MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • "All the anime realised this year was amazing as expected from Anime " Some horable mentions 2021:- Re zero second season, Dr stone stone war, Vivy ,To your eternity, Takt op destiny and Demon slayer entertainment destrict.

    Aryak1410

  • One of the best seasons

    Kale_10

  • Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi opening, GA DEAM

    TTLMA

  • Life is a wonderous spring of everlasting knowledge

    Stefy4545

  • 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

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

    TheRiseofAnime

  • The cruel angel got his degree

    Reba

  • "Ex-Arm the best anime."

    sakamotoid

  • I like Bojii~

    imorih

  • We may say it was a good anime year!

    AnyTheFox

  • One of the best years in anime!

    Kry_Now

  • "Hey Bitches and Bros and non-binary hoes" —Adam, sk8 the infinity

    Harold_Bean

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

    AngelHana

  • Tatakae Tatakae

    Franklin1-N

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

    Dazonwraith

  • Woof *in a French accent*

    CrustyMustard

  • justice can be cruel

    hooman_matt

  • "bitches, bros and non binary hoes" - wise words from Adam

    FRognomz

  • “Set your heart ablaze”

    rengok

  • watched slice of life because i had no life

    Jahshaka

  • “Don’t hate the situation your born into” -Mitsuya Takashi Just one of my fav quotes :)

    gojosatoru12

  • Be nice to each other!

    Zoester

  • 2021 Best year for Anime, fact.

    KOTFTW

  • No Anime, No life

    red1130

  • Happy best anime year of the last 10 years

    SirApoolo

  • I've seen enough, I hope next year will surprise me !!!

    prima_rd

  • 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 want more and more people to watch anime

    ab_Sami

  • Boji-sama is one of the best characters ever created.

    fquirogam

  • Draken supremacy

    Tikaas_m

  • Kazuto was here, anime have brighten my whole year

    Kuroken_Kazuto

  • Anime be like "Please allow me to have your life"

    NakolHira

  • 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

  • The special was bad but wonder egg priority was so good it had to win an award at the chrunchyroll awards

    Kevinj2

  • 2021 has been a great year for Anime Tons of good shows aired, tons of GOATED shows announced a continuation Looking forward to this year of 2022. Let's wait for the anime hot takes of 2022.

    RenSuu

  • Tatakaë Tatakaë

    Rahul563

  • Anyone has a choice/option to choose but that doesn't mean that you will pick any of them because they look good in our eye's or they have a advantage among all choices/options the one that we must choose was where our hearts will be happy.

    Kimirato

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

    Koogmaster

  • Anime is laifu cuz waifu is waifu.

    Sallachi

  • 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

  • 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

  • What a year, Ex-Arm set a new standard for trash Anime.

    DarkLeafNinja

  • Another great year for mainstream anime. If only I had watched and enjoyed any of them.

    RobbiRobb

  • Pain changes People

    Lone02Wolf

  • "........" 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

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

    Aka_to_azure

  • I seriously really need to find a less misunderstood hobby.

    doomraider278

  • WE'RE THE TOKYO MANJI GANG!

    SpiderBear-11

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

    Shichibu

  • I hope Komi-san will win!

    mostakeajka

  • anime will not leave me i won't leave anime

    Fuyu-

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

    Bell_cz

  • “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

  • "Tatakae!"

    UnicornPie

  • Attack on titan is the truth of my life and everyone else life i have been waiting all this year's to know the truth but now I don't wanna end it but i have to because i need to know the truth aot is a masterpiece

    Eren_Jeager_24

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

    GleefulViolin

  • Enjoy things at your own pace

    peijj

  • The anime/manga community lost so many important people this past year- may them rest in peace, and may their legacies inspire even more amazing stories!

    LadyMithril

  • Quarantine with Anime. #Covid/21

    Forman420

  • Tatakae

    Animexcode

  • The Spring Sky is Bluer than I've ever seen. If I could give you this very sky as a gift, I would in a heartbeat.'

    anhiansh5

  • Mushoku Tensei was one of the Best Anime out this Year period.

    MVP_Varun

  • 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

  • 2021 was 30% Yabai

    Hartwick

  • Since this is the first ever MAL yearbook, So "whatever happens , happens". Glad to be a part of it, along with so many others. Finally "10 billion points" to the person who might publish this comment in the yearbook.

    Senku_Ishigami10

  • Don't wish for it. Work for it.

    sujini

  • This year was so lovable! Adorable and funny characters, relatable scenes, cool fights, cute couples-- what more could you want!!

    CurlyAnocas

  • I hope there will be more events like this, because it's fun

    ZeroUser07

  • I will always move forward if i can. If I can't i will think again.

    Afieqq

  • 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

  • "hey nana, do you remeber the first time we met? i believe in things like fate. so i think it was fate" —nana komatsu (hachiko)

    vivy666

  • Life is meaningless till you get up and give it one

    Mr_Gopnik

  • 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

  • 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

  • sum great anime noice

    Luukkey

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

    KingVcg

  • But a Quirkless middle schooler is also a suitable person!

    Rin_Setsuna

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

    genuinegiorno

  • horimiya supermacy

    smutnygoldi

  • First time doing this, but very hard to choose between these anime listed but I gone by what I think suit the best on those anime I have watch. Can’t wait for final outcome for these results outcome.

    Animekid3

  • no thoughts head empty only uzui tengen and his wives

    poesracoon_karl

  • ninomiya best prota of the year

    Gotai

  • There is no greater happiness and peace than sitting on the couch with a cup of tea and watching this year's anime with your loved ones, creating memes, even crying sometimes but also admiring, learning and being enchanted ...

    _swh_

  • JOJOOOOOOOO!!!!

    ropeccool

  • That's absurd, the perfect plan that I hatched using the collected demonite to control the company from both the front and behind the scenes to become a winner NEET across worlds...! But no...This can't be right, this is no way to die!

    Dj-Nash0

  • Anime made me realize how much talent and creativity there is in this world.

    SYDK_

  • Just imagine a world where all bananas turned blue over night.

    StephenBriggsby

  • 2021 was packed with so many amazing animes, I am glad that i got to see so many of them.

    The_Solitary_Guy

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

    Dukino

  • This year was... questionable??

    satsumaimo__

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

    MALILFS25

  • Ex-Arm’s animation was ahead of it’s time fr it was just too advanced for us to understand

    Jamk_

  • I like voting on anime/manga.

    Sellstedt

  • tatakae tatakae

    bahiisbored

  • Anime is a truly beautiful medium. Let us continue to enjoy it.

    Copyboy-13

  • “Everyone starts from zero. If you mess up, just try it. Figure out why, and try again.” —Miyamura Izumi "Memories can be painful. They can be a terrible burden. Sometimes, being able to forget is a... blessing. Eternity is a long time to collect bad memories." —Pyra

    Dgddgfg

  • Damn, this year went by so fast I forgot half of these.

    joey

  • I came here to enjoy every single anime and manga.

    blueypro

  • Hunter X Hunter came back this year, right? Right? Let's manifest.

    DeidoroSakaki

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

    Jenga

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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