MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • To another year of great anime . KANPAI !!

    Riesho

  • 2021 was packed with so many amazing animes, I am glad that i got to see so many of them.

    The_Solitary_Guy

  • "auuu aa au aah" A wise quote from a great king.

    Sheridan02

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

    Kyrioscist

  • Here to another good year for anime!

    AngeloMC21

  • "I'll never stop watching anime."

    -Meru

  • “It takes a real man to be the best girl” -gigguk

    Strohmier

  • "....." —Komi-san

    R3V4N

  • 2021 was great, hope we can have lots more fun with coming anime in 2022!

    WoughtFighter

  • The year was full of smiles and laughs (and some sad) feelings with all the shows that aired. I really enjoyed watching so many shows that made me smile.

    Sparkheart

  • Never Forget Rengoku- a delicious slayer of demons.

    falloutforari

  • gotta say the anime were pretty good last year

    aturtlzzz

  • To another great year!

    JohnnyKirisaki

  • great year

    skhkwk

  • Be a man of culture!

    Arnav_S

  • Hope next year gets even better! Thanks to everyone for creating stuff like this and keeping MAL as the best community (๑˃̵ ᴗ ˂̵)و

    minsssk

  • To (sk8 the) infinity and beyond!

    LeonerreFT

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

    yokofu

  • Enjoy things at your own pace

    peijj

  • 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've barely watched any of these anime so im mostly voting by vibes and vibes only

    noriakikakyoin

  • This year absolutely blew my mind

    Evilhunger

  • I'm not really picky about anime, neither can I watch anime non stop and on a roll like most hardcore fans do. Nevertheless I'm blessed to be a part of the community and i love anime and that's all is what matters to me. ^_^

    Aug

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

    dl_ats_963

  • just because you are right does not mean you are correct

    Dylan58582

  • Just started anime yes

    Erlho

  • I'd vote hunter x hunter again this year but alas

    Xunstone

  • Anime was the most beautiful thing which I discovered in 2021.It truly changed my life in many different ways. Today I am able to think from a different point of view all thanks to the amazing characters. It made me laugh hysterically and at times it made me cry. Thankyou Anime.

    ___Chillhouse___

  • This year 2021 was full of great surprises and good animes where you can take refuge and feel the serenity that they emanate, and experience unique sensations.

    Zonx98

  • Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

    GemienLUV

  • 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

  • "bitches, bros and non binary hoes" - wise words from Adam

    FRognomz

  • All these anime having part 1 and part 2 lately, meanwhile I'm still waiting for Covid 19 part 2 ?

    RealCraziCow

  • "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_

  • What a great year to be an anime fan! Greetings to Jump, Jhofran, Diotmar and José Viva Venezuela Nojoda ??

    LuchoTG17

  • WE'RE THE TOKYO MANJI GANG!

    SpiderBear-11

  • You can have the bad days so you can love the good days even more

    FlyinHawaiian808

  • Anime is laifu cuz waifu is waifu.

    Sallachi

  • U MUST WATCH LINK CLICK

    Cxsjacket

  • Onto the next one~!

    IheartAnime77

  • Me ? I read manga. Yeah yeah And I watch anime too, ofc. No I don't regret about the time invested in it. I'm happy with this Myanimelist ? Eeeeh it's a good site ! Let's say : It is in fact so useful. You can do many things on it ! Score , search, comment, review... Trully good

    Kadhel

  • I watch Manga and read Anime. - RealCrayfish, 0000-6969, Spoken like a true weeb.

    RealCrayfish

  • 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

  • “Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!”

    Sora126

  • Don't underestimate me I know more than I say think more than I speak and notice more than you realize.

    FakeReality

  • "2022 better live up to what 2021 gave us"

    Vanitas

  • John!!!! Sand!!!! ( Anything happens) Sand!!!!

    Coolbythewolf

  • Demon Slayer best fight, Marin chan best girl

    Necune

  • Hope everyone enjoys another year watching anime and reading manga! Cheers!!

    Bearan

  • 86 eigth-six is the best anime this year!!!!

    Ryab_

  • The trailer for the new Kaguya-sama season was highkey better than most anime!

    S_c_a_r_l_e_t

  • The Greatest joy tht i've never felt....

    SAHILxTANJIRO

  • “The worse I am at something, the better I feel when I work at it and learn how to do it.” —Rudeus Greyrat

    Cheerios3402

  • I'm worried I've gotten diabetes... I've just consumed too much romance this year.

    Oravelos

  • Crunchyroll anime of the year sucks lol

    Sladerocks

  • Just enjoy what ever anime you want, respect each other preference and the thing that you need to always remember when watching is never judge a book by its cover and never underestimate them. Also not to forger thank you MAL for being best anime database ever! ありがとうございます!!

    Mal_functionz

  • If you spend your 2021 without watching 86, then you have a one miserable year.

    Raizu_Ji

  • That's absurd, the perfect plan that I hatched using the collected demonite to control the company from both the front and behind the scenes to become a winner NEET across worlds...! But no...This can't be right, this is no way to die!

    Dj-Nash0

  • I'm still a newbie in the anime community. 2021 really make me like to watch anime.

    AphroditeZ

  • "Listen! Your biggest audience is women. And women have a shrewd eye. Kouka fans want a dreamlike fantasy. A beauty they could never hope to obtain." Kageki Shoujo!!, Ep 2

    Amy-hakase

  • “I’m not worried about girls. But when I think about some guy taking you, I can’t ...” - Hori

    Pengster

  • Simply a stupendous year! Senjougahara negs tho

    Verhexen

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

    MVP_Varun

  • "If God closes a door, you can climb through the window."

    Daruchev___2923

  • The most memorable anime line: "tatakae. Tatakae. TATAKAE!" —Eren Yeager, friend and son

    kazuzu_0

  • The journey of a weeb is arduous to say the least. There will never be enough time or money courtesy of mangas, their usually banger adaptations and waifu merch. But even living in a car with said waifu merch, its worth it. To many more years of anime and manga! Cheers!

    Ballistic_UwU

  • I watched Legend of the Galactic Heroes last year a Show which for 3 days changed forever how I view Anime... and then I went back to the trash bin.

    Aaltag

  • Pain changes People

    Lone02Wolf

  • SPRING 2021 WAS THE BEST SEASON OF ANIME PERIOD.

    raryaryagi

  • Nothing burns like the cold

    DreamYC

  • "Where’s my smile and my will to live? Gone" —Uramichi Oniisan

    Morpeeko

  • “The archer class is really full of archers!”

    Jasundere

  • "Give up on your dreams and die"

    Ewaaaa

  • 2021 was a great year for anime. People have found themselves free with more time to be introduced to anime and with the added help of social media and anime content creators, anime itself has become mainstream and more socially welcomed. T'was a truely welcoming year for anime!!

    WakandaMan4Lif

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

    Anya_L

  • "I never knew I could watch so much anime in a year"

    Acthegamer04

  • Baji (From Tokyo Revengers) is a real one.

    TinyGraape

  • “I just wanted to make it clear there were people here. And make sure I don’t forget.” – Fushi

    qweaenr

  • Hello everybody, my name is Markiplier and welcome to Five Nights at Freddy's, an indie horror game that you guys suggested, in mass, and I saw that Yamimash played it and he said it was really really good... So I'm very eager to see what is up.

    AaronTheBaron

  • Based year

    lill_turt

  • This year was absolutely amazing for anime, And then there’s the arm I broke up with…

    ChunchunmaruZcat

  • 2021 was a great year for anime, and these selections were among the best.

    lgght-249

  • Anime brought me back to life

    Revaxiph

  • Coś się kończy, coś zaczyna...

    Shokaki

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

    MugenDarou

  • The best waifu was us all along

    lazyinternsan

  • If I was an important figure, I would have definitely written something useful here ...

    Sphystius

  • 2021 year war a very successful year for anime industry though I've not been able to watch all the great animes this in 2021, I'm looking forward to the next year's content and I'm really hyped for Bleach TYBW.

    Sand_bag

  • It be chaotic. It be wholesome. It be heart wrecking but it be a good year for anime.

    RandomUser048

  • 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

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

    TsunderesMan

  • Cuteee year !!! :3

    Zeloge

  • petition for white haired anime guys to stop attacking me, thank you

    hyewon

  • Mushouku Tensei is the real anime of the year

    Witra

  • Draken supremacy

    Tikaas_m

  • Anime teach me to survive...???

    Fuyuki_Hashime

  • "........" 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

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

    Itsumo_Issho

  • 2021 is AMAZING.

    apinop_39493

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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