"Yongara is freedom"

Almenir

Roses are Red, Violets are blue, I hate Adam from Sk8 And I hope you do, too

iforgor

Time is gold when watching bold.

Clockblocker299

beyound the boundaries and far away

zDenny

Dodging these Ls like I’m Light!!?????-️??-️?‍-️?

bersi4battery

Another year, another quarantine. BUT WITH MUCH MORE ANIME. Thank you anime for making it so much more bearable.

NummyNummers

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

Dazonwraith

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

Treeky_

The conclusion to fruits basket will be what I remember this year for.

Bolleatstoes

"I have one question for you what women is your type?" -Aoi Todo

Marty_1703

EX-ARM is a masterpiece,Dogeza de Tanondemita is the most wholesome show of the season and the most consistent show is undoubtedly " B :The Beginning Succession Jokes aside this years was better than the last one(at least in terms of anime ) best shows were SNK and BLUE PERIOD

Yanssen10

86 beat all the competition this year. Change my mind.

BucketBall

"Tatakae!"

UnicornPie

There is always a better waifu (except for mine which u will never know)

Mellowiam

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

noriakikakyoin

Amazing year

RCDims

Another year filled with yet more Isekais. I don't know whether I should be happy or be disappointed.

UsamiMitsu

Marin best girl of the year

imcy0812

Pako wanted to say thank you !

bananaslicer

Anime is God's greatest gift to mankind.

SomeDude

Don't wait for it, do it now because time is fast and never stopping.

ojou_san

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 you soo much for such a year filling with great anime.

PRIom_18

gotta say the anime were pretty good last year

aturtlzzz

"There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one`s life, one should not wish for another chance." —Saber

AltriaRuler

"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

May we all awaken to a better dystopia.

snarky-san

I started watching anime in August 2021 But man i enjoyed watching romance ! I hope 2022 will be way better

MuNameIsDavit

Being an anxiety patient I know I can't kick it out of life but Anime has helped me lot to get through it at every step. So I'm so grateful for anime to exist.

SasuSona143

I want more and more people to watch anime

ab_Sami

We have an TITAN amount of anime to watch!

Ren211

I was wondering why there's no single nomination for Love Live! Superstar!! and then I realize. That Liella! is always in my heart.

MochizukiTomoya

When there is nothing in life, when you feel down and you feel like there is nothing you can do, you can always turn to anime to make you feel high in life and then sad, then happy again, and then sad again...I don't know, watch anime I guess.

TheBlazman

It saddens me that there are people out there who are oblivious to the joy that anime brings!!

Anime_Emotion

we live for this

shadow_monarch42

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

With great fans, comes with great service

RvEc

THIS IS WHAT I WANT BABY, LET'S GOOOO

Dontraiver

Ore wa matsuri no Kami, soon I'll make you my tatami

Liliiii69

Odd Taxi = AotY - Watch it!!

PixelPenguin

anime is life

bgsOO3

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

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

xTadx

This past 2021 was a year! And I am pretty sure that 2022 is also a year, isn't it?

Ksoro

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

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

Bell_cz

1. "I will never give up untill my wish comes true" —ASTA 2. "This is the time you push past your limit" —Yami Sukehiro

MARKfeni

will there be chicken nuggets after this?

nice_69

Ousama Ranking, Odd Taxi and Sonny boy the best of 2021

Jokmatu

Look around Eren, at these big ass trees.

YoKitty

The storm that was approaching came this year

OceanRay

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain

-JM22-

For anyone out there struggling to finish your watch list because you keep adding even more anime to your list... Same.

Nat05

My mama always said 'life is like a game of Russian Roulette, you never know what you're gonna get'. That was the last thing she told me.

random_savage

If you don’t take risks, you can’t create a future!

Shichibu

Thank you 2021. Now, it is time to part. :)

Kaiyo_Shounen

Oh gosh, some of my nominated category were there! Must protect, hell yeah! Alright, folks, the yearbook concept is great. Thanks for this great idea. Reminds me much to my graduation book. Its sure can be more great if this can be a yearly tradition. Mal expo here i come!

badabass

Not the best year, but still enjoyable. Good luck for everyone

XNRaiser

Keep Smiling ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

ueno_

I’m grateful to MAL for being there with me every step of the way these past 10+ years. Thank you for providing such a fun place we can hang out and laugh with other fans! I look forward to the next 10!

YukiTsubaki

I am glad I found MAL because it’s made everything easier for me and I’ve also found many good animes because of it so I would like to thank MAL

K4B00M3R

"People die when they're killed"

Swampire016

I don't know which flopped harder: 2021, or The Promised Neverland Season 2 (that OP was pretty good though)!

marsspacedout

Rent a Goat

saumsung

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

almyx2

Shinzo wo Sasageyo

Akava_19

The past makes you wanna die out of regret, and the future makes you depressed out of anxiety, so by elimination present is likely the happiest time.

Barry_Allen_14

“Everyone has a side of themselves that they don’t want other people to see.” —Kyouko Hori

imFreppy

So many great shows this year!!

Cupanda64

*pushes glasses up and smiles*

SuperSass

another day another slay

eedle

2021 was the year I got into anime and I'm glad I became an anime fan at the perfect year where there were a lot of banger shows each season. It feels really good to be an anime fan and I will be looking forward to what 2022 has in store for us.

BAKUNAUA

Here’s to another amazing year for great anime to be on air, and I hope our MAL community will grow with greater bonds together!

LastSpark

If you have a bad day right now, believe me tomorrow or maybe next week will be a good day. Anime will be with you every time and Anime will be your motivation. Trying something new is never a pain

Michella_Rin

Hot people watch jojo

kynabv

Goddamn was this year good, for anime. Not so much for me or anyone, DUH

LordHetmanix2077

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

I really appreciate the idea of putting up a lot of the obscure shows that came out in the categories unlike most of the anime based award shows held recently, it really goes to show that the nominees were being selected based on the genuine enjoyment they offered and that's it.

Kazou-nozumu689

Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember… But where are those who share the memory?

ElBuscadores

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

RoastedCarrots

"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

Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

GemienLUV

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

Pritam_

Wonder Egg Priority and Death Parade need more content so I can prove to my boyfriend that they're the best. Please and thank you.

Hadles2043

Don't wish for it. Work for it.

sujini

fun year! hope for the best for the next one :))

moises_ishida

What a banger year

Alecks

"TATAKAE (fight)" by Eren Jeager

madarainklove

The year of catgirls and catboys

tappdancing786

Muy buen año

MIKEBRIST

Anime... Sure if a hell of a thing huh, I'm glad i fell down this rabbit hole.

MugenDarou

speedwagon best waifu

FALZAP

"Where’s my smile and my will to live? Gone" —Uramichi Oniisan

Morpeeko

Maximum Effort

WorstEdition

Tokyo Revengers was the best of the year

VictorVS

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

NotSkulls

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

BleachedAvatar

2000s were the best for anime, can't lie there

elle6969

I guess it was a pretty good year.

cornflake77