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.

• 37th Kodansha Manga Awards^[1]
  • 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^[2]
• 44th Seiun Awards^[3]
  • Best Comic: Inherit the Stars by Yukinobu Hoshino
• 58th Shogakukan Manga Awards^[4]
  • 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^[5]
  • 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

• 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

• 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

• February 6 - Yūji Nishi [ja], manga artist^[10]
• April 4 - Noboru Yamaguchi, light novel author^[11]
• August - Jun Sadogawa, manga artist^[12]
• October 13 - Takashi Yanase, manga artist^[13]
• October 22 - Yanwari Kazama, manga artist^[14]
• November 3 - Ichirō Tsunohazu [ja], manga artist^[15]
• Isuka Hakozaki [ja], manga artist^[16]

• 2013 in anime