MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • I will always move forward if i can. If I can't i will think again.

    Afieqq

  • My first formal year in anime

    swabbie

  • Even there is thousand or millions people knows you, just remember that you only can trust yourself. So, please love yourself.

    Purara_17li

  • 2021 was an amazing year of anime and I am glad I lived through it.

    Welf06

  • I seriously really need to find a less misunderstood hobby.

    doomraider278

  • Fun things are fun!!

    Ringosfire

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

    God_Slayer17

  • 2021 for anime was like a lottery. You either got a great season with banger animes and another season where you were empty-handed.

    abhinavsawesome

  • 2022 gonna great man

    M0n5teRz

  • “Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!”

    Sora126

  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • So many anime so little time

    near94

  • \(ò×ó)/

    AkiraKogane

  • Woof *in a French accent*

    CrustyMustard

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

    MALILFS25

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

    mps4

  • ඞ ゴゴゴゴ ඞ

    Kimtheanimefan

  • 86 eigth-six is the best anime this year!!!!

    Ryab_

  • I've watched many anime in my life, many good, many bad. Many that were wrong to the source, and some that out shined the source. From the years of struggling to find anime, to now it is everywhere. I am glad ^w^.

    Lisacat15

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

    KioSensei

  • Speedwagon best waifu.

    Nemesis177

  • i've barely watched any of these anime so im mostly voting by vibes and vibes only

    noriakikakyoin

  • Boiji is best boy and best girl.

    Venom5970

  • Thank you to everyone for such a great year!

    NainaShrimp

  • "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

    Pixie_dust_412

  • stay sexy and dont get murdered

    cxttqn

  • Covid hit us hard, but it gave us more time to watch anime so it wasn’t that bad.

    Tuwwster

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

    KioSKa

  • Anime is not a mistake! XD

    jmas081391

  • It was a good year for anime

    jamesisarobot

  • 2021 good year

    peaskeeper

  • This year 2021 was full of great surprises and good animes where you can take refuge and feel the serenity that they emanate, and experience unique sensations.

    Zonx98

  • 2021 was my first year with MAL. And all these great anime made it so much more memorable. I hope all other years are as great as this. Also best romance show of this year were horimiya and tonikawa.

    ShadowMonarch09

  • Wait anime year of 2021 already ending ?!?!

    Roan_Ronaldo

  • Crunchyroll anime awards is a joke, sorry but I had to say it.

    Cofi_

  • Cool year. Also, piano goes slurp.

    ZeldaFreak69

  • Just watch anime that you like... No body choose what you watch... It is your choice...

    As7sasi3

  • To another year of great anime!

    CukieMunster

  • "Knowing you're different is only the beginning. If you accept these differences you’ll be able to get past them and grow even closer.” – Miss Kobayashi, Dragon Maid. Much love everybody!

    MasterZinc

  • 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

  • thank u mappa! please rest !

    echoesmirror

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

    Raccoonbro

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

    NakolHira

  • "Give up on your dream and die"

    ManeeshReddy

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

    Jiorl

  • fruits basket is a masterpieace??

    laviih_agb

  • 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

  • Sometimes it takes a real man to be best girl

    Nick838

  • The community behind the anime is like icing on the cake; irreplaceable and comes in all sorts to enjoy!

    Treeky_

  • "I Wish I Could've Lived My Life Without Making Wrong Turns. But That's Impossible. [...] We Make Mistakes. And Little By Little, One Step At A Time, We Push Forward." Yuki Sohma Natsuki Takaya Fruits Basket

    duducomo

  • it's been a tough year but these shows were my retreat from my home stress,school life and many more.

    SSalman

  • 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

  • Hope next year gets even better! Thanks to everyone for creating stuff like this and keeping MAL as the best community (๑˃̵ ᴗ ˂̵)و

    minsssk

  • 2021 was packed with so many amazing animes, I am glad that i got to see so many of them.

    The_Solitary_Guy

  • Catch me if u can , Mr. Holmes

    mdshies

  • This year has been amazing and packed but my favourite anime of this year was "Tokyo Revengers", The theme of changing the present by going into the past and the fact that all this was done by a delinquent is just fascinating and Baji's passing made it better and more tragic.

    XxSinpaixX

  • You can't move forward without saying goodbye to the past.

    sk7rpion

  • John could totally beat Goku

    Iambork

  • no thoughts head empty only uzui tengen and his wives

    poesracoon_karl

  • "I am the cutest no doubt!!"

    aruuuimi

  • A great year for anime released, but a sad one because of all the legends that passed away. Here's in remembrance of all those legends, May their souls rest in peace.

    StrawhatAJ

  • 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_

  • Adding Bojji in ''Must Protect'' is criminal.

    Judhill

  • I survived 2021 Thank god 2021 is blessed with lots of good series Hope next year I can survive

    doraemonpure

  • If I'd get a dollar for each unnecessary panty shot in Mierko-chan, I'd be a millionaire.

    -

  • 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

  • Roses are red, Violets are blue, Omae wa mou shindeiru.

    Acellah

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

    diaablo

  • petition for white haired anime guys to stop attacking me, thank you

    hyewon

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

    angelgrozd

  • “The worse I am at something, the better I feel when I work at it and learn how to do it.” – Rudeus Greyrat

    its_yorozuya

  • I watch Manga and read Anime. - RealCrayfish, 0000-6969, Spoken like a true weeb.

    RealCrayfish

  • Ainz-sama banzai!!!!

    Notferdo

  • "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

  • Have you touched some grass today?

    4esthetics

  • Some great manga got animated this year, can't wait for what the future holds

    Norami

  • Another year full of anime, another year of not having time to watch everything I wanted...

    Bell_cz

  • To Your Eternity was the saddest anime this year. Shaking and crying rn.

    genuinegiorno

  • Hey bitches bros and nonbinary hoes

    Pahvisensei

  • "Surpass your limits right here, right now" —Sukehiro, Yami

    JePKo22

  • It's been a awesome year with anime and MAL and I hope this year will be or more awesome than last year. -️ Excited for all the anime releasing this year ???

    DrakenXX01

  • This season was great but I'm still waiting for ice adolescence

    funanimelover13

  • genki ii ne... nani ka ii koto demo atta no kai?

    Dazonwraith

  • Don't underestimate me I know more than I say think more than I speak and notice more than you realize.

    FakeReality

  • "auuu aa au aah" A wise quote from a great king.

    Sheridan02

  • I may not have a life , but at least i have something to look forward to when i wake up.

    Anya_L

  • “The worse I am at something, the better I feel when I work at it and learn how to do it.” —Rudeus Greyrat

    Cheerios3402

  • I just started watching anime last year!

    Lindor420

  • “The archer class is really full of archers!”

    Jasundere

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

    lgght-249

  • Ex-Arm is the best, no doubt

    jaxiek

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

    Andre

  • "All it takes is one good decision." - Ranga, The Dungeon of Black Company

    morglea

  • Characters make stories, not the other way round...

    FuchsiaPhantasm

  • Jobless Reincarnation best anime of the year.

    Kalwin420YT

  • Onto the next one~!

    IheartAnime77

  • MyAnimeList has a better Anime Awards section than Crunchyroll, unironically.

    ApolloCloud

  • I'd vote hunter x hunter again this year but alas

    Xunstone

  • Contributing to make "cartoons" mainstream in the future and renaming it to "Anime".

    Cloret

  • I believed that Eastern animation could offer the pinnacle of direction, story-telling, and pure Sakuga art. I believed that it was misunderstood like A Silent Voice. Under-appreciated like Grave of the Fireflies. Then I watched Ex-Arm and now I don’t know what to think at all.

    Paperphoenix1907

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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