"Never giving up is my Magic!" —Asta from Black Bulls

ShiinaMH

“The spring sky is bluer than I've ever seen. If only I could gift you this wonderful sky. No, I know what you'd like better. A cake with lots of whipped cream on top. ” —Izumi Miyamura

Tamago_Senpai14

Bury me with Hyrum Smith glasses.

Nero_nan

Imagine being a weeb, totally not me.

LeifK_

What a banger year

Alecks

I know like three anime, but cheers to watching more next year, and finding my place on this site!

AgeofTitanium

In 2021, we learned from anime that adulthood sucks, dragons must also pay their taxes like good citizens, being undead does not have to stop you from being a good parent, former yakuza make great homemakers, and to never forget the tale of the Heike. A splendid year indeed!

AnnaSartin

Do I watch anime or does anime watch me?

Freestyler589

Anime is the best medicine ever existed in my life!

Aimideas

Draken you will win

K0NNA

Good year for anime lovers.

NERo0o

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

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

Blackwolf1421

This year was pretty shit, the anime were neat tho

Koogmaster

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

The-Harem-God

Anime is Trash and so am I.

Mayu_jamir

I wonder and i hope, may the best ones win.

lj_aniweeb2

As a child I wanted to be Naruto, but damn! As an adult I can relate to Uramichi Onii-san!! Well, now I get it why Levi said "Give up on your dreams and die."

AishAndAnime

Live life don't let it live you!

Galador_Silva

Not many will appreciate the beauty of their surroundings like you do. Spend time with those that do. Mushoku Tensei, 2021 was a golden Isekai-era ---!

Exosfeer

This year not only gave me fantastic shows to view but it also gave me an addiction to seasonals. I'm still trying to figure out if that was a good thing.

Kielbaska

"Life Is Suffering. It Is Hard. The World Is Cursed. But Still, You Find Reasons To Keep On Living.” - Princess Mononoke (1997)

animenichijou

Strive for 7 episodes per week! Bring back my Mikasa. Thank you Japan!

kalivo

I like anime, yes I do.

Edimon2907

Don't wish for it. Work for it.

sujini

Last year anime was so epics and hoping this year is going to blow minds, let the best anime win

Lilgabbi

This year I finally watched one anime. Maybe two.

SnailSavant

"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

you guys have forgotten the best anime of 2021, Higehiro :)

NicholasEvan

Always found what I search on MAL ^^

Tiara A.

Tatakae Tatakae

Franklin1-N

Moriarty the Patriot was such an amazing anime of all . It displayed a beautiful image of the discrimination between Earls and oppressed.

Amna Hasan Mirza

i keep moving forward until i destroy my enemies

ARK028

GET THE JUICE

InVaL_iDKore

I came here to enjoy every single anime and manga.

blueypro

yes, I'm a WEEB w - tatakae tatakae e - Shinji get in the robot e - mappa please give us YOI movie already b - help

yukyuuu

wonder egg deserved better

lunanamu

hinjaku hinjaku

lanveii

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 What 2020 should have been.

Animefan1846

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

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

BendyBenditul

Tatakae

Animexcode

Just enjoy what ever anime you want, respect each other preference and the thing that you need to always remember when watching is never judge a book by its cover and never underestimate them. Also not to forger thank you MAL for being best anime database ever! ありがとうございます！！

Mal_functionz

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

LeilaBargo

BAKAYARO KONOYARO

Furexx

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

chubritsa

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

genuinegiorno

DAMN, that was some hardest decisions of my life??(´ε｀ )

Mangriam

Life is a wonderous spring of everlasting knowledge

Stefy4545

a good year with a wide variety of anime

Maxitto

I used to be normal, then I spent three years in Japan

SoggySlopster

Having happy and beautiful memories won’t always bring you salvation. The more beautiful a memory is, the more painful it can become.

Yasmin17

Let us look forward to the next MAL Yearbook!

Darkj25

Never Forget Rengoku- a delicious slayer of demons.

falloutforari

Akatsuki is life, Akatsuki is love #VillainsFTW

katsukidayou

THISS YEARR IS MY BEST WEEBSS YEARR, I SPEND JUST LIKE 1000 hours a week just to watch anime

Shermon-lock

sonny boy anime of the year

boykunron

Yay, Anime!

Maryca9

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

To the boy who sought freedom, goodbye.

eheh

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

idk what to say, but uh, there's just one thing i can say in here. keep living your life and don't ever forget that the "anime" is here for you.

notshiro17

2021 was rough but anime 2021 was lit. Thanks for helping with noting things to watch!

TheMidnightWolf

Tooru Honda best girl

Asdq_11

John's a sweet cinnamon roll too good for this world!

Hannibal42

The stories might've not been rock solid, but I sure was.

Sigima

Found my freedom! Eren could never

Celineeekh

Based Ex Arm

mosuwain

Another strong year.

Thunder_lol

Anime is my way to escape from this harsh reality.

noir_blancc

“I just wanted to make it clear there were people here. And make sure I don’t forget.” – Fushi

qweaenr

Speedwagon best waifu.

Nemesis177

“I’m not worried about girls. But when I think about some guy taking you, I can’t ...” - Hori

Pengster

To watch anime every day makes me happy

SandraEis

"I perservered."

princessLINDAA

I have achieved another goal this year, which is to get married! married to my job.

AngelHana

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

Acellah

2021 was the year I started reading manga. I also became more open in the types of anime I watched!

Ralphox

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

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

Aninoob1234

F*cking this year so many caught omicron

LynScroni

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

Sheridan02

Dont let it go that deep, just breathe.

iDevil360

2021 was a great year for anime and lets hope 2022 is the same Also oddtaxi and fruits basket are best anime of 2021

Choccygamez12

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

DrakeAnderson

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

MAL, please start your own Anime Awards. They'll be much better.

Pre_Yum

2021 Legendary Moments ^( '-' )^

Aoi_Etsuko

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

HalfwayDeadz

Average anime is good! we have to start seeing anime from the story, basically what makes it good is the story! this year's anime is good, I like it!

KenYuza

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

Maximum Effort

WorstEdition

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

"2022 better live up to what 2021 gave us"

Vanitas

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

MALILFS25

Ex arm best anime

ElMolaik

anime is a retreat from a retreat as in it is another version of tv and some look at tv as a retreat and anime fits thats because anything is possible as long as one can draw it

grim_the_reaper

With great fans, comes with great service

RvEc

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

AdityaKanu