MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • I live for anime!!

    ken__chin

  • Cool year. Also, piano goes slurp.

    ZeldaFreak69

  • This year absolutely blew my mind

    Evilhunger

  • Don't criticize other anime because of your favorite anime. STAY HEALTHY AND KEEP WATCHING ANIME.

    dl_ats_963

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

    The-Harem-God

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

    AkarshG

  • Always found what I search on MAL ^^

    Tiara A.

  • The art of life is the art of avoiding pain

    -JM22-

  • This year was an overall good year with lots of amazing anime! Looking forward to the next.

    Acoustic_Sammy_X

  • There is no shame in being weak, but staying weak is.

    AnimeNormee

  • Have another happy anime year!!!

    Dr_Lepic

  • "People die when they are killed" —Emiya

    GrimmZ0ne

  • Catch me if u can , Mr. Holmes

    mdshies

  • Sometimes it takes a real man to be best girl

    Nick838

  • -a very cool quote-

    JustCallMeKou

  • I don't care what other people think of me. I enjoy my life with my own rules

    Nikurumi

  • What a banger year

    Alecks

  • thank u mappa! please rest !

    echoesmirror

  • Introspection is the key to attaining success

    Leylin_Balvan

  • 2021 was a very dry season for anime. 2022 is already looking good though, so here's to a great anime year in 2022!

    OrbitalForce

  • 2021 was the best year of Anime that just kept on giving!

    Ckea

  • "Don't care what anyone else thinks about you, because no one thinks about."

    DeonX

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

    AltriaRuler

  • sad bcs no sonny boy :(

    Godspeeeed

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

    Raccoonbro

  • Sure I graduated, but how will this affect Guts’s legacy?

    Lennyzard

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

    CurlyAnocas

  • Not many will appreciate the beauty of their surroundings like you do. Spend time with those that do. Mushoku Tensei, 2021 was a golden Isekai-era ---!

    Exosfeer

  • Don't be shy or feel bad about enjoying anime. Don't let others judge the things you enjoy. You be you, and enjoy what you enjoy. Innocent or degenerate, you'll still be happy as an otaku, if you love being an otaku.

    RiverChan

  • JOJOOOOOOOO!!!!

    ropeccool

  • I should have watched more anime!

    TripleLutzz

  • “Takemitchy, listen this whole time, there’s been poop stuck in your hair” —Mikey, Tokyo Revengers

    Grizzly69er

  • A bad year for me but anime and manga helped me get through it like a train passing through a thunderstorm .

    RyuzakiKen99

  • Kyouko Hori best girl

    IAmWastingAir

  • "You were expecting a quote, but it was me DIO!"

    Youngman626

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

    patate_betterave

  • always do your best, even if you accumulate defeats, know that you will accumulate a lot of victory by learning from your failures!

    ArkyEvxs

  • What a lovely year!

    Brawlkuriboh

  • "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

  • Hope you enjoy your year and spend time with the family!!!!!!!!

    superbusters654

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

    -

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

    Aka_to_azure

  • Mushouku Tensei is the real anime of the year

    Witra

  • Never Forget Rengoku- a delicious slayer of demons.

    falloutforari

  • anime is a retreat from a retreat as in it is another version of tv and some look at tv as a retreat and anime fits thats because anything is possible as long as one can draw it

    grim_the_reaper

  • Hope for the best this year.

    LOL223

  • (-‿--) Dear Weebs of MAL, you are sugoi. Whatever is going on in your kokoro right now, please know that you are kawaii and your story is not a filler. You are loved (-‿--)

    Otttoc

  • Why fall in love with people when I can fall in love with fictional characters

    _virara

  • -My depression is chronic but the animes I watch are iconic-

    Sunny_Sun

  • 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

  • Kimetsu No Yaiba is amazing

    Kuso_desu

  • With great fans, comes with great service

    RvEc

  • "If you don't like your destiny, Don't accept it. Instead have the courage to change it the way you want it to be."

    Namblue11

  • Anime and chicken nuggies at 3am is the bomb

    TheWeebPound

  • Odd Taxi besto anime of the year

    GonzaLord

  • "I can forgive you 1000 times … but only trust you once"

    Snipez69

  • “Fruits basket was robbed”, that’s all I’ll say ?

    Itsumo_Issho

  • 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

  • Anime has ruined me

    Uchuuu

  • Where is MUSHOKU TENSEI! That's all I have to say

    Ashutok

  • Covid hit us hard, but it gave us more time to watch anime so it wasn’t that bad.

    Tuwwster

  • Ah yes 2021, The Year I became Cultured, to the future where I hope will not lose the entertainment and community I have now.

    TheDeadmanII

  • 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

  • hinjaku hinjaku

    lanveii

  • Always relaxed at all times

    cocoaaa

  • "I am the cutest no doubt!!"

    aruuuimi

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

    anike_love

  • Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

    GemienLUV

  • I am the Ultimate Super High School Level Manga Reader!

    celeVie

  • Onto the next one~!

    IheartAnime77

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

    Dazonwraith

  • Its not like i want to be in the yearbook or anything.... Baka

    Pandasiar

  • Asukas mother hung her self xd i wish i was her

    TsRolox03

  • 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

  • Amazing year

    RCDims

  • I may not have a life , but at least i have something to look forward to when i wake up.

    Anya_L

  • Best year of original waifus with Vivy at the top!

    limwin

  • So much time, so little effectively used time.

    budrking354

  • I Asked God For A Bike, But I Know God Doesn't Work That Way, So I Stole A Bike And Asked God For Forgiveness

    Kyrages

  • Promised Neverland is by far my favorite culinary anime!

    shutired

  • 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

  • Another strong year.

    Thunder_lol

  • 2021: The year anime moved from being the thing that held me together against all odds to being the thing positively I lived for week after week.

    Plato-Senpai

  • I hope my favourite anime and character will win

    MegumiAnemone

  • tatakae tatakae

    bahiisbored

  • Tatakae

    Cugio

  • Watching anime feel to me like reading a lot of books. I can travel, imagine and visit new worlds through Anime.

    Hakiro_cr

  • This world is cruel but I still love you. Even if I sacrifice everything, I will protect you. Even if this is a mistake, I don’t doubt it. What is right is believing in myself strongly.

    alonelysunflower

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

    Pritam_

  • Speedwagon best waifu.

    Nemesis177

  • 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

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

    FuchsiaPhantasm

  • Don't understimate power of friendship

    abbasower12

  • "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

  • Good year for anime lovers.

    NERo0o

  • Ai shite shimatta zenbu zenbu

    MiguelCoelho

  • watching animes is a healing haha

    amykasa

  • A great year of anime

    Sakib_Shahariar

  • Take life with a grain of pepper.

    Starfinity67

  • I guess it was a pretty good year.

    cornflake77

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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