MAL Yearbook 2021

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

    dimo145

  • I live for anime!!

    ken__chin

  • This was certainly a year.

    Jhiday

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

    Kanekikenblackre

  • We have an TITAN amount of anime to watch!

    Ren211

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

    The-Harem-God

  • I should watch more anime.

    ILMTYD

  • Protect Tohru! If you don't I'm taking her man.

    Starmoonanime

  • “Don’t give up, there’s no shame in falling down! True shame is to not stand up again!” —Shintaro Midorima (Kuroko No Basket)

    KAMIKAZE605

  • Hello everybody, my name is Markiplier and welcome to Five Nights at Freddy's, an indie horror game that you guys suggested, in mass, and I saw that Yamimash played it and he said it was really really good... So I'm very eager to see what is up.

    AaronTheBaron

  • 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

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

    almyx2

  • Boiji is best boy and best girl.

    Venom5970

  • I think this year has been an amazing year for anime. It's been a long while since we've had a year where everyone can find something to watch, where every season has something that someone might be into. I'm really excited to see where we can go from here!

    strydderXD

  • Catch me if u can , Mr. Holmes

    mdshies

  • Anime has ruined my life.

    xllv

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

    whoisalorachan

  • 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

  • My choices are most likely not going to be acknowledged but hey, this Year was worth it.

    IceTP100

  • hinjaku hinjaku

    lanveii

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

    NoSize

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR WEEBS bring on the rumbling xoxo

    BenSpeirs

  • I've seen enough i'm satisfied

    Dguns

  • beyound the boundaries and far away

    zDenny

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

    FuchsiaPhantasm

  • I am happy

    Shintô

  • Banger year for Anime!

    FoxyVee

  • “Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!”

    Sora126

  • Wonder Egg Priority is good!

    leons106

  • "For love and for peace" —Vash the Stampede

    Dukino

  • Remember that time when you almost got eaten by a giant spider or that other time you stepped on a magical portal and the whole class got teleported to another world? Fun times. Keep in touch...NOT! Class of 2021-We don't suck. Byeee!

    Dragynfaerie

  • I love watching anime its really fun dattabayo

    amit004

  • I'm thankful for Anime & Mangas being part of my life. Things wouldn't be the same without so many passionate and creative people who're giving life to characters we can relate to and creating marvelous stories for us to experience. It is truly wonderful, to say the least.

    Zach-chan

  • Loved this year’s shows!

    zelitta

  • “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

  • You can always die. It's living that takes real courage

    Pritam_

  • "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

  • "Listen! Your biggest audience is women. And women have a shrewd eye. Kouka fans want a dreamlike fantasy. A beauty they could never hope to obtain." Kageki Shoujo!!, Ep 2

    Amy-hakase

  • "UUUUUUU AAAAAAAAA UUUUUUUUUU AAAAAAAAA" —Bojji

    IzzyBoi

  • "If I am wielding the sword then I cannot embrace you, if I am not wielding the sword then I cannot protect you"

    BleachedAvatar

  • "There's no such thing as a useless effort."

    Snow_Leopard123

  • Didn't watch enough this year I have failed you MAL overlords

    Ostrichsmoothies

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

    GTKL3

  • "Keep Going With Your Hobby Even If Your Hobby Is Strange"

    AlexeiChern

  • Adam might be looking for his Eve, but too bad, the Langa has his Reiki!

    Aka_to_azure

  • 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

  • So many great shows this year!!

    Cupanda64

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

    Lopika

  • Shinzo wo Sasageyo

    Akava_19

  • 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

  • 2021 was amazing though.

    Adhik

  • I like Bojii~

    imorih

  • If you somehow haven’t yet, please go watch vivy

    zombiemc1

  • 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

  • Wars are Everywhere, Peace is Inevitable, Anime is the Best

    MADEVIL

  • Great year for anime and manga in general!

    DarkHumor04

  • 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

  • justice can be cruel

    hooman_matt

  • 2021 just might have made up for 2020

    Diemetradon

  • 304629 will always be a favorite :)

    MLain

  • 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

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

    lj_aniweeb2

  • "Tatakae!"

    UnicornPie

  • Let's keep it subtle then BANG!

    efontanar

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

    GleefulViolin

  • 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

  • Vivy the best anime don’t @ me

    PapiVamp

  • 2021 was a year for anime

    chefpika

  • Ex arm best anime

    ElMolaik

  • One of the best year for anime fans-

    Golden_Name

  • This year is awesome, I won't forget this things I have watched this year. I hope this next year will be also an exciting year.

    Yt_LapPlayz

  • Cheers to another year of full of amazing shows! May the power of anime, be on your side!

    xTadx

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

    KaZeFrFr

  • This year I finally watched one anime. Maybe two.

    SnailSavant

  • "Humans are radically evil beings that is why we must be restrained by laws and it is necessary to form a nation, but we now value the sanctity of laws more than we value humanity even when we cried humans are virtuous peace never came" — Kant ~~ From Now On We Begin Ethics

    Aatihonora

  • "If God closes a door, you can climb through the window."

    Daruchev___2923

  • watched slice of life because i had no life

    Jahshaka

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

    Purara_17li

  • Fairy Ranmaru is 10/10 best Anime.

    HiruHatake

  • Tokyo revengers was the best this year in my opinion

    PutName_Here

  • 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

  • Sir Isaac Newton once said: "Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my favorite anime is Inferno Cop."

    NotSkulls

  • Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi opening, GA DEAM

    TTLMA

  • 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

  • So many anime so little time

    near94

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

    KioSensei

  • 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

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

    sakshi48

  • "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_

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

    noriakikakyoin

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

    Sheridan02

  • I cant believe that we lived in an era the we got to see EX ARM. What a time to be alive!

    Jenga

  • Muy buen año

    MIKEBRIST

  • The year where I was able to watch each and every genre and was able to expand my repertoire about these vast genres.

    EnRyuu12

  • I love this year

    Pandoraa

  • Started the year (and anime) with action shounen Ended the year with sex comedy 10/10, didn't regret this year one bit

    RoastedCarrots

  • EREN YEAGEEERR!!!!

    yoitsHan

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

    shunwen

  • Thank you My Anime List team for always adding new content to the site and for these events developed in the year 2021, I had a lot of fun participating in them, I really felt part of the community and I was very happy to have had the opportunity to do this all in 2021 :) -hugrim

    hugrim

  • I spilled my cereal writing this quote

    MrCattyWolf

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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