MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Anime is God's greatest gift to mankind.

    SomeDude

  • I will continue to bury myself more with anime.

    Jafet_Alfaro

  • Life is meaningless till you get up and give it one

    Mr_Gopnik

  • Never a boring day with good animes around-

    Fuwamoja

  • 2021 was 30% Yabai

    Hartwick

  • So many anime so little time

    near94

  • Don't be sad that a show that has ended, be happy of the journey you have experienced watching it.

    TriaxL

  • 10 billion percent exhilarating!

    C0rrekT

  • Bojji is the best -

    Skoord_

  • yall slept on heike monogatari

    akyrdfxhv

  • Everyday there's a way to come alive again... (chano)

    dalzovo

  • 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

  • Do I watch anime or does anime watch me?

    Freestyler589

  • The anime/manga community lost so many important people this past year- may them rest in peace, and may their legacies inspire even more amazing stories!

    LadyMithril

  • gotta say the anime were pretty good last year

    aturtlzzz

  • "give up on your dreams and die" —Levi Ackerman

    i_majr

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

    blueypro

  • tatakae

    rinkazukaa

  • 2021 was a year to behold for anime. The animators put their heart into their work like Vivy did with her singing. Give these overworked heroes a round of applause!

    DeliveryDiverge

  • Life is a wonderous spring of everlasting knowledge

    Stefy4545

  • To another year of great anime . KANPAI !!

    Riesho

  • 2021 is AMAZING.

    apinop_39493

  • Don't be such a drag, and just appreciate all of anime!

    Lukes_sketch

  • You can have the bad days so you can love the good days even more

    FlyinHawaiian808

  • "Precisely where one can fail, unimagined possibilities lie dormant" —Sōma Yukihira

    Ginxkun

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

    Blackwolf1421

  • Anime/Manga Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna say goodbye.

    Kanekikenblackre

  • Anime teach me to survive...???

    Fuyuki_Hashime

  • So much anime, so little time! I hope that MAL friends, staff, and I can always enjoy anime no matter how busy we are and thanks to all the staff from all the studios for your hard work, anime keeps getting better every year. Hope everything always goes well and is fun for us!

    309

  • Being an anxiety patient I know I can't kick it out of life but Anime has helped me lot to get through it at every step. So I'm so grateful for anime to exist.

    SasuSona143

  • Now, we shall part 2021 :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • 超見える!!!!

    JDO27

  • Pain changes People

    Lone02Wolf

  • What a great year to be an anime fan! Greetings to Jump, Jhofran, Diotmar and José Viva Venezuela Nojoda ??

    LuchoTG17

  • 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

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

    Indigo_123

  • We may say it was a good anime year!

    AnyTheFox

  • "Tatakae" —Eren Jeager

    MrSuperElite

  • I still need Horimiya season 2.

    Kevin_101

  • EREN YEAGEEERR!!!!

    yoitsHan

  • Soda… Boku ga Kira ?

    Memochi

  • Slowly mal evolve into something very nice. Hope this get great each year with more category spread on it and more great event coming along with expo. At least its need to reach 1 months long!

    Vvivvcv12

  • Anime is life

    Haruhi_Sarutobi

  • Pako wanted to say thank you !

    bananaslicer

  • U MUST WATCH LINK CLICK

    Cxsjacket

  • Mushoku Tensei is anime of the year. If Arcane was an anime, then Mushoku Tensei and Arcane is anime of the year.

    Touch_Me-sama

  • I am glad I found MAL because it’s made everything easier for me and I’ve also found many good animes because of it so I would like to thank MAL

    K4B00M3R

  • “What you consider normal often turns out to be what makes you, you.” —Ooba Mayu (Blue Period)

    Lopika

  • Kimetsu No Yaiba is amazing

    Kuso_desu

  • Be nice to each other!

    Zoester

  • “I love you. When did I start to love you so much?” —Kyo Sohma

    Taytortot4611

  • justice can be cruel

    hooman_matt

  • Onto the next one~!

    IheartAnime77

  • "I'll love you even more so you don't have to worry about me cheating" A minute later "Is it alright if I date 2 girls at once?" —Kanojo mo Kanojo, one of the most random but funny anime in 2021.

    ReallyNotLuky

  • "It's because I loved her most that I wanted to kill her as swiftly as possible." —Akame ga Kill!

    BendyBenditul

  • I love anime - thanks #MAL

    itmeh_piyush

  • The year of catgirls and catboys

    tappdancing786

  • "Don't judge book by its cover" —Miko Yotsuya

    gotthea

  • 2022 gonna great man

    M0n5teRz

  • I don't know which flopped harder: 2021, or The Promised Neverland Season 2 (that OP was pretty good though)!

    marsspacedout

  • "To know sorrow is not terrifying. What is terrifying is to know you can't go back to happiness you could have." ~ Matsumoto Rangiku (Bleach)

    MADM4X_

  • good luck, have fun, dont forget to sin

    Grim

  • Last year was great for anime, lots of great shows, I can't wait to see what surprises are coming this year!

    Felpzz

  • Hunter X Hunter came back this year, right? Right? Let's manifest.

    DeidoroSakaki

  • バスガス爆発ブスバスドライバー (Basu gasu bakuhatsu busu basu doraibā)

    ShihaiOkenja

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

    Zakku-

  • 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

  • “Take the blue and the red and make purple to win the game”

    Raccoonbro

  • 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

  • ANIME IS LOVE AND ANIME IS LIFE!!!!

    TheAn1meGen1us

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

    hamso-

  • I have not seen more than half of the anime in this list. But oh well. Good luck and have fun in your future life and always remember as what you've seen and experienced will always disappear.

    JSpaceS

  • Fun things are fun!!

    Ringosfire

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

    Itsumo_Issho

  • Anime is laifu cuz waifu is waifu.

    Sallachi

  • All Anime is well, but no more Ex-Arm descendant please

    mikazukimizuki

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

    Patwo2

  • you can like anime but you don't have to be a weeb

    jafo9703

  • THE DYNAMIC DUO NOMINEES MADE ME SCREAM FR

    marini_the_gomi

  • This anime year was incredible but I hope next year we will look at this one and go: "man that was a bad year for anime compared to this".

    BunicuMarin

  • Loved this year, so many great anime released and hoping for more isekai genre anime and manga to come out!!!

    Abdullahthegreat

  • My first year watching anime, and it was a banger.

    barnabasdudda

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

    Ice-cube

  • Imagine thinking I would even consider protecting anyone over my best boy Bojji

    Chizzie

  • I like to quote a saying said by Rider from Fate Zero. "Whatever you do. Enjoy it to the fullest, that's the secret to life"

    Fun_Dragonfruit

  • "You were expecting a quote, but it was me DIO!"

    Youngman626

  • "It's not your fault, it's just that the world sucks. So, keep your chin up and persevere!"

    _MushiRock11_

  • 10 years ago, it started with Naruto. 10 years later, I met One Piece. Once again, I fell in love with you again, Anime

    Zonigiri

  • I hope in the future have anime from my country Malaysia.

    MALILFS25

  • I’m new but happy to be here :)

    Rhythmme

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

    almyx2

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

    KioSKa

  • 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

  • „” —Komi Shouko

    domis1

  • This is so much better than crunchyroll awards where the judges are the ones whose votes really matter. Loving all the events MAL has been doing recently and can't wait to see MAL grow even more. (thanks for the badges, keep giving us more~)

    Legends_of_anime

  • 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

  • SPRING 2021 WAS THE BEST SEASON OF ANIME PERIOD.

    raryaryagi

  • You aren't doing it wrong if you don't know what you are doing

    angelgrozd

  • Here's to many more wonderful animes to come!

    Trekker10

  • What a great year for anime. I enjoyed watching every seasonal anime this year. Some brought joy and some brought sadness. We all are blessed with these wonderful shows. I appreciate every single one of them.

    Khunime

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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