MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • A very important quote to me is: “An important thing to remember is, just because a person has problems communicating, doesn't mean that person doesn't want to communicate with others,” hearing this at the onset of each episode made me feel very happy!

    Rav_29

  • went in Link Click expecting drama, got depression instead :') watch it if you haven't yet!!!

    IIashII

  • tatakae tatakae

    bahiisbored

  • Here’s to another amazing year for great anime to be on air, and I hope our MAL community will grow with greater bonds together!

    LastSpark

  • I really appreciate the idea of putting up a lot of the obscure shows that came out in the categories unlike most of the anime based award shows held recently, it really goes to show that the nominees were being selected based on the genuine enjoyment they offered and that's it.

    Kazou-nozumu689

  • Look around Eren, at these big ass trees.

    YoKitty

  • To decide that I'm hopeless before I even begin is nothing but laziness

    KioSKa

  • Hot people watch jojo

    kynabv

  • I have fun watching anime this year. I found a new type of anime. Plus I do think that this year is an anime year for me. I really hope something big for 2022. So, Until then, we just have to wait for something that going to make our heads explode. See you next time !

    UMimOnigiri_

  • Life is not a game of luck. If you wanna win, work hard.

    nzrnxshh

  • It's a small year for an anime industry as it's a small year for me.

    sixtef

  • "Don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened."

    KioSensei

  • The journey of a weeb is arduous to say the least. There will never be enough time or money courtesy of mangas, their usually banger adaptations and waifu merch. But even living in a car with said waifu merch, its worth it. To many more years of anime and manga! Cheers!

    Ballistic_UwU

  • This year i finished over 200 animes! *yes i have no life* but ive learned things good and bad, watched amazing animes and plain awful ones. But you know what? Its been a great journet from then till now, and i cherish every moment of it.

    Art3misuwu

  • Let go of reality, nothing goes planned in this accursed world…

    diaablo

  • Can't wait. Hope it's not rigged like crunchyroll anime awards.

    The-Harem-God

  • I WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD, UNTIL MY ENEMIES ARE DESTORYED

    FunLessGuy

  • as a great monk once said "You can take the man out of the trash,but you can't take the trash out of the man" -Gigguk-2021-

    WonderWolf23

  • Thanks to MAL staff and fellow MAL users for making 2021 great! May your futures be as bright as your anime-watching rooms should be. May your hearts be as warm as the fabled MAL hoodie might be. May season 2022 of our era be as wonderful as we'd like it to be!

    Swiggy

  • yall slept on heike monogatari

    akyrdfxhv

  • YEARBOOK QUOTE JANAI! KATSURA DA!

    Sidelink

  • life is like watching an anime, sometimes you cry, sometimes you laugh, but most importantly you’re enjoying it

    shunwen

  • Pain changes People

    Lone02Wolf

  • Thanks for a good year. When is Yona of the dawn second season released?? Is it ever gonna be?

    Maria_Viktoria

  • 2021 is the Year of the Slime.

    Shockwaeve

  • "You may be a little too idealistic Not only for others but for yourself Ideals are too high and unable to be attained" —Karlstahl

    Noobtin

  • Onto the next one~!

    IheartAnime77

  • If you don't like your destiny, don't accept it.

    MonikaDYadav

  • "Catch me if you can, Holmes!" —Moriarty

    Rkashyap621

  • 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

  • Over the past two years, the world has changed indescribably. But one thing that hasn't changed - the warmth, the creativity and the talent of our anime community. Thank you for everything!

    kyon981

  • I was there when it started, where were you when it ended?

    Setrinel

  • "All the anime realised this year was amazing as expected from Anime " Some horable mentions 2021:- Re zero second season, Dr stone stone war, Vivy ,To your eternity, Takt op destiny and Demon slayer entertainment destrict.

    Aryak1410

  • Please, let's watch anime as the world burns to ashes.

    Milith801

  • i can remember anime name's in japanese, but i can barely remember my own birthday.

    violettx

  • i’m watched so many good anime since i found MAL and i’ve made so many friends and had many discussions that was really interesting and cool!! so thank you MAL

    jen_731

  • “Everyone starts from zero. If you mess up, just try it. Figure out why, and try again.” —Miyamura Izumi "Memories can be painful. They can be a terrible burden. Sometimes, being able to forget is a... blessing. Eternity is a long time to collect bad memories." —Pyra

    Dgddgfg

  • To another year of great anime . KANPAI !!

    Riesho

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

    Ckea

  • was a good year for me. I am not good at words but it was fun.

    Rinkumi

  • 2022 will be very good anime year

    Laaleet

  • 86 easily the best anime of the year in all aspects, if you disagree, FIGHT ME!

    Zakku-

  • My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke...

    Harun69

  • "Sekai wa zankoku da sore demo kimi wo aisu yo"

    GleefulViolin

  • Traveling across the world for entertainment is the idle mind's greatest pleasure.

    Skyetifaeger

  • yare yare daze

    Piranha3D

  • There were so many great anime in 2021, it’s really hard to pick just one for each category! Can’t wait for another awesome year in anime 2022!

    FairyTailLove83

  • "Catch me if you can, Mr. Holmes!"

    DrakeAnderson

  • Most of the anime that aired on 2021 are incredible boring but few are memorable . This is a good year for some legendary series. I have lot's of expectation anime that gonna airing on 2022 .

    AnimeXenjoyer

  • Bojji is the best -

    Skoord_

  • To be a part of a community that enjoys the medium of anime just like I do makes me happy. This platform has helped me look at different perspectives of a show, make friends, and know what is going on within the anime community. Last year was fun. Hope this year gets better.

    tufflilcookie

  • Boji-sama is one of the best characters ever created.

    fquirogam

  • Sate Sate —Meliodas

    ShadowOnyx01

  • Finally a Takarazuka Anime!! Getting through 2020 was worth it ^o^b

    kanaft2

  • "I just keep moving forward... until my enemies are destroyed."

    SomanshuAikat

  • I will continue to bury myself more with anime.

    Jafet_Alfaro

  • Demon Slayer Entertainment Arc Episode 10 for Episode of the Year :)

    SkillSwap

  • 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

  • MUST PROTECT MIKO YOTSUYA!!!

    Its_Ishii

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

    TheRiseofAnime

  • Simply a stupendous year! Senjougahara negs tho

    Verhexen

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

    HalfwayDeadz

  • Shinzo wo Sasageyo

    Akava_19

  • WHAT A GREAT YEAR FOR NEW ANIME FANS AND SEASONED VETERANS!!! hope to see more like this in the future!!! :)

    Aninoob1234

  • Grateful for all the school fight cameramen

    BadBoy65t

  • 2021: The year anime moved from being the thing that held me together against all odds to being the thing positively I lived for week after week.

    Plato-Senpai

  • Anime uses the extraordinary to make the ordinary more interesting.

    BabyGirl06301

  • All the fruits in the basket have been eaten, now it's all over... Sadge.

    dimo145

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

    Ice-cube

  • “Sometimes it takes a real man to become best girl” —Gigguk

    NoSize

  • The Spring Sky is Bluer than I've ever seen. If I could give you this very sky as a gift, I would in a heartbeat.'

    anhiansh5

  • Komi-san the most overrated anime ever. Manga might be good but the anime just not it chief. Fight me. Ogiwara Sayu best girl! Horimiya and Higehiro best animes of 2021 hands down.

    nightmarelegend

  • All of this anime were so supabarashi that it was hard picking

    Andre

  • "People die when they're killed"

    thenthukpa

  • This past 2021 was a year! And I am pretty sure that 2022 is also a year, isn't it?

    Ksoro

  • Anime is an integral part of my life, it's like I'm addicted to it and it is what keeps me sane these days. I can't go even a day without watching at least 1 ep of an anime. You could say that anime has saved me and it is saving many more people every day. I'm thankful to Japan.

    TsutanaiFuun

  • And to 1000 episodes we finally arrive while still pursuing the One Piece, maybe we saw in 2021 the last big shounen that could hit a mark like that because of season format. History dears!

    Korixus

  • As the year ends, another starts and when another starts; more isekai and titties to come.

    heyhoeudoin

  • There'll be always a moment of peace, to spend time just to watch anime alone. Maybe reading a manga or/and light novels, if people or an individual really want to immerse themselves further more than just anime alone. And of course, without the "noises" from the social media.

    Gumagala_Lang

  • for every hot popular girl meets loser boy show that comes out humanity regresses 5 years

    almyx2

  • There is no shame in being weak, but staying weak is.

    AnimeNormee

  • Demon Slayer best fight, Marin chan best girl

    Necune

  • Don’t judge the book by it’s cover

    XxBlocKk

  • Tatakai Tatakai !!!

    joy_swifty

  • I hope more people can come to know and enjoy anime in the coming year as well~ but most importantly, let's all have fun watching it ^^

    Shikkakku

  • Quarantine with Anime. #Covid/21

    Forman420

  • PRETTY BOY DETECTIVE CLUB IS THE GOAT

    UltramanLarry

  • If anime was real it wouldn't be real

    cookiesforsanta

  • Bro Idk why I watch anime but it's good.

    Ihate-sand

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

    patate_betterave

  • always do your best, even if you accumulate defeats, know that you will accumulate a lot of victory by learning from your failures!

    ArkyEvxs

  • Fiquei muito feliz em acompanhar esses novos animes e temporadas. O ano se foi, junto com varias lembranças fantásticas, Mas vamos aguardar por mais momentos como esse ano que passou.

    Uva22doce

  • The mind is the only weapon that doesn’t need a holster

    Jiorl

  • If you're gonna walk on ice, you might as well dance.

    LeilaBargo

  • Stop looking down for once, and just look up and smile; so I can take your yearbook photo!

    PokeProX

  • Let's keep it subtle then BANG!

    efontanar

  • This was a good year.

    BLACK-RYO

  • Watching anime is a lot of fun. But what's more fun is to be able to share our anime discussions & cute anime screenshots moment together with my myanimelist friend & DIscord friend. My enjoyment for cute anime will never end!

    Cocoa_Hoto

  • 2021 anime is weird.

    AswdPlayz

  • Attack on titan is the truth of my life and everyone else life i have been waiting all this year's to know the truth but now I don't wanna end it but i have to because i need to know the truth aot is a masterpiece

    Eren_Jeager_24

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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