MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • “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

  • The year sucked but rocked. I watched anime till I drop. I think I'm dead but alive. I could become the definition of contradiction.

    raychanliyue05

  • There'll be always a moment of peace, to spend time just to watch anime alone. Maybe reading a manga or/and light novels, if people or an individual really want to immerse themselves further more than just anime alone. And of course, without the "noises" from the social media.

    Gumagala_Lang

  • TATAKAE

    Katsuki_Katsudon

  • went in Link Click expecting drama, got depression instead :') watch it if you haven't yet!!!

    IIashII

  • Great year for anime and manga in general!

    DarkHumor04

  • Nuuuuu! Vampire Dies Community was the friends we made along the way!

    Froz3npancake

  • Sekai wa zankoku da sore demo kimi wo aisu yo ( and I mean it ) -o(-﹏-)o --

    Mcreamb-

  • It's been one hell of a year, though I can't really remember what happend since my memory sucks. It seems like sequels and isekai are the most prominent anime this year, but I'm not complaining, since I'm a sucker for fantasy anime. I just hope 2022 will be an even better year.

    Cxy14

  • Odd Taxi was great!

    gabotinus316

  • We have an TITAN amount of anime to watch!

    Ren211

  • "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

  • 2021 anime is weird.

    AswdPlayz

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

    almyx2

  • "People die when they are killed" —Emiya

    GrimmZ0ne

  • Najimi Osana must have been in must protect!!!

    Almendraisreal

  • “When life gives you lemons, watch anime.”

    callen7408

  • Tokyo revengers was the best this year in my opinion

    PutName_Here

  • Rent a Goat

    saumsung

  • Fun things are fun!!

    Ringosfire

  • YEARBOOK QUOTE JANAI! KATSURA DA!

    Sidelink

  • Vivy best anime 2021

    UnclearTurtle10

  • Everyday there's a way to come alive again... (chano)

    dalzovo

  • #2021 The Anime Year for generations to come, had everything from Attack on Titan to Ex Arm, from Komi san to To your Eternity. Glad I watched so many shows this year, but at the same time sad that I skipped so many gems( will definitely watch them).

    Ironaditya

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

    Lopika

  • The year that raised anime benchmarks!

    xyzhritwik

  • Shinzo wo Sasageyo

    Akava_19

  • Anime will always love in pur hearths forever

    Rainanime8

  • Anime is something that makes us wanna dream.

    Eriskyyy

  • 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

  • To another year of great anime . KANPAI !!

    Riesho

  • “Amazing anime year has passed, but there will be more to come”

    jXcileJ

  • "I just keep moving forward... until my enemies are destroyed."

    SomanshuAikat

  • Since I've gotten into anime, I don't watch as much hentai as I thought I would. Anime does it for me just fine ;)

    p1sh

  • speedwagon best waifu

    FALZAP

  • This year was... questionable??

    satsumaimo__

  • There's too much anime, I can't keep up!

    DominickFisher

  • The storm that was approaching came this year

    OceanRay

  • Never force main stream anime on the your friends. Let them watch whatever they want on their pace.

    Almaazmi

  • 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

  • I wanna give a shoutout to the MAL discord mods for soldering through all the spoilers and the sus comments You will all be missed

    VivavideoUser2x

  • Anime is trash, so am I!

    SorrowInApril

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

    KingVcg

  • Anime is life

    Haruhi_Sarutobi

  • Heike monogarari and Sonny Boy are perfect, change my mind.

    patate_betterave

  • Vivy, ODDTAXI, 86, Mushoku Tensei, Ranking of Kings, and Link Click all in the same year. This was by far the greatest year in anime history, with so many masterpiece shows. (also watch Shadows House, it was very underrated)

    weebheadkyle_png

  • Oh I actually love so many of the animes that came new in 2021 and I’m so clad that I found this app I really appreciated because it makes my life so much easier and more comfortable

    Annamrfm

  • 2021 was full of surprises!

    mashirinon

  • You're nice keep going

    Army45

  • This year was the year in which I was introduced to the world of anime. I am so happy to be able to enjoy this year with a vast variety of shows to binge watch every single day. I will never forget the day that I discovered the source in which gave a smile on my face.

    100_Percent_Real

  • 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

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

    GTKL3

  • First of all thanks to MAL team for keeping up the great work and my next year wish would be no more redo of the healer type of anime pls make it stop it’s not for fkn TV bruuh.

    Makushimu_Yroma

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

    MugenDarou

  • 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

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

    morglea

  • I want more and more people to watch anime

    ab_Sami

  • "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

    Pixie_dust_412

  • Marin best girl of the year

    imcy0812

  • If I'd get a dollar for each unnecessary panty shot in Mierko-chan, I'd be a millionaire.

    -

  • The best waifu was us all along

    lazyinternsan

  • justice can be cruel

    hooman_matt

  • Mushoku tensei is peak fiction

    Benwell

  • Live life like you’re MC in a romance anime.

    FlyingBacon365

  • Best Anime Year Yet!!)

    Brabd

  • People's lives don't end when they die, it ends when they lose faith

    SideCharacterKal

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

    iforgor

  • So much time, so little effectively used time.

    budrking354

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

    ChadtheChampion

  • I love watching anime a lot, It changed my life. I was inspired by its animation and started a youtube channel named BVJ Animation where I am trying to make high quality content like anime. Thank you anime for supporting me ??.

    BlessonJoseph

  • fruits basket is a masterpieace??

    laviih_agb

  • I am small. I have no money. Yet I’ll still find the money for manga.

    GeekFood

  • 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__

  • The world isn't perfect. But it's there for us, doing the best it can....that's what makes it so damn beautiful.

    devilgod431

  • CuteWinter:When a girl smiles she's beautiful as a blooming flower~Daisuke SadSpring:I aint giving up. To not give up I have a reason~Hanagaki WearySummer:If God exists then he should extend my deadline~Kobayashi EpicFall:You're my Kouhai so let your Senpai spoil you a bit~Takeda

    holmeskudo

  • 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

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

    Pre_Yum

  • "Knowing you're different is only the beginning. If you accept these differences you’ll be able to get past them and grow even closer.” – Miss Kobayashi, Dragon Maid. Much love everybody!

    MasterZinc

  • "It feels better to check than to reflect." —Jack Stauber

    Izac_Kak

  • Without anime my life would be boring

    Yabooijohnny

  • I've watched many anime in my life, many good, many bad. Many that were wrong to the source, and some that out shined the source. From the years of struggling to find anime, to now it is everywhere. I am glad ^w^.

    Lisacat15

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

    DarkLeafNinja

  • This is my BANKAI

    Shadow_Killer783

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

    AdityaKanu

  • We may say it was a good anime year!

    AnyTheFox

  • Cheers to one more year of not taking baths, the ladies love that.

    GanjiMEX

  • Without love it cannot be seen

    Emillian

  • Anime is not a mistake! XD

    jmas081391

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

    Dazonwraith

  • They are all good and masterpieces...so this is really hard to vote among them...then i will vote some characters, openings... according to my favourite....

    Debjit_Roy

  • Hei hei hei, let’s enjoy all anime with happy ?

    Megumiya

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

    IceTP100

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

    MVP_Varun

  • When somebody ask me ''why is Fairy Tail your favorite anime" i only have one answer ''because it makes me forget that i don't have anybody who wants to real be with me. And Fairy Tail is about friendship and i want what they have ''

    saliona

  • Here to another good year for anime!

    AngeloMC21

  • Keep on watching

    OzeNix

  • 2022 gonna great man

    M0n5teRz

  • “Take the blue and the red and make purple to win the game”

    Raccoonbro

  • 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

  • Anime's gay... I love it

    LandSwimmer

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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