Madhouse Yuzuru Tachikawa 25
March 2 Little Witch Academia Trigger Yoh Yoshinari 26
March 15 Shimajirō to Fufu no Daibōken: Sukue! Nanairo no Hana Benesse Corporation Isamu Hirabayashi 60
March 30 Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Toei Animation Masahiro Hosoda 85
March 30 Hanasaku Iroha: The Movie – Home Sweet Home P.A. Works Masahiro Andō 66 [1]
October 26 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.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 2 – March 27 Mangirl! 13 Doga Kobo Nobuaki Nakanishi
January 3 – March 28 Ai Mai Mi 13 Seven Itsuki Imazaki
January 3 – March 21 Encouragement of Climb 12 8-Bit Yusuke Yamamoto Yama no Susume
January 4 – March 22 Cuticle Detective Inaba 12 Zexcs Susumu Nitsukawa Cuticle Tantei Inaba
January 5 – March 30 AKB0048 next stage 13 Satelight Shōji Kawamori
Yoshimasa Hiraike
January 5 – March 30 Da Capo III 13 Kazami Gakuen Kōshiki Dōga-bu Ken'ichi Ishikura
January 5 – March 30 Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East 13 Studio Deen Mitsue Yamazaki Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun
January 5 – March 30 Maoyu 12 Arms Takeo Takahashi Maoyū Maō Yūsha
January 6 – March 24 Ishida & Asakura 12 Dax Production
Hotline 		Pippuya
January 6 – March 31 Love Live! 13 Sunrise Takahiko Kyōgoku
January 6 – March 30 Minami-ke: Tadaima 13 Feel Keiichiro Kawaguchi
January 6 – March 31 Oreshura 13 A-1 Pictures Kanta Kamei
January 6 – March 24 Senran Kagura 12 Animation Studio Artland Takashi Watanabe
January 7 – March 25 Amnesia 12 Brain's Base Yoshimitsu Ohashi
January 7 – March 26 Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman 12 TMS Entertainment Hirofumi Ogura
January 7 – March 25 Unlimited Psychic Squad 12 Manglobe Shishō Igarashi The Unlimited: Hyōbu Kyōsuke
January 8 – April 2 Senyu 12 Liden Films
Ordet 		Yutaka Yamamoto
January 9 – March 27 Silver Spoon (season 2) 11 A-1 Pictures Tomohiko Itō
Kotomi Deai 		Gin no Saji
January 10 – March 28 GJ Club 12 Doga Kobo Yoshiyuki Fujiwara GJ-bu
January 10 – March 28 Tamako Market 12 Kyoto Animation Naoko Yamada
January 11 – June 28 Chihayafuru 2 25 Madhouse Morio Asaka [2]
January 11 – March 29 Haganai NEXT 12 AIC Build Toru Kitahata Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next
January 11 – March 29 Kotoura-san 12 AIC Classic Masahiko Ohta
January 11 – March 15 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?
January 11 – March 29 Sasami-san@Ganbaranai 12 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
January 11 – March 29 Vividred Operation 12 A-1 Pictures Kazuhiro Takamura
January 13 – September 29 Beast Saga 38 SynergySP Katsumi Ono
January 13 – March 2, 2014 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker 59 TMS Entertainment Hatsuki Tsuji
February 3 – January 26, 2014 DokiDoki! PreCure 49 Toei Animation Gō Koga
February 6 – April 24 Straight Title Robot Anime 12 Kōtarō Ishidate
Toru Nakano
March 16 – June 1 Red Data Girl 12 P.A.Works Toshiya Shinohara RDG Red Data Girl
April 2 – June 25 DD Fist of the North Star 13 Ajia-do Animation Works Akitaro Daichi
April 3 – June 26 Karneval 13 Manglobe Eiji Suganuma
April 3 – June 26 Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE 2000% 13 A-1 Pictures Yuu Kou
Yūki Ukai
April 4 – June 27 Devil Survivor 2: The Animation 13 Bridge Seiji Kishi
April 4 – June 27 The Devil Is a Part-Timer! 13 White Fox Naoto Hosoda Hataraku Maō-sama!
April 4 – September 19 Majestic Prince 24 Doga Kobo
Orange 		Keitaro Motonaga [3]
April 4 – June 27 The Severing Crime Edge 13 Studio Gokumi Yūji Yamaguchi Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge
April 5 – June 21 Samurai Bride 12 Arms KOBUN Hyakka Ryōran
April 5 – June 29 The Flowers of Evil 13 Zexcs Hiroshi Nagahama Aku no Hana
April 5 – June 28 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected 13 Brain's Base Ai Yoshimura Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
April 5 – June 28 Photo Kano 13 Madhouse Akitoshi Yokoyama
April 6 – December 28, 2013 Baku Tech! Bakugan Gachi 39 Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Junji Nishimura
April 6 – February 7, 2015 Danchi Tomoo 78 Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Ayumu Watanabe
April 6 – June 22 Date A Live 12 AIC Plus+ Keitaro Motonaga
April 6 – March 29, 2014 Duel Masters Victory V3 51 Takao Kato
April 6 – June 29 Haitai Nanafa 13 Passione Hiroshi Kimura
April 6 – March 29, 2014 Jewelpet Happiness 52 Studio Comet Hiroaki Sakurai
April 6 – July 7 Leviathan: The Last Defense 13 Gonzo Kenichi Yatani Zettai Bōei Leviathan
April 6 – June 29 Muromi-san 13 Tatsunoko Production Tatsuya Yoshihara Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san
April 6 – March 29, 2014 Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live 51 Tatsunoko Production Masakazu Hishida
April 6 – March 30, 2014 Tanken Driland: Sennen no Mahō 51 Toei Animation Toshinori Fukuzawa
April 7 – September 29 Attack on Titan 25 Wit Studio Tetsurō Araki Shingeki no Kyojin [4]
April 7 – June 30 Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet 13 Production I.G Kazuya Murata Suisei no Gargantia
April 7 – June 30 Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. 13 A-1 Pictures Hiroyuki Kanbe
April 7 – June 30 Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san Z 13 Production I.G Tsutomu Mizushima
April 8 – July 1 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W 12 Xebec Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
April 8 – July 1 Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties 12 Manglobe Masashi Kudo
April 8 – September 30 Mushibugyo 26 Seven Arcs Pictures Takayuki Hamana
April 9 – July 1 Arata: The Legend 12 Satelight
JM Animation 		Kenji Yasuda
Woo Hyun Park 		Arata Kangatari
April 9 – June 25 Sparrow's Hotel 12 Hotline Tetsuji Nakamura
April 9 – June 26 Yuyushiki 12 Kinema Citrus Kaori
April 10 – June 26 Aiura 12 Liden Films Ryōsuke Nakamura
April 12 – September 27, 2013 A Certain Scientific Railgun S 24 J.C.Staff Tatsuyuki Nagai Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S [5]
April 12 – June 28 Valvrave the Liberator 12 Sunrise Kō Matsuo Kakumeiki Valvrave
April 13 – June 29 The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat. 12 J.C.Staff Yōhei Suzuki Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko.
June 8 – March 1, 2014 Kingdom (season 2) 39 Pierrot Jun Kamiya
July 1 – September 16 Dog & Scissors 12 Gonzo Yukio Takahashi Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyō
July 2 – September 17 Brothers Conflict 12 Brain's Base Atsushi Matsumoto
July 2 – December 17 Gifū Dōdō!! Kanetsugu to Keiji 25 Studio Deen Bob Shirahata
July 2 – September 24 Senyu (season 2) 12 Liden Films
Ordet 		Yutaka Yamamoto
July 3 – September 18 Tamayura: More Aggressive 12 TYO Animations Junichi Sato
July 4 – October 11 Chronicles of the Going Home Club 12 Nomad Hikaru Sato Kitakubu Katsudō Kiroku
July 4 – September 26 Danganronpa: The Animation 13 Lerche Seiji Kishi
July 4 – September 26 Free! 12 Kyoto Animation
Animation Do 		Hiroko Utsumi
July 4 – September 26 Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen 13 Studio Deen Mamoru Hatekayama
July 4 – September 26 Senki Zesshō Symphogear G 13 Satelight Katsumi Ono
July 4 – September 26 Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³ 13 Gainax Masayoshi Kawajiri
July 5 – September 27 Love Lab 13 Doga Kobo Masahiko Ohta
July 5 – September 27 Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS 13 Project No.9 Tetsuya Yanagisawa
July 5 – September 27 Servant × Service 13 A-1 Pictures Yasutaka Yamamoto
July 6 – September 28 Day Break Illusion 13 AIC Keizō Kusakawa Gen'ei o Kakeru Taiyō
July 6 – September 21 Kin-iro Mosaic 12 Studio Gokumi Tensho
July 6 – September 21 Sunday Without God 12 Madhouse Yūji Kumazawa Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyōbi
July 7 – September 8 Blood Lad 10 Brain's Base Shigeyuki Miya
July 7 – September 22 Devils and Realist 12 Doga Kobo Chiaki Kon Makai Ōji: Devils and Realist
July 7 – September 22 Teekyu (season 2) 12 MAPPA Shin Itagaki
July 7 – September 29 The Eccentric Family 13 P.A.Works Masayuki Yoshihara Uchōten Kazoku
July 7 – September 28 Fantasista Doll 12 Hoods Entertainment Hisashi Saitō
July 7 – September 29 Genshiken: Second Season 13 Production I.G Tsutomu Mizushima
July 7 – September 22 High School DxD New 12 TNK Tetsuya Yanagisawa
July 8 – September 29 Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (season 2) 13 Studio Deen Mitsue Yamazaki Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun
July 8 – September 23 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!
July 8 – September 23 Recorder to Randoseru Mi 12 Seven Hiroshi Kimura
July 8 – September 23 The World God Only Knows: Goddesses 12 Manglobe Satoshi Ōsedo Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-hen
July 12 – September 27 Gatchaman Crowds 12 Tatsunoko Production Kenji Nakamura
July 12 – September 27 Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation 12 David Production Masahiro Mukai
July 13 – September 14 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 10 Silver Link Shin Ōnuma
Takashi Sakamoto
Miki Minato
July 13 – September 28 Futari wa Milky Holmes 12 J.C.Staff
Nomad 		Hiroshi Nishikiori
September 13 – December 13 Super Seisyun Brothers 14 AIC PLUS+ Masahiro Takata
September 13 – September 28 A Town Where You Live 12 Gonzo Shigeyasu Yamauchi
September 16 – December 9 Diabolik Lovers 12 Zexcs Shinobu Tagashira
September 22 – September 21, 2014 Battle Spirits: Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero 49 Sunrise Masaki Watanabe
September 1 – December 24 Miss Monochrome 13 Liden Films
Sanzigen 		Yoshiaki Iwasaki
October 2 – December 18 Beyond the Boundary 12 Kyoto Animation Taichi Ishidate Kyōkai no Kanata
October 2 – December 25 Coppelion 13 GoHands Shingo Suzuki
October 2 – October 1, 2014 Gaist Crusher 51 Pierrot Yoshihiro Takamoto
October 2 – December 25 Kyōsōgiga 10 Toei Animation Rie Matsumoto
October 3 – March 29, 2015 Ace of Diamond 75 Madhouse
Production I.G 		Mitsuyuki Masuhara Daiya no A [6]
October 3 – March 27, 2014 Golden Time 24 J.C.Staff Chiaki Kon
October 3 – April 3, 2014 Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea 26 P.A.Works Toshiya Shinohara Nagi no Asukara
October 3 – December 19 Outbreak Company 12 Feel Kei Oikawa
October 3 – March 28, 2014 Strike the Blood 24 Silver Link
Connect 		Takao Sano
Hideyo Yamamoto 		[7]
October 4 – December 20 Freezing Vibration 12 A.C.G.T Takashi Watanabe
October 4 – December 20 Infinite Stratos 2 12 8-Bit Susumu Tosaka
Yasuhito Kikuchi
October 4 – March 28, 2014 Kill la Kill 24 Trigger Hiroyuki Imaishi [8]
October 5 – March 29, 2014 Hajime no Ippo: Rising 25 Madhouse
MAPPA 		Jun Shishido
October 5 – December 21 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.
October 5 – December 28 Little Busters! Refrain 13 J.C.Staff Yoshinobu Yamakawa
October 5 – March 22, 2014 Log Horizon 25 Satelight Shinji Ishihira [9]
October 5 – December 29 Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono 12 Yaoyorozu Kōtarō Ishidate
October 6 – December 22 Gingitsune 12 Diomedéa Shin Misawa
October 6 – March 30, 2014 Kuroko's Basketball (season 2) 25 Production I.G Shunsuke Tada Kuroko no Basuke [10]
October 6 – March 30, 2014 Magi: The Kingdom of Magic 25 A-1 Pictures Koji Masunari
October 6 – December 22 Meganebu! 12 Studio Deen Soubi Yamamoto
October 6 – March 23, 2014 Phi Brain: Puzzle of God (season 3) 25 Sunrise Junichi Sato
October 6 – December 22 Walkure Romanze 12 8-Bit Yūsuke Yamamoto
October 6 – December 22 Wanna Be the Strongest in the World 12 Arms Rion Kujo Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!
October 6 – December 22 Teekyu (season 3) 12 MAPPA Shin Itagaki
October 6 – December 29 White Album 2 13 Satelight Masaomi Andō
October 6 – January 1, 2014 Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta 13 Tatsunoko Production Ryochimo Sawa
October 7 – December 23 Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova 12 Sanzigen Seiji Kishi
October 7 – March 31, 2014 Gundam Build Fighters 25 Sunrise Kenji Nagasaki [11]
October 7 – December 23 Non Non Biyori 12 Silver Link Shin'ya Kawatsura
October 7 – December 23 Unbreakable Machine-Doll 12 Lerche Kinji Yoshimoto Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai
October 7 – July 1, 2014 Yowamushi Pedal 38 TMS/8PAN Osamu Nabeshima
October 8 – December 24 BlazBlue Alter Memory 12 TeamKG
Hoods Entertainment 		Hideki Tachibana
October 9 – March 26, 2014 Tokyo Ravens 24 8-Bit Takaomi Kanasaki [12]
October 10 – December 19 Galilei Donna 11 A-1 Pictures Yasuomi Umetsu
October 10 – December 12 Noucome 10 Diomedéa Takayuki Inagaki Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Rabu Kome o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru
October 10 – March 27, 2014 Samurai Flamenco 22 Manglobe Takahiro Omori
October 10 – December 26 Valvrave the Liberator (season 2) 12 Sunrise Kō Matsuo Kakumeiki Valvrave
December 20 – March 28, 2014 Pupipō! 15 AIC Plus+ Kaoru Suzuki

Original video animations

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

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
June 19 Future Diary: Redial 1 Asread Akira Iwanaga Mirai Nikki: Redial
July 22 – August 26, 2015 Ghost in the Shell: Arise 5 Production I.G Kazuchika Kise
July 24 Corpse Party: Tortured Souls 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 One Piece Film: Z $72,822,122 [14]
3 Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum $37,229,132 [15]
4 Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea $36,054,366 [16]
5 Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened $30,906,537 [17]
6 Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods $29,947,013 [18]
7 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya $22,693,504 [19]
8 Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion $19,169,007 [20]
9 Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya $15,786,182 [21]
10 Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!! $12,572,797 [22]

See also

References

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  7. ^ "'Strike the Blood' Vampire Novels by Asura Cryin's Mikumo Gets Anime". Anime News Network. March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
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  20. ^ "Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  21. ^ "Gekijoban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozu". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  22. ^ "Crayon Shin-Chan (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 29, 2016.

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