MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • “Let it be known that Catarina Claes is best girl”

    TsunderesMan

  • A great year for anime released, but a sad one because of all the legends that passed away. Here's in remembrance of all those legends, May their souls rest in peace.

    StrawhatAJ

  • 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

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

    Pixie_dust_412

  • Pain changes People

    Lone02Wolf

  • Ex arm best anime

    ElMolaik

  • “Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!”

    Sora126

  • If you see this, read Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso wo Kasaneru and bless Botan

    ShinoAlter

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

    KingVcg

  • Always relaxed at all times

    cocoaaa

  • Stop looking down for once, and just look up and smile; so I can take your yearbook photo!

    PokeProX

  • "We think heroes exist only in story books, we don't realize how easy it really is to be a true hero. It can be something as complex as saving a life, or something as simple as being there for someone in their time of need. Never quit."

    MinMonster

  • "It's not your fault, it's just that the world sucks. So, keep your chin up and persevere!"

    _MushiRock11_

  • Made many long reviews last year.

    short_reviews

  • Ainz-sama banzai!!!!

    Notferdo

  • I love all the anime and I really like to have one to myself... Give us more of this!

    Iruken

  • 2021 was a great year for anime and lets hope 2022 is the same Also oddtaxi and fruits basket are best anime of 2021

    Choccygamez12

  • Pako wanted to say thank you !

    bananaslicer

  • "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

  • "I'll never stop watching anime."

    -Meru

  • at first, I was scared to become an anime fan. I didn't want to be called "uwu anime sussy baka". ... this year I've completed my 100th series and discovered more about myself > because of Japanese animations of course

    tynqa

  • hinjaku hinjaku

    lanveii

  • Thank you.

    Nxiety_

  • I made my mom proud with these choices

    Urgent

  • SPRING 2021 WAS THE BEST SEASON OF ANIME PERIOD.

    raryaryagi

  • I wish to pat Ushiwakamaru head.

    Edgyson

  • Another strong year.

    Thunder_lol

  • Learn, grow, enjoy and live your life-️??

    bosskeyx

  • Didn't watch enough this year I have failed you MAL overlords

    Ostrichsmoothies

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

    Lopika

  • The best waifu was us all along

    lazyinternsan

  • You’re going to go adrift. It will be into a world governed by the absurd.

    tangguhdoesg

  • you guys have forgotten the best anime of 2021, Higehiro :)

    NicholasEvan

  • Live life don't let it live you!

    Galador_Silva

  • Don't wait for it, do it now because time is fast and never stopping.

    ojou_san

  • I started watching anime in August 2021 But man i enjoyed watching romance ! I hope 2022 will be way better

    MuNameIsDavit

  • Better than crunchy roll award winners probably hopefully maybe

    RenderingUser

  • Let's see what we have this year!!!

    Kyrioscist

  • It’s more satisfying to hear a single ‘thank you’ than a lot of ‘sorry’s.’ Re:Zero

    EnergyVirus

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

    TheRiseofAnime

  • No Senpai, this is our fight

    ikkew

  • I have fun watching anime this year. I found a new type of anime. Plus I do think that this year is an anime year for me. I really hope something big for 2022. So, Until then, we just have to wait for something that going to make our heads explode. See you next time !

    UMimOnigiri_

  • There were so many great anime in 2021, it’s really hard to pick just one for each category! Can’t wait for another awesome year in anime 2022!

    FairyTailLove83

  • The day the anime community agrees on something is the day there is only one of us left.

    Blackmage03

  • Is this the Krusty Krab?

    DangerNoodle77

  • great year

    skhkwk

  • “You do what you have to do. Just keep moving. That’s how it works, right?” Attack on titan: Season 4, Episode 62.

    VoidEater-San

  • Fairy Ranmaru is 10/10 best Anime.

    HiruHatake

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

    Nikurumi

  • amazing year

    XarkezPL

  • i keep moving forward until i destroy my enemies

    ARK028

  • you can like anime but you don't have to be a weeb

    jafo9703

  • 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

  • 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

  • I hope the one who deserves it wins.

    Vermonia

  • 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

  • 86 beat all the competition this year. Change my mind.

    BucketBall

  • 2021 is the Year of the Slime.

    Shockwaeve

  • All of the Anime here & their characters are good!

    IRingxMasterI

  • This was a good year.

    BLACK-RYO

  • Take life with a grain of pepper.

    Starfinity67

  • “A low possibility means it's not zero”; Tokuchi Toua.

    Koala15

  • I love this year

    Pandoraa

  • This season was great but I'm still waiting for ice adolescence

    funanimelover13

  • Seasons are great, if you keep track of it.

    ItsEmina

  • ex-arm clears all of your favorites

    UltrqInstinct

  • "Give up on your dream and die"

    ManeeshReddy

  • "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

  • Based year

    lill_turt

  • Boiji is best boy and best girl.

    Venom5970

  • Be equally indifferent to blame and praise. Whatever they think of you, watch and do what you think is fair. —Pythagoras

    DDame38

  • Never Forget Rengoku- a delicious slayer of demons.

    falloutforari

  • Even there is thousand or millions people knows you, just remember that you only can trust yourself. So, please love yourself.

    Purara_17li

  • 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

  • I love anime, its openings are the songs that move my world and fill it with energy.

    BlackNeko1912

  • 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_

  • This year has truly been a blessing for me. So many great anime has come out.

    Commander-Toffen

  • "........" 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

  • 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 came. I saw. I MAL'ed.

    Shibuya109

  • Filled with disasters from Covid to Ex-Arm, 2021 has come to an end :). Although filled with some nasty flops and disasters the "Face" of Bojji, "Mehness" of Odokawa, "Animation" of Mushoku Tensei (and KnY) and much more has lifted up 2021 to another great year for anime :)

    lollipOOOp

  • Imagine thinking I would even consider protecting anyone over my best boy Bojji

    Chizzie

  • Just watch anime that you like... No body choose what you watch... It is your choice...

    As7sasi3

  • 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

  • Covid came but Anime ruled

    Kittkat0900

  • thank u mappa! please rest !

    echoesmirror

  • "I am the cutest no doubt!!"

    aruuuimi

  • speedwagon best waifu

    FALZAP

  • The year where I was able to watch each and every genre and was able to expand my repertoire about these vast genres.

    EnRyuu12

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

    SomanshuAikat

  • Remember that time when you almost got eaten by a giant spider or that other time you stepped on a magical portal and the whole class got teleported to another world? Fun times. Keep in touch...NOT! Class of 2021-We don't suck. Byeee!

    Dragynfaerie

  • it's been a tough year but these shows were my retreat from my home stress,school life and many more.

    SSalman

  • So much time, so little effectively used time.

    budrking354

  • “I don't know If you all missed me, but I didn't think about any of you at all.”

    @Dscry

  • MAL (My Anime List)... more like: Magical Amazing (and) Loving! Happy first ever MAL expo! May we hope this year will be filled with new astonishing animes!

    HeyyL0ve

  • "TATAKAE (fight)" by Eren Jeager

    madarainklove

  • I hope i will be a better person next year!

    yokofu

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

    Raccoonbro

  • Mushoku tensei is peak fiction

    Benwell

  • My anime list gets bigger every year.

    mistillyy

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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