MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!

    BeagaKing

  • Without anime my life would be boring

    Yabooijohnny

  • The special was bad but wonder egg priority was so good it had to win an award at the chrunchyroll awards

    Kevinj2

  • F*cking this year so many caught omicron

    LynScroni

  • If I were looking for something real, I would be watching documentaries and not anime.

    God_Slayer17

  • Anime be like "Please allow me to have your life"

    NakolHira

  • 2022 will be very good anime year

    Laaleet

  • I’m grateful to MAL for being there with me every step of the way these past 10+ years. Thank you for providing such a fun place we can hang out and laugh with other fans! I look forward to the next 10!

    YukiTsubaki

  • Let us look forward to the next MAL Yearbook!

    Darkj25

  • Didn't watch enough this year I have failed you MAL overlords

    Ostrichsmoothies

  • Another great year of anime. For years to come hopefully we can look back and appreciate these new works.

    KarmaKaji

  • Covid came but Anime ruled

    Kittkat0900

  • 2021 was an amazing year for anime and be remembered for decades to come.

    Baka_Otaku03

  • Amazing year

    RCDims

  • Even in pandemic. Atleast 2021 have many good anime. I hope anime will more good in future

    YukimuraChieri

  • Kore wa Pandemic desu ka?

    Bergioyn

  • Heike monogarari and Sonny Boy are perfect, change my mind.

    patate_betterave

  • If you don’t take risks, you can’t create a future!

    Shichibu

  • 2022 gonna great man

    M0n5teRz

  • “No matter what kind of hell awaits us…I’ll always be with you until the end.” —Baji Keisuke

    mps4

  • An amazing anime year. Loved a lot of animes. I hope every year will have amazing anime like 2021 from now on.

    DARK_REPULSER_5

  • I have learned absolutely nothing this year, but I will not lie, it was a fun one. Watching anime has definitely been my favorite time waster. If this gets put in the year book, just know, to anyone reading this- There was no mistake when we discovered anime.

    Midori126

  • So many great shows this year!!

    Cupanda64

  • For anyone out there struggling to finish your watch list because you keep adding even more anime to your list... Same.

    Nat05

  • Ex arm best anime

    ElMolaik

  • Waking up to reality maybe hard, but when cute characters are there we ought to be in our dreams.

    ViRom

  • 2021 just might have made up for 2020

    Diemetradon

  • 2021 What 2020 should have been.

    Animefan1846

  • It’s more satisfying to hear a single ‘thank you’ than a lot of ‘sorry’s.’ Re:Zero

    EnergyVirus

  • another day another slay

    eedle

  • Tooru Honda best girl

    Asdq_11

  • Ah yes 2021, The Year I became Cultured, to the future where I hope will not lose the entertainment and community I have now.

    TheDeadmanII

  • Please watch Vivy if you haven't yet, I'm begging you

    nt_n3on

  • Another year on the courtesy of anime ?. Lots of tears flown , hearts broken, healed , laughed . Anime has always been a blessing and looking forward to another exciting anime year ahead ?

    TABMrMystic

  • They are all good and masterpieces...so this is really hard to vote among them...then i will vote some characters, openings... according to my favourite....

    Debjit_Roy

  • This year I finally watched one anime. Maybe two.

    SnailSavant

  • It's been an awesome year for me just because of these anime. Many no, so many! things changed in these few years but am glad! these 2D, fictional characters have always been my therapy.

    lilymiii

  • I hope i will be a better person next year!

    yokofu

  • WINTER 2021 CARRIED 2021

    spctrx

  • Anime is my way to escape from this harsh reality.

    noir_blancc

  • I came here to enjoy every single anime and manga.

    blueypro

  • I love watching anime its really fun dattabayo

    amit004

  • Money, jobs, and best pals will come and go, family is forever.

    FenrirMythEU

  • “Everyone has a side of themselves that they don’t want other people to see.” —Kyouko Hori

    imFreppy

  • That's absurd, the perfect plan that I hatched using the collected demonite to control the company from both the front and behind the scenes to become a winner NEET across worlds...! But no...This can't be right, this is no way to die!

    Dj-Nash0

  • "2022 better live up to what 2021 gave us"

    Vanitas

  • 86 beat all the competition this year. Change my mind.

    BucketBall

  • "I have one question for you what women is your type?" -Aoi Todo

    Marty_1703

  • I like anime, yes I do.

    Edimon2907

  • “Fruits basket was robbed”, that’s all I’ll say ?

    Itsumo_Issho

  • I have watched so many animes with different storyline and still can't decide which one is my favourite. Hat's off to the people who work hard making wonderful animes. Love from India -️

    NotMito11

  • You can always die. It's living that takes real courage

    Pritam_

  • Wars are Everywhere, Peace is Inevitable, Anime is the Best

    MADEVIL

  • Tokyo revengers was the best this year in my opinion

    PutName_Here

  • I spilled my cereal writing this quote

    MrCattyWolf

  • Anime has had my back during this whole quarantine thing ?

    min_hobiii

  • 2021 was the best year of Anime that just kept on giving!

    Ckea

  • So long as problem doesn't cause problems, it can't be called a problem.

    Patwo2

  • 2021 was a great year for anime, and these selections were among the best.

    lgght-249

  • Best Anime Year Yet!!)

    Brabd

  • I cant believe that we lived in an era the we got to see EX ARM. What a time to be alive!

    Jenga

  • Filled with disasters from Covid to Ex-Arm, 2021 has come to an end :). Although filled with some nasty flops and disasters the "Face" of Bojji, "Mehness" of Odokawa, "Animation" of Mushoku Tensei (and KnY) and much more has lifted up 2021 to another great year for anime :)

    lollipOOOp

  • Sekai wa zankoku da sore demo kimi wo aisu yo ( and I mean it ) -o(-﹏-)o --

    Mcreamb-

  • Let's keep it subtle then BANG!

    efontanar

  • Since I've gotten into anime, I don't watch as much hentai as I thought I would. Anime does it for me just fine ;)

    p1sh

  • All these anime having part 1 and part 2 lately, meanwhile I'm still waiting for Covid 19 part 2 ?

    RealCraziCow

  • will there be chicken nuggets after this?

    nice_69

  • That was a great anime year and I'm hoping the next one will be even better. Already looking promising...

    Moss-Monster

  • The world isn't perfect. But it's there for us, doing the best it can....that's what makes it so damn beautiful.

    devilgod431

  • Anime made me realize how much talent and creativity there is in this world.

    SYDK_

  • “Expecting others to read your mind is delusional.” —Hachiman Hikigaya

    hamso-

  • Good year for anime

    Myhighlo

  • I love watching anime a lot, It changed my life. I was inspired by its animation and started a youtube channel named BVJ Animation where I am trying to make high quality content like anime. Thank you anime for supporting me ??.

    BlessonJoseph

  • "No matter how afraid I am, I have a job to do!" —Red Blood Cells (Cells at Work!)

    TheRiseofAnime

  • 2021 was fire and hard-to-choose characters and 2022 will be more fire????-️ And I will miss 2021 anime seasons?

    Blackwolf1421

  • Learn, grow, enjoy and live your life-️??

    bosskeyx

  • 2022年以降のアニメを本当に楽しみにしています

    Neko_ipoi

  • I will be honest , I didn't expected much from this year's anime shows, I don't have words to express , some animes had a good ending ,some had a wholesome one and other's were just perfect, I can't wait for the new one's to come and I don't want to forget what had gone.

    Mahesh Kumar Biswas

  • "That" -She

    hitogoroshii

  • Odd Taxi was great!

    gabotinus316

  • I've started watching anime a year ago and I didn't regret it. Now, I am going to weeb all my friends

    4dyylan

  • "Hey bitches and bros and non-binary hoes" —Adam, SK8 the Infinity

    morenq

  • I just started watching anime last year!

    Lindor420

  • Watch Link Click

    jokerariel

  • I don't know who the heck john is, I dont know what he wants. All I know that he must be protected.

    Chrism_

  • New seasons, new worlds to discover!

    naerbo

  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • Awesome year

    kivvee

  • "........" said Komi-san. I am also speechless. I have nothing to say. But let's do our best to connect with people. I am also bad at it.

    therefore-I-AM

  • "This isn't a popularity contest right?"

    Ice-cube

  • Live life don't let it live you!

    Galador_Silva

  • "People die when they're killed"

    KaguraFireCosplay

  • Thank you 2021. Now, it is time to part. :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • I was wondering why there's no single nomination for Love Live! Superstar!! and then I realize. That Liella! is always in my heart.

    MochizukiTomoya

  • "Give up on your dreams and die." —Levi Ackerman

    Indigo_123

  • If you have a bad day right now, believe me tomorrow or maybe next week will be a good day. Anime will be with you every time and Anime will be your motivation. Trying something new is never a pain

    Michella_Rin

  • The frog at the bottom of the well doesn't know the vastness of the sea, but it does know the blueness of the sky :)

    Hirano_Hisashi

  • John!!!! Sand!!!! ( Anything happens) Sand!!!!

    Coolbythewolf

  • Never Forget Rengoku- a delicious slayer of demons.

    falloutforari

  • Great year for anime! P.S. What does O(ver)P(owered) Direction even mean?

    HalfwayDeadz

What is the MAL Yearbook?

MAL Yearbook is a new annual project where MyAnimeList members can reflect on the past year of anime and share what they enjoyed most. Using categories selected from the community and winners decided by you, we will create a special digital MAL Yearbook that we can enjoy in future years. Leave us your 2021 yearbook comment and vote for the nominations you think best fit those category titles.

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