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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.



























Another strong year.
Thunder_lol
Thank you MyAnimeList team for your hard work during 2021. Stay healthy and safe so that starting from 2022 you can be faster in approving a manga.
labradorescence
It's been a awesome year with anime and MAL and I hope this year will be or more awesome than last year. -️ Excited for all the anime releasing this year ???
DrakenXX01
Whatever you lose, you’ll find it again, but what you throw away you’ll never get it back
KnightOfAstoria
Thank you everyone for a great year in the anime community
Diamond1580
Don't be such a drag, and just appreciate all of anime!
Lukes_sketch
Sometimes reality can be annoying but if I can escape to another world I would do so, That's why anime exist.
Elijah235
Don't forget the masterpiece movies that also came out this year!
FrostFever
I believed that Eastern animation could offer the pinnacle of direction, story-telling, and pure Sakuga art. I believed that it was misunderstood like A Silent Voice. Under-appreciated like Grave of the Fireflies. Then I watched Ex-Arm and now I don’t know what to think at all.
Paperphoenix1907
Anime kept me a float after some...unfortunate family issues. And for that, I am grateful.
animebaby00
Kore wa Pandemic desu ka?
Bergioyn
pretty dang good year, huh?
Thoft
GET THE JUICE
InVaL_iDKore
this year I watch a lot of Anime and I really enjoyed and the next year new anime released and i will watch and hope watch many animes
AnosVoldigoad985
I someone tries to take my FREEDOM away,I won't hesitate to take theirs!
ZeroNine
I much like the noble raccoon know only two base truths in life, I eat garbage, and garbage is delicious.
The_Cmoose
We're being tossed from the frying pan and into the fire this time around, mark my words!
nikodragu3
This year was so lovable! Adorable and funny characters, relatable scenes, cool fights, cute couples-- what more could you want!!
CurlyAnocas
Good year for anime
Myhighlo
no thoughts head empty only uzui tengen and his wives
poesracoon_karl
2021 for anime was like a lottery. You either got a great season with banger animes and another season where you were empty-handed.
abhinavsawesome
There is no shame in being weak, but staying weak is.
AnimeNormee
Ousama Ranking, Odd Taxi and Sonny boy the best of 2021
Jokmatu
Never force main stream anime on the your friends. Let them watch whatever they want on their pace.
Almaazmi
Odd Taxi was great!
gabotinus316
Marin best girl of the year
imcy0812
"Don't judge book by its cover" —Miko Yotsuya
gotthea
Asukas mother hung her self xd i wish i was her
TsRolox03
2021 was a blast
midorichandesu
"Draken te amo" - Draken, Tokyo Revengers Anime popped off in 2021, and so did MAL! I'm glad I get to share my interest with everyone on this site!
Bongoblaster
Adam might be looking for his Eve, but too bad, the Langa has his Reiki!
Aka_to_azure
Here's to one of the best year yet, can't wait to top it!!
Timcampy118
Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.
Dualityofsoul
Have you touched some grass today?
4esthetics
Jobless Reincarnation best anime of the year.
Kalwin420YT
Draken you will win
K0NNA
I love watching anime its really fun dattabayo
amit004
2021 was 30% Yabai
Hartwick
To another year of great anime . KANPAI !!
Riesho
beyound the boundaries and far away
zDenny
Sir Isaac Newton once said: "Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my favorite anime is Inferno Cop."
NotSkulls
This year anime came back with a vengeance and it killed me. So now my problem is too much to watch so “I’ll leave tomorrow’s problems for tomorrow’s me”
Sagepool
Luv 2 evry1
Primorie
Grateful for all the school fight cameramen
BadBoy65t
Draken supremacy
Tikaas_m
I live for anime!!
ken__chin
There's too much anime, I can't keep up!
DominickFisher
animes = good :)
miguelbr02
I am happy
Shintô
WHAT A GREAT YEAR FOR NEW ANIME FANS AND SEASONED VETERANS!!! hope to see more like this in the future!!! :)
Aninoob1234
Never stop seeing anime
vivekred
Anime and chicken nuggies at 3am is the bomb
TheWeebPound
If you don’t take risks, you can’t create a future!
Shichibu
Ex-Arm is the best anime EVER.
BukanRakib
Ex-Arm is the best, no doubt
jaxiek
I don't know which flopped harder: 2021, or The Promised Neverland Season 2 (that OP was pretty good though)!
marsspacedout
So long as problem doesn't cause problems, it can't be called a problem.
Patwo2
Another great year for mainstream anime. If only I had watched and enjoyed any of them.
RobbiRobb
"People die when they're killed"
thenthukpa
Ex arm anime of the year
HARSHBEINGHARSH
I laughed, I cried, I was upset, I was excited, I was nervous, I fell in love, I broke up, I thought, I screamed, I kept quiet, and I finally enjoyed it. And I made good memories for myself. I hope to go forward with anime like this every year and be satisfied and happy.-
P-D-Ace
I hope I have more free time to finish "plan to watch" the anime 2021.
_yozora_
"To know sorrow is not terrifying. What is terrifying is to know you can't go back to happiness you could have." ~ Matsumoto Rangiku (Bleach)
MADM4X_
"I never knew I could watch so much anime in a year"
Acthegamer04
Watching anime is a lot of fun. But what's more fun is to be able to share our anime discussions & cute anime screenshots moment together with my myanimelist friend & DIscord friend. My enjoyment for cute anime will never end!
Cocoa_Hoto
Boiji is best boy and best girl.
Venom5970
Hey... If we kill all our enemies... over there... will we finally... be free?
Sarthakahir
Just walk the path you believe in And don't forget you're the main character of your own life story.
dark_rhythm324
I still need Horimiya season 2.
Kevin_101
'We all learn from anime, and every small bit of it has an enormous impact in our life''
whistle_of_wish
As a child I wanted to be Naruto, but damn! As an adult I can relate to Uramichi Onii-san!! Well, now I get it why Levi said "Give up on your dreams and die."
AishAndAnime
#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
"If I am wielding the sword then I cannot embrace you, if I am not wielding the sword then I cannot protect you"
BleachedAvatar
Ex-Arm’s animation was ahead of it’s time fr it was just too advanced for us to understand
Jamk_
I will be honest , I didn't expected much from this year's anime shows, I don't have words to express , some animes had a good ending ,some had a wholesome one and other's were just perfect, I can't wait for the new one's to come and I don't want to forget what had gone.
Mahesh Kumar Biswas
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
"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
Wanna go camping with you, Rin!
thoiph
I should have been nominated, but it's fun to give others a chance... right?
SheyCroix
All the released anime this year really came like a full course meal; light, heavy, sour, sweet and much more ( even bitter ).
anandasaetang
speedwagon best waifu
FALZAP
This is so much better than crunchyroll awards where the judges are the ones whose votes really matter. Loving all the events MAL has been doing recently and can't wait to see MAL grow even more. (thanks for the badges, keep giving us more~)
Legends_of_anime
Best year of original waifus with Vivy at the top!
limwin
“Everyone has a side of themselves that they don’t want other people to see.” —Kyouko Hori
Squidnugi
Be a man of culture!
Arnav_S
What a banger year
Alecks
It was a good year for isekai
ltroyal
2021 was a year to behold for anime. The animators put their heart into their work like Vivy did with her singing. Give these overworked heroes a round of applause!
DeliveryDiverge
If anything bothers you just take a anime shot and everything will not just be fine but infact will be GREAT! ........i don't understand why some people still don't get anime. But anyways, the great thing is we're being a part of a history making with aot finals~
MHAweeb
Be nice to each other!
Zoester
I started watching anime in August 2021 But man i enjoyed watching romance ! I hope 2022 will be way better
MuNameIsDavit
Found my freedom! Eren could never
Celineeekh
I have learned that, if you ever read a summary for an anime and think 'Might be good/ maybe, but I do not know if it is for me' ... WATCH AT LEAST 3 EPISODES OF IT! I have found that some of my new favorites by following this guide line.
Spinka T.K.
Anime is Trash and so am I.
Mayu_jamir
EREN YEAGEEERR!!!!
yoitsHan
2021, I'll Never Forgive You No Matter What!
RobertU07
Live life don't let it live you!
Galador_Silva
"There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one`s life, one should not wish for another chance." —Saber
AltriaRuler
I cant believe that we lived in an era the we got to see EX ARM. What a time to be alive!
Jenga
“Catch me if you can Mr Holmes” —William Moriarty
Astrqriius