MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Tooru Honda best girl

    Asdq_11

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

    Ginxkun

  • Girls are just temporary but anime are eternal and forever!

    Dark_Phoenix13

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

    lgght-249

  • One of the best seasons

    Kale_10

  • I ain’t got no girls cuz of anime frfr

    KaZeFrFr

  • Let us look forward to the next MAL Yearbook!

    Darkj25

  • 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

  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • 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

  • something creative and funny ...plz chuckle

    rem00kh

  • Juuzou Suzuya is the Best.

    Suzuyadesuga

  • What a wonderful year this has been for anime! Hehe, BEANS.

    Jingrado

  • I'm too lazy to come up with something creative, so just let this be my yearbook quote I guess

    IrrelevantGuy

  • sad bcs no sonny boy :(

    Godspeeeed

  • Don’t really know what to say but I’m glad to be a part of this yearbook 2021!

    Animefan5100

  • Nuuuuu! Vampire Dies Community was the friends we made along the way!

    Froz3npancake

  • The year was full of smiles and laughs (and some sad) feelings with all the shows that aired. I really enjoyed watching so many shows that made me smile.

    Sparkheart

  • fruits basket is a masterpieace??

    laviih_agb

  • Amazing year

    RCDims

  • Hope everyone enjoys another year watching anime and reading manga! Cheers!!

    Bearan

  • 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

  • Thank you٩( 'ω' )و

    malyama

  • Good year

    Simy45

  • Cheers to one more year of not taking baths, the ladies love that.

    GanjiMEX

  • I don't know if getting into anime was a good idea.

    chubritsa

  • I must say that there are couple of good anime this year, but the most anime I liked this year are not in most of the selection. Which I understand, not everyone has the same taste. The best anime that I enjoyed in the year of 2021 is Horimiya because I read the manga which enjoy

    PrimRose_20

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

    doraemonpure

  • Strange Cab is the best anime of 2021.

    fluffycow17

  • So many anime so little time

    near94

  • The year of neverending ups. Each coming season was a banger.

    AdityaKanu

  • Thank you.

    Nxiety_

  • F*cking this year so many caught omicron

    LynScroni

  • 2021 is AMAZING.

    apinop_39493

  • Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

    GemienLUV

  • "None but you can determine your own worth" —Kiriha, Tsugu Tsugumomo

    TheRiper

  • This year was pretty shit, the anime were neat tho

    Koogmaster

  • An Isekai a day keeps the doctors away!

    Chloe_Player

  • "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

  • My first formal year in anime

    swabbie

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

    Zakku-

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

    mxgumizz

  • This was a good year.

    BLACK-RYO

  • I had a wonderful year with wonderful anime let's hope to have a the same for this year ??

    sakshi48

  • Can’t rate everything if I didn’t watch everything.

    Abeckford

  • The year that raised anime benchmarks!

    xyzhritwik

  • Even though the year has been hard for everyone I’m glad I have the awesome anime and manga community to keep me company! \(>~<)

    ShinseiNeko

  • The more you watch, the more you learn!!! This quote literally describes what feelings I have with anime. It helped me through tough times and I'll always be ready to touch new horizons with it.

    Scorpiox__

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

    LuchoTG17

  • i must say, tokyo revengers was so depressing i started calling is tokyo depressengers. 10/10, especially the manga.

    Yato66_

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

    Welf06

  • "there is no hope without light, and light cannot shine without hope" azulongmon, digimon adventure 02

    lightinhereyes

  • The Greatest joy tht i've never felt....

    SAHILxTANJIRO

  • How are you all today? I hope you are all right and have voted for good things! No matter whatever you vote, it's your vote and your vote only and that's what you decide. Have a lovely Christmas, it's going to be a good on this year. Easter is going to be alright too, have fun!

    Thegirlwithfish

  • "Hey B*tches and bros, and non binary h*es!" Haven't seen as good a dub as this since Ghost Stories (Gakkou no Kaidan.

    Pigsonx

  • Youji Itami spoke facts when he said "I work to support my hobby. So if you asked me which I'd choose my job or my hobby, my hobby takes priority."

    jessieshim

  • Soy un gayolas, qué más iba a votar si no xdd

    Jack_el_Putas

  • Here to another good year for anime!

    AngeloMC21

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

    BendyBenditul

  • Nice year...

    Llacerta

  • I like anime, yes I do.

    Edimon2907

  • "........" 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

  • I laughed, I cried, I was upset, I was excited, I was nervous, I fell in love, I broke up, I thought, I screamed, I kept quiet, and I finally enjoyed it. And I made good memories for myself. I hope to go forward with anime like this every year and be satisfied and happy.-

    P-D-Ace

  • EREN YEAGEEERR!!!!

    yoitsHan

  • If you spend your 2021 without watching 86, then you have a one miserable year.

    Raizu_Ji

  • To another year of great anime . KANPAI !!

    Riesho

  • amazing year

    XarkezPL

  • 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

  • “Let it be known that Catarina Claes is best girl”

    TsunderesMan

  • yall slept on heike monogatari

    akyrdfxhv

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

    Skyetifaeger

  • BAKAYARO KONOYARO

    Furexx

  • “When life gives you lemons, watch anime.”

    callen7408

  • 2021 was a very dry season for anime. 2022 is already looking good though, so here's to a great anime year in 2022!

    OrbitalForce

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

    Bell_cz

  • "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

  • "Even if you're the main character, you can still die... I better be careful-ttebayo." —Gintoki Sakata.

    GTKL3

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

    Itsumo_Issho

  • Now looking back it was a great year for anime we got some very great tropes like that of an anime with just wholesomeness and normal life mixed with fantasy element without any action or drama in it and there were other great original stories like that of odd taxi and link click

    Karrem

  • First of all thanks to MAL team for keeping up the great work and my next year wish would be no more redo of the healer type of anime pls make it stop it’s not for fkn TV bruuh.

    Makushimu_Yroma

  • KnY is not carried by animation otherwise the manga sales won't be this high

    Shakariki_Gengoro

  • 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

  • "Draken te amo" - Draken, Tokyo Revengers Anime popped off in 2021, and so did MAL! I'm glad I get to share my interest with everyone on this site!

    Bongoblaster

  • Hi there :) I don't know what to write but I will become bestfriends with someone who loves romantic comedies as much as I do

    delooloo

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

    Ihate-sand

  • “Catch me if you can Mr Holmes” —William Moriarty

    Astrqriius

  • Without love it cannot be seen

    Emillian

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

    TheRiseofAnime

  • Don't criticize other anime because of your favorite anime. STAY HEALTHY AND KEEP WATCHING ANIME.

    dl_ats_963

  • Seasons are great, if you keep track of it.

    ItsEmina

  • Everything is amazing with its quantity and quality. While I haven't seen many productions, the ones I have seen were great, and my anticipation of the episode itself was a lot of fun (and impatience). Thank you to everyone who has worked hard to make this year so amazing!

    akafterskvr

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

    whoisalorachan

  • I've personally haven't watched much of this year's animes but still it is propably best year of anime ever!

    Nyanko-senpai

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

    SomanshuAikat

  • speedwagon best waifu

    FALZAP

  • 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

  • I Asked God For A Bike, But I Know God Doesn't Work That Way, So I Stole A Bike And Asked God For Forgiveness

    Kyrages

  • What a lovely year!

    Brawlkuriboh

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

    ArkyEvxs

  • “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

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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