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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.



























Now, we shall part 2021 :)
Kaiyo_Shounen
"I'll never stop watching anime."
-Meru
Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember… But where are those who share the memory?
ElBuscadores
fruits basket is a masterpieace??
laviih_agb
When life gives you bears, trick them into doing market research for you.
Brack_Obunga
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
Characters make stories, not the other way round...
FuchsiaPhantasm
Anime brought me back to life
Revaxiph
"Hey bitches and bros and non-binary hoes" —Adam, SK8 the Infinity
morenq
This year there were some bangers.
Soultier
Tatakae Tatakae
The_Wrong_Guy
Youji Itami spoke facts when he said "I work to support my hobby. So if you asked me which I'd choose my job or my hobby, my hobby takes priority."
jessieshim
Strive for 7 episodes per week! Bring back my Mikasa. Thank you Japan!
kalivo
I'm too lazy to come up with something creative, so just let this be my yearbook quote I guess
IrrelevantGuy
Anime is health, health is wealth.
MagicSpectre
This made me realize I need to watch more anime...
Nabas94
amazing year
XarkezPL
2021's Year of Anime is very much akin to 2021 as a whole. It gave us moments of joy, of excitement and sometimes even moved us to tears! But most notably it had a lot of garbage that you could only really laugh about.
BillyCx
Another year, another quarantine. BUT WITH MUCH MORE ANIME. Thank you anime for making it so much more bearable.
NummyNummers
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
My anime backlog is now longer than my expected length of life, what to do?
WanderingRonin
"I am the cutest no doubt!!"
aruuuimi
The community behind the anime is like icing on the cake; irreplaceable and comes in all sorts to enjoy!
Treeky_
This anime year was incredible but I hope next year we will look at this one and go: "man that was a bad year for anime compared to this".
BunicuMarin
Heyy im very excited to do this i hope i can join next year too thanks for invite me-️ I love you my anime list
zensayonara
I finished Sword Art Online and I'm crying!
CattyLeonhart
Reject reality, return to non non biyori
pocketspaghet
With so many anime that, instead of pandering to trendy stuff, were more like passion projects, 2021 made me feel "Anime is getting good again". Oddtaxi, Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi, Sonny Boy and Heike Monogatari made the year much more enjoyable.
Brottoy
I watch Manga and read Anime. - RealCrayfish, 0000-6969, Spoken like a true weeb.
RealCrayfish
This was a good year.
BLACK-RYO
Keep moving forward.
Charleo
Happy best anime year of the last 10 years
SirApoolo
Everything is amazing with its quantity and quality. While I haven't seen many productions, the ones I have seen were great, and my anticipation of the episode itself was a lot of fun (and impatience). Thank you to everyone who has worked hard to make this year so amazing!
akafterskvr
"I Wish I Could've Lived My Life Without Making Wrong Turns. But That's Impossible. [...] We Make Mistakes. And Little By Little, One Step At A Time, We Push Forward." Yuki Sohma Natsuki Takaya Fruits Basket
duducomo
Hope for the best this year.
LOL223
You can always die. It's living that takes real courage
Pritam_
To decide that I'm hopeless before I even begin is nothing but laziness
KioSKa
real men are tempory, anime men is forever
nellya
Made many long reviews last year.
short_reviews
I hope my favourite anime and character will win
MegumiAnemone
It saddens me that there are people out there who are oblivious to the joy that anime brings!!
Anime_Emotion
Last year anime was so epics and hoping this year is going to blow minds, let the best anime win
Lilgabbi
Thank you My Anime List team for always adding new content to the site and for these events developed in the year 2021, I had a lot of fun participating in them, I really felt part of the community and I was very happy to have had the opportunity to do this all in 2021 :) -hugrim
hugrim
Without anime my life would be boring
Yabooijohnny
Thank you soo much for such a year filling with great anime.
PRIom_18
Protect Bojji Ex-Arm is Hilarious Non Non Biyori Nonstop is Cute Isekai Anime are overused and needs to reduce Seriously stop there's too much isekai anime
IanGamingX
This year I watched anime and nothing more
rilip1
"Don't care what anyone else thinks about you, because no one thinks about."
DeonX
i’m watched so many good anime since i found MAL and i’ve made so many friends and had many discussions that was really interesting and cool!! so thank you MAL
jen_731
I will never recover all this time I have invested in consuming the stories of fictional characters
-FOXX-
ex-arm clears all of your favorites
UltrqInstinct
I wish to pat Ushiwakamaru head.
Edgyson
MyAnimeList has a better Anime Awards section than Crunchyroll, unironically.
ApolloCloud
I'm still a newbie in the anime community. 2021 really make me like to watch anime.
AphroditeZ
“Everyone has a side of themselves that they don’t want other people to see.” —Kyouko Hori
imFreppy
2021 was a blast
midorichandesu
Another great year of anime. For years to come hopefully we can look back and appreciate these new works.
KarmaKaji
Another year full of anime, another year of not having time to watch everything I wanted...
Bell_cz
Hey... If we kill all our enemies... over there... will we finally... be free?
Sarthakahir
BAKAYARO KONOYARO
Furexx
Anime is not a mistake! XD
jmas081391
\(ò×ó)/
AkiraKogane
Sometimes reality can be annoying but if I can escape to another world I would do so, That's why anime exist.
Elijah235
Now looking back it was a great year for anime we got some very great tropes like that of an anime with just wholesomeness and normal life mixed with fantasy element without any action or drama in it and there were other great original stories like that of odd taxi and link click
Karrem
if you aren't literally on your hands and knees worshipping john as a member of the john fan club then what are you doing with your life?
amagirinomikoto
Grateful for all the school fight cameramen
BadBoy65t
Before 2020 I was an anime addict. After 2020 I'm still- wait, nothing changed?
Roszel
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
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
GSR_
Be equally indifferent to blame and praise. Whatever they think of you, watch and do what you think is fair. —Pythagoras
DDame38
Goddamn was this year good, for anime. Not so much for me or anyone, DUH
LordHetmanix2077
Anime's gay... I love it
LandSwimmer
Just imagine a world where all bananas turned blue over night.
StephenBriggsby
petition for white haired anime guys to stop attacking me, thank you
hyewon
If you don’t take risks, you can’t create a future!
Shichibu
was a good year for me. I am not good at words but it was fun.
Rinkumi
I came here to enjoy every single anime and manga.
blueypro
"This isn't a popularity contest right?"
Ice-cube
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
Whatever you lose, you’ll find it again, but what you throw away you’ll never get it back
KnightOfAstoria
This year was so lovable! Adorable and funny characters, relatable scenes, cool fights, cute couples-- what more could you want!!
CurlyAnocas
I someone tries to take my FREEDOM away,I won't hesitate to take theirs!
ZeroNine
Anime teach me to survive...???
Fuyuki_Hashime
Anime be like "Please allow me to have your life"
NakolHira
“Catch me if you can Mr Holmes” —William Moriarty
Astrqriius
"....." —Komi-san
R3V4N
Always found what I search on MAL ^^
Tiara A.
this year was kinda bad I only watched the stuff that was already out, except for demon slayer because that was good rest bad ok
FISHYGAMRZ
John!!!! Sand!!!! ( Anything happens) Sand!!!!
Coolbythewolf
Anime has ruined me
Uchuuu
2021 is good!
Mey65
2021 was rough but anime 2021 was lit. Thanks for helping with noting things to watch!
TheMidnightWolf
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
It was a good year for isekai
ltroyal
beyound boundaries, and higher
zDenny
Sometimes it takes a real man to be best girl
Nick838
watching animes is a healing haha
amykasa
I started watching anime in August 2021 But man i enjoyed watching romance ! I hope 2022 will be way better
MuNameIsDavit
2021 was a fascinating Year for anime, From Masterpiece that Odd Taxi offer to Ex-Arm that keeps the viewer give that always giving for better or for worse (Mostly Worse). Definitely gonna miss 2021 as The Most Busiest anime came for long time.
Yunohi-kun
My choices are most likely not going to be acknowledged but hey, this Year was worth it.
IceTP100