MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Gokō-no surikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kuunerutokoro-ni Sumutokoro Yaburakōji-no burakōji Paipopaipo Paipo-no-shūringan Shūringan-no Gūrindai Gūrindai-no Ponpokopī-no Ponpokonā-no Chōkyūmei-no Chōsuke.

    Reeku_01

  • 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

  • The journey of a weeb is arduous to say the least. There will never be enough time or money courtesy of mangas, their usually banger adaptations and waifu merch. But even living in a car with said waifu merch, its worth it. To many more years of anime and manga! Cheers!

    Ballistic_UwU

  • 2021 was full of surprises!

    mashirinon

  • The storm that was approaching came this year

    OceanRay

  • Anime is what lets me live in this world. No anime No Life

    AkarshG

  • Whatever you lose, you’ll find it again, but what you throw away you’ll never get it back

    KnightOfAstoria

  • Please don't ban me for having the word tiddy in my name, please. Thank you for a great year!

    TeiraTiddy

  • Marin best girl of the year

    imcy0812

  • Anime is trash, so am I!

    SorrowInApril

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

    morglea

  • 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_

  • 2021 might have been the most hectic year but in my opinion was the best year for me bcz of all the anime releases with genres ranging from Romance(kome san) to Tragedy(AOT), isekai, horror(Mieruko-chan) and much more.

    Tenma_Yato

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

    IrrelevantGuy

  • Let's see what we have this year!!!

    Kyrioscist

  • This year is a pretty good year for anime. We've got some amazing new shows like Mushoku Tensei, Ousama Ranking, Odd Taxi & 86. But we also got some shit like Mid Hero season 6, Bronze End and Ex-Arm. This year was a fun rollercoaster and I'm hoping that 2022 will be even better.

    You_Dont_Know

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

    Yasmin17

  • 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

  • Is this the Krusty Krab?

    DangerNoodle77

  • 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

  • Hey... If we kill all our enemies... over there... will we finally... be free?

    Sarthakahir

  • Ex arm anime of the year

    HARSHBEINGHARSH

  • ex-arm clears all of your favorites

    UltrqInstinct

  • Stay calm and weeb on.

    acutedream

  • Life is a wonderous spring of everlasting knowledge

    Stefy4545

  • "........" 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

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

    Cheerios3402

  • Kids say the darndest things. Why do they teach them in kindergarten how to (do) stand-up!

    ChadtheChampion

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

    Jiorl

  • 2021 was such a beautiful year for anime and by that I mean how many beautiful animes have been released. God that I'm thankful that my friends introduced me to it several years ago. Have a nice year

    Homosapiens-sama

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

    Lopika

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

    angelgrozd

  • 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

  • Have you touched some grass today?

    4esthetics

  • MAL (My Anime List)... more like: Magical Amazing (and) Loving! Happy first ever MAL expo! May we hope this year will be filled with new astonishing animes!

    HeyyL0ve

  • Kagehina is the best anime ship ever created

    ej_murray

  • "We think heroes exist only in story books, we don't realize how easy it really is to be a true hero. It can be something as complex as saving a life, or something as simple as being there for someone in their time of need. Never quit."

    MinMonster

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

    MADEVIL

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

    barnabasdudda

  • No Senpai, this is our fight

    ikkew

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

    Acellah

  • I like Bojii~

    imorih

  • Bloody Regina Took Over 2021

    Dam-0

  • "Give up on your dream and die"

    ManeeshReddy

  • "2022 better live up to what 2021 gave us"

    Vanitas

  • Imagine being a weeb, totally not me.

    LeifK_

  • tatakae

    rinkazukaa

  • your characters could be beauty monsters the cats will remain the most beautiful thing in the world Long live the king

    bastienr17

  • “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

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

    TheRiseofAnime

  • All I gotta say, we truly live in a susiety. p.s: The manga was better

    KingVcg

  • 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__

  • As the year ends, another starts and when another starts; more isekai and titties to come.

    heyhoeudoin

  • Many masterpiece anime in this 2021 but it's will be more masterpiece anime in 2022

    Atha_5

  • I finished Sword Art Online and I'm crying!

    CattyLeonhart

  • this year will be excitement to anime watcher and manga reader just like me.

    anike_love

  • To another great year!

    JohnnyKirisaki

  • good luck, have fun, dont forget to sin

    Grim

  • This year was better than last

    TheEpicMacbeth

  • For another year of good memes and anime

    Kypock

  • The day the anime community agrees on something is the day there is only one of us left.

    Blackmage03

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

    Blackwolf1421

  • Most deaths - Natsuki Subaru (LMFAO)

    GFLMA

  • Don’t judge the book by it’s cover

    XxBlocKk

  • I watch Anime. Just Anime.

    Oliver2085

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

    TheAn1meGen1us

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

    mps4

  • Without love it cannot be seen

    Emillian

  • With so many anime that, instead of pandering to trendy stuff, were more like passion projects, 2021 made me feel "Anime is getting good again". Oddtaxi, Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi, Sonny Boy and Heike Monogatari made the year much more enjoyable.

    Brottoy

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

    BendyBenditul

  • 2021 was a year for anime

    chefpika

  • Shinzo wo Sasageyo

    Akava_19

  • I watched as many of these as there are in the second digit of 2021

    Sailor_Sakka

  • "Hey bitches and bros and non-binary hoes" —Adam, SK8 the Infinity

    morenq

  • 超見える!!!!

    JDO27

  • 2021 has pretty decent animes...

    dddenji

  • Tatakae

    Cugio

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

    NicholasEvan

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

    TriaxL

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

    Abdullahthegreat

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

    HalfwayDeadz

  • Let us look forward to the next MAL Yearbook!

    Darkj25

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

    animenichijou

  • An Isekai a day keeps the doctors away!

    Chloe_Player

  • yeah, good year

    Ryan_Myzt

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

    lj_aniweeb2

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

    mxgumizz

  • "People said the world ending in 2012 was fake, but has anyone felt alive since then?"

    DeonX

  • "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

  • Stay AWESOME fellow otakus!

    The_Mighty_Otaku

  • The animes of 2021 were very good and quite funny, I hope that the anime industry continues to grow and continues to bring us new works as well as being able to rescue other works that were left behind

    Kokesr

  • 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

  • TATAKAE

    Katsuki_Katsudon

  • Yay, Anime!

    Maryca9

  • “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

  • Life is not a game of luck. If you wanna win, work hard.

    nzrnxshh

  • Over the past two years, the world has changed indescribably. But one thing that hasn't changed - the warmth, the creativity and the talent of our anime community. Thank you for everything!

    kyon981

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

    Mangriam

  • 2021 was stacked

    jamaicanelmo

  • My anime backlog is now longer than my expected length of life, what to do?

    WanderingRonin

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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