Best Anime of 2013
This is a list of my personal best anime of 2013.
List activity
1.1K views
• 6 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
25 titles
- StarsAsami SetoMamoru MiyanoAi KayanoChihaya meets a boy named Arata, a talented karuta player who thinks that she has a potential to become a great player. Chihaya then takes on a new dream of becoming Japan's best karuta player.
- CreatorTatsuhiko HikagiStarsNatsuki HanaeKotori KoiwaiKaori FukuharaKiri Haimura has an obsession with beautiful hair--specifically, cutting it. This bizarre trait is what leads him to seek out a rumored long-haired ghost who lives in an abandoned house on a hill. However, he finds not a ghost, but a beautiful girl with long flowing hair named Iwai Mushanokouji, the "Hair Queen," whose hair cannot be cut due to a family curse. Iwai explains that there is a death game surrounding her, and that if she is killed by a cursed object, aptly named a "Killing Good," the wielder gets their wish granted. After protecting Iwai from "Authors"--Killing Goods users--he learns there is in fact a Killing Good passed down in his own family: a pair of scissors used by his ancestor to commit murders. Naming the scissors "The Severing Crime Edge," he finds that he is able to cut Iwai's cursed hair with them, setting her free to live a normal life. However, many Authors seek to kill the Hair Queen, and Kiri will have to protect her in this lethal game of fate.
- StarsJessie James GrelleBryce PapenbrookTrina NishimuraAfter his hometown is destroyed and get traumatized, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.
- StarsYôko HikasaJessie James GrelleTia Lynn BallardHilarity and fun ensues when Satan ends up in modern day Japan without any magic to return, and starts working part time in a fast food joint.
- CreatorTsukasa FushimiStarsYûichi NakamuraAyana TaketatsuKana HanazawaNormal 17-year-old Kyosuke isn't close with his 14-year-old sister Kirino. But then her secret otaku hobby gives them a chance to reconnect.
- CreatorKazuya MurataGen UrobuchiStarsMichelle RuffJanice KawayeAlan LeeWhile fighting an intense inter-galactic war, a mecha pilot was accidentally warped into a space-time neither he nor the computer of his mecha could recognize. After waking up from a long-time hibernation, he found himself trapped on a planet, with human residents talking in an unknown form of language, using inferior technologies, and - most shocking to him - naturally breathable air.
- StarsCat ThomasMelissa MolanoTakuya EguchiAbout an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. His life change when he was forced to enter the "Volunteer Service Club" by his teacher.
- StarsBryce PapenbrookXanthe HuynhRyôta ÔsakaA vampire punk falls in love with a kind human girl, and when she is killed and turned into a ghost, he sets out on a quest to resurrect her.
- StarsAi KayanoTatsuhisa SuzukiMai NakaharaThe ward office where Yamagami Lucy has been hired employs many unique characters on its staff. Yamagami and her colleagues are full of energy and secrets as they're hard at work (?!) in this workplace comedy.
- 201313 epsTV-147.2 (2.5K)TV Mini SeriesCreatorNico TanigawaStarsIzumi KittaAyaka AsaiMonica RialKuroki Tomoko is a super popular female schoolgirl, with 50 years experience in dating and more than 100 boys - but just in the dating video games. In real life is a closed and shy person who comes within the definition of mojyo (a repulsive woman). However, when school is not doing as she expected and is not as popular as she thought it, she decides to look herself in the mirror after a few years of not doing it and realizes something disturbing.
- CreatorRootsStarsYui WatanabeSuzuko MimoriKyôko NarumiThe series follows the hilarious everyday routines of four girls in the Kameido High tennis club who, on occasion, actually play some tennis.
- StarsKanji TsudaSaraShôichirô MasumotoEvery week at 5 p.m. an old man in a yellow mask shows up at a children's playground and tells them ghost stories based on myths and urban legends of Japanese origin. The man tells the stories on the back of his bicycle using a traditional kamishibai (Paper Drama) method and features a new tale each week.
- StarsNobunaga ShimazakiNatsuki HanaeTakahiro SakuraiFollows the life of Eijun Sawamura, a gifted baseball player who have his own extraordinary pitcher's talent. His goal is one, to become the ace of Seidou High School.
- StarsMitsuhiro IchikiMamiko NotoNobuhiko OkamotoIn the near future, the Earth is threatened by beings called NOVA. The only way to defeat these creatures is to use the Pandoras, genetically modified daughters, alongside the Limiters, capable of nullifying the effect of the NOVAs.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsSeth LeslieSaori HayamiAoi YûkiIn a world where Gundam is a very popular T.V. show, Sei Iori wishes to be just like his father, who was a Gunpla champion years ago, unfortunately, Sei only has skill in building Gunpla, but once he meets a boy named Reiji, who has the ability to fight with his Gunpla, everything changes. Will they be able to make it to the top just like his father did?
- StarsKenichiro OhashiRisa TanedaMinori ChiharaHigh school student Mirai finds that her schoolmate Akihito is an immortal being and half a spirit. When Akihito learns that Mirai is a spirit world warrior their lives become intertwined.
- StarsBrittney KarbowskiGreg AyresBlake ShepardSeason 2 and the finally of Little Busters!
- CreatorToshizo NemotoStarsJad SaxtonMike YagerJôji Nakata30,000 Japanese players trapped in MMORPG, unable to log out. Veteran gamer Shiroe leads exploration of this new reality, negotiating with NPCs to bring order to the virtual city of Akihabara.
- CreatorMari OkadaToshiya ShinoharaStarsNatsuki HanaeMikako KomatsuBryce PapenbrookLong ago, humanity lived in the sea, but some humans longed to go to land and eventually left the sea behind.
- CreatorIchirô SakakiStarsNatsuki HanaeMaaya UchidaJuliet SimmonsOtaku Shinichi, has been sent as an ambassador to a parallel world, where what we believed to be only fantasy is reality.
- CreatorWataru WatanabeStarsDaiki YamashitaKôsuke ToriumiJun FukushimaOnoda is a cheerful otaku looking to join his new school's anime club, eager to finally make some friends. Unfortunately, the club has been disbanded and somehow he stumbled into the bicycle club.
- StarsRina SatôBrittney KarbowskiSatomi AraiIn Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Mikoto Misaka and her friends prepare for the Daihasei Festival, a seven-day sports competition between different Esper schools, which, of course, also include the Tokiwadai middle school.
- CreatorToshifumi KawaseRyukishi07StarsSôichirô HoshiMai NakaharaSatsuki YukinoThe story of a group of young friends and the mysterious events that occur in the rural village of Hinamizawa.
- CreatorMasashi KishimotoStarsAlexandre CrepetJunko TakeuchiMaile FlanaganNaruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
- CreatorEiichiro OdaStarsMayumi TanakaAkemi OkamuraLaurent VerninMonkey D. Luffy sets off on an adventure with his pirate crew in hopes of finding the greatest treasure ever, known as the "One Piece."