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  1. *Everything follows referred to the Japanese domestic box office only*
  2.  
  3. Every year with a Miyazaki picture is going to be a great year for anime films ([the Ghibli effect](http://d284f45nftegze.cloudfront.net/RLDenison/Manga%20Movies%20Project%20Report%202%20Final.pdf)), but looking back, 2013 has been an incredibly successful year in every corner of the industry too. Not only did this year sees the first 20xx anime franchise to break the 2 billion yen glass ceiling, nearly every classic anime franchise - One Piece, Doraemon, Precure, etc - had a record-setting year in the box office. Measuring by commercial success alone, 2013 is the Greatest Year for Anime Film.
  4.  
  5. Six of the Top-10 Grossing Films for 2013 are animated, including the top 3 - The Wind Rises (2013), Monsters University (2013), and One Piece Z (2013). Of course, being top heavy alone wouldn't suffice, the breadth of success down the rankings matters too. Consider the following:
  6.  
  7. * The Wind Rises (2013) - an all-time top-5 grossing anime film; Animated Feature Oscar front-runner
  8. * One Piece Z (2013) - Biggest opening weekend, highest grossing, most-attended **One Piece** film of all-time
  9. * Doraemon 34 (2013) - Biggest opening weekend, highest grossing, most attended **Doraemon** film of all time
  10. * Detective Conan (2013) - Biggest opening weekend. highest grossing, most attended **Detective Conan** film of all time
  11. * Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (2013) - on track to exceed franchise record for both Detective Conan and **Lupin**.
  12. * etc etc for **Dragon Ball, Pretty Cure, Pokemon**
  13. * Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion Story (2013) exceeds 2 billion yen in the box office, becoming the first anime IP of this millennium to do so.
  14. * The #1 (Madoka: Rebellion) and #3 (AnoHana) grossing late-night anime film of all time
  15.  
  16. 2013 is not only a good year, but a record-breaking one for almost every anime IP that released an movie. That fact should raise some eyebrows, [especially in a deflation-plagued Japan](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-16/japanese-ask-what-s-wrong-with-a-little-deflation-.html). Without an inflated currency to buoy records, average movie ticket prices has stayed unchanged since 1993. Breaking records is hard in Japan.
  17.  
  18. Hollywood has owned the Japanese box office for a long time, more than two decades in fact. Not until 2006 did domestic films retook the majority share of the Japanese box office, in large part due to a resurgent anime film sector. Since then, [domestic share of the market has more than doubled](http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/japan-hollywood-no-longer-dominates-box-office-1200752940/). Moreover, although limited in quantity comparatively, animated films tend be more commercially successful, [grossing 84% higher in openers than their live action peers in 2013](http://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=55322&start=4150).
  19.  
  20. One subtle consequence of that former Hollywood domination is how it limits the timespan from which we can identify anime film's "Greatest Year." Taking these modus tollens - that domestic films dominate foreign films, that anime films dominate live action, and that anime film has an extraordinarily successful year - there're really little question that **The Greatest Year for Anime Film is 2013**.
  21.  
  22. ==Sources==
  23.  
  24. * [Manga to Movies Project](http://www.mangamoviesproject.com/publications.html)
  25. * [World of KJ](http://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=55322&start=4150)
  26. * [Boxoffice.com](http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/3478-japan-box-office-2013/page-129)
  27. * [Box Office Mojo](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/)
  28. * [Motion Pictures Producers Association of Japan](http://www.eiren.org/toukei/index.html)
  29. * [Japanese Anime Box Office Rankings](http://www.generalworks.com/databank/movie/rank04_0c.html) (Japanese)
  30.  
  31.  
  32. 2006 was the first year in two decades that domestic films took the majority share of Japanese box office, in large part due to anime films. Ever since then, the trend
  33.  
  34.  
  35. Perhaps a cliched title aped from [Hollywood's annual retrospective](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2013/10/2013-best-year-at-movies), but anime films dominated the box office in Japan this year.
  36.  
  37. Six of the top-10 highest grossing films of the year, including the Top-3, are animated films.
  38.  
  39. ¥12.00 billion ($123.2 million) / 9.67 million :: The Wind Rises :: 158 :: Toho
  40. ¥10 billion ↨
  41. ¥8.96 billion ($91.3 million) / 7.06 million :: Monsters University :: Final Total :: Disney
  42. ¥6.85 billion ($76.9 million) / 5.67 million :: One Piece Film Z :: Final Total :: Toei
  43. ¥5.93 billion ($65.7 million) / 4.82 million :: Les Miserables :: Final Total :: Toho-Towa
  44. ¥5 billion ↨
  45. ¥4.20 billion ($46.2 million) / 3.09 million :: Ted :: Final Total :: Toho-Towa
  46. ¥4 billion ↨
  47. ¥3.98 billion ($43.2 million) / 3.66 million :: Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gagdet Museum :: Final Total :: Toho
  48. ¥3.63 billion ($37.1 million) / 3.03 million :: Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea :: Final Total :: Toho
  49. ¥3.33 billion ($34.3 million) / 2.71 million :: Midsummer Formula :: Final Total :: Toho
  50. ¥3.25 billion ($33.8 million) / 2.78 million :: The After-Dinner Mysteries :: Final Total :: Toho
  51. ¥3.17 billion ($33.0 million) / 3.03 million :: Pokemon: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens :: Final Total :: Toho
  52. ¥3.15 billion ($32.7 million) / 2.70 million :: Like Father, Like Son :: Final Estimate :: Gaga
  53. ¥3.00 billion ($32.3 million) / 2.45 million :: Wreck-It Ralph :: Final Total :: Disney
  54. ¥3.00 billion ($31.0 million) / 2.35 million :: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods :: Final Estimate :: Toei
  55. ¥3 billion ↨
  56. ¥2.82 billion ($32.4 million) / 2.21 million :: 007: Skyfall :: Final Estimate :: Sony
  57. ¥2.72 billion ($27.6 million) / 2.24 million :: The Kiyosu Conference :: 45 :: Toho
  58. ¥2.64 billion ($28.3 million) / 2.12 million :: Platinum Data :: Final Estimate :: Toho
  59. ¥2.64 billion ($26.8 million) / 2.10 million :: SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 1 :: 53 :: Toho
  60. ¥2.60 billion ($26.7 million) / 1.77 million :: Iron Man 3 :: Tracking Ends :: Disney
  61. ¥2.40 billion ($25.0 million) / 1.86 million :: Despicable Me 2 :: Tracking Ends :: Toho-Towa
  62. ¥2.15 billion ($23.9 million) / 1.73 million :: Strawberry Night :: Final Estimate :: Toho
  63. ¥2.13 billion ($22.2 million) / 1.73 million :: The King of Apology :: Tracking Ends :: Toho
  64. ¥2.09 billion ($21.7 million) / 1.63 million :: The Lone Ranger :: Tracking Ends :: Disney
  65. ¥2.03 billion ($22.3 million) / 1.49 million :: A Good Day to Die Hard :: Final Estimate :: Fox
  66. ¥2 billion ↨
  67. ¥1.98 billion ($20.4 million) / 1.52 million :: Fast and Furious 6 :: Tracking Ends :: Toho-Towa
  68. ¥1.96 billion ($20.3 million) / 1.42 million :: World War Z :: Tracking Ends :: Toho-Towa
  69. ¥1.94 billion ($20.0 million) / 1.40 million :: Magi Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story :: 58 :: Warner Bros.
  70.  
  71. Bold - Animated
  72. Underlined - Domestic (Japan)
  73.  
  74.  
  75. Of course, that alone wouldn't suffice to declare 2013 the greatest of all time. After all, animated film [tend to do well in their in Japan](http://www.academia.edu/3693690/Manga_Movies_Project_Report_1_-_Transmedia_Japanese_Franchising), especially for established domestic brands like Ghibli, One Piece, and etc. But consider the following:
  76.  
  77. * The Wind Rises (2013) - 12 billion yen / 9.67 million viewers - [top-5 grossing animated film](http://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=55322&start=4200)
  78. * One Piece Z (2013) - Biggest opening weekend, highest grossing, most-attended **One Piece** film of all-time
  79. * Doraemon 34 (2013) - Biggest opening weekend, highest grossing, most attended **Doraemon** film of all time
  80. * Detective Conan (2013) - Biggest opening weekend. highest grossing, most attended **Detective Conan** film of all time
  81. * Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (2013) - on track to exceed franchise record for both Detective Conan and **Lupin**.
  82. * Franchise record breaking for **Dragon Ball, Pretty Cure, Pokemon** and so on
  83. * Madoka: Rebellion (2013) and AnoHana (2013), the #1 and #3 grossing late-night anime film of all time
  84.  
  85. 2013 is not only a good year, but a record-breaking one for almost every established anime IP that released an movie. That fact should raise some eyebrows, [especially in deflation-plagued Japan](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-16/japanese-ask-what-s-wrong-with-a-little-deflation-.html). **Average movie ticket prices in Japan has stayed the same since 1993**. Breaking records are hard when the inflation rate works against you.
  86.  
  87. Of all 2013 films that debuts about 100 million yen, animate films opens 90% higher than live-action ones on the average.
  88.  
  89. Animated - 21, Avg. Opening - ¥436 million
  90. Live-Action - 63, Avg. Opening - ¥237 million
  91.  
  92.  
  93. ==2013 Top Grossing Films==
  94.  
  95. *(in Japan, [Oricon via worldofkj](http://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=55322&start=4225))*
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  99.  
  100.  
  101. Rising tide floats all boats.
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  103.  
  104. Sources
  105. -----
  106.  
  107. Box Office Data
  108.  
  109. * http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/3478-japan-box-office-2013/page-129
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