MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • 2021 was an amazing year for anime and be remembered for decades to come.

    Baka_Otaku03

  • Hear me, all subjects of Ymir. TATAKAE!!!

    vjtatakae

  • Thank you.

    Nxiety_

  • I finished Sword Art Online and I'm crying!

    CattyLeonhart

  • 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

  • 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 much like the noble raccoon know only two base truths in life, I eat garbage, and garbage is delicious.

    The_Cmoose

  • “Set your heart ablaze”

    rengok

  • Can’t rate everything if I didn’t watch everything.

    Abeckford

  • Don’t judge the book by it’s cover

    XxBlocKk

  • Adding Bojji in ''Must Protect'' is criminal.

    Judhill

  • justice can be cruel

    hooman_matt

  • wonder egg deserved better

    lunanamu

  • It was a good year for isekai

    ltroyal

  • “The spring sky is bluer than I've ever seen. If only I could gift you this wonderful sky. No, I know what you'd like better. A cake with lots of whipped cream on top. ” —Izumi Miyamura

    Tamago_Senpai14

  • 2021 was a great year in anime, if not in much else (thanks pandemic). Many strong releases with diverse and wonderful shows, perfectly suited for entertaining us while we were staying at home :)

    MikeOnHighway61

  • What a ride 2021 was Lets prepare for next round

    MGSE

  • Pain changes People

    Lone02Wolf

  • 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

  • Good year for anime.

    CHEZARE

  • I hope more people can come to know and enjoy anime in the coming year as well~ but most importantly, let's all have fun watching it ^^

    Shikkakku

  • Now, we shall part 2021 :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • 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

  • If I were looking for something real, I would be watching documentaries and not anime.

    God_Slayer17

  • To (sk8 the) infinity and beyond!

    LeonerreFT

  • This year has been amazing and packed but my favourite anime of this year was "Tokyo Revengers", The theme of changing the present by going into the past and the fact that all this was done by a delinquent is just fascinating and Baji's passing made it better and more tragic.

    XxSinpaixX

  • 2021 is good!

    Mey65

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

    Ostrichsmoothies

  • 2021 has been a great year for Anime Tons of good shows aired, tons of GOATED shows announced a continuation Looking forward to this year of 2022. Let's wait for the anime hot takes of 2022.

    RenSuu

  • life is like watching an anime, sometimes you cry, sometimes you laugh, but most importantly you’re enjoying it

    shunwen

  • There's too much anime, I can't keep up!

    DominickFisher

  • Started the year (and anime) with action shounen Ended the year with sex comedy 10/10, didn't regret this year one bit

    RoastedCarrots

  • I love anime! Artistic Nuggets Increasing My Energy

    audreyz00

  • 2022 will be very good anime year

    Laaleet

  • Boiji is best boy and best girl.

    Venom5970

  • 2021 was my first year with MAL. And all these great anime made it so much more memorable. I hope all other years are as great as this. Also best romance show of this year were horimiya and tonikawa.

    ShadowMonarch09

  • Don't understimate power of friendship

    abbasower12

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

    Sheridan02

  • It saddens me that there are people out there who are oblivious to the joy that anime brings!!

    Anime_Emotion

  • "TATAKAE (fight)" by Eren Jeager

    madarainklove

  • THISS YEARR IS MY BEST WEEBSS YEARR, I SPEND JUST LIKE 1000 hours a week just to watch anime

    Shermon-lock

  • "Keep Going With Your Hobby Even If Your Hobby Is Strange"

    AlexeiChern

  • I seriously really need to find a less misunderstood hobby.

    doomraider278

  • Why am I addicted to anime

    MissFujoshi-

  • I am small. I have no money. Yet I’ll still find the money for manga.

    GeekFood

  • DAMN, that was some hardest decisions of my life??(´ε` )

    Mangriam

  • 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

  • TATAKE

    Triall

  • MyAnimeList has a better Anime Awards section than Crunchyroll, unironically.

    ApolloCloud

  • Take life with a grain of pepper.

    Starfinity67

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

    FuchsiaPhantasm

  • I spilled my cereal writing this quote

    MrCattyWolf

  • tatakae tatakae

    bahiisbored

  • Anime characters got a yearbook before I did T_T

    SleepySera

  • This year was pretty shit, the anime were neat tho

    Koogmaster

  • "Give up on your dreams and die." —Levi Ackerman

    mxgumizz

  • GINTAMA AAAAAAAAAAAAA THE FINAL AAAAAAAAAA

    Vai03

  • If you somehow haven’t yet, please go watch vivy

    zombiemc1

  • Great season this year.

    koreyuchiha6

  • good luck, have fun, dont forget to sin

    Grim

  • Nuuuuu! Vampire Dies Community was the friends we made along the way!

    Froz3npancake

  • sad bcs no sonny boy :(

    Godspeeeed

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

    Lennyzard

  • This is my BANKAI

    Shadow_Killer783

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

    Daruchev___2923

  • “Listen up. I am a god.” —Tengen Uzui

    TheCharizarder

  • "hey nana, do you remeber the first time we met? i believe in things like fate. so i think it was fate" —nana komatsu (hachiko)

    vivy666

  • It was an "ODD" year

    mangamaxx

  • I want more and more people to watch anime

    ab_Sami

  • F*cking this year so many caught omicron

    LynScroni

  • Anime is health, health is wealth.

    MagicSpectre

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

    _MushiRock11_

  • I hope my favourite anime and character will win

    MegumiAnemone

  • stay sexy and dont get murdered

    cxttqn

  • I just started watching anime last year!

    Lindor420

  • "Don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened."

    KioSensei

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

    Dylan58582

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

    Itsumo_Issho

  • I love anime - thanks #MAL

    itmeh_piyush

  • “Everyone starts from zero. If you mess up, just try it. Figure out why, and try again.” Miyamura Izumi from Horimiya

    YukiTakashi

  • Have you touched some grass today?

    4esthetics

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

    Pengster

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

    Acthegamer04

  • You aren't doing it wrong if you don't know what you are doing

    angelgrozd

  • Here's to many more wonderful animes to come!

    Trekker10

  • But a Quirkless middle schooler is also a suitable person!

    Rin_Setsuna

  • Good year

    Simy45

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

    CurlyAnocas

  • Eat. Sleep. Anime. Repeat.

    Ava_and _Anime

  • I watched as many of these as there are in the second digit of 2021

    Sailor_Sakka

  • The conclusion to fruits basket will be what I remember this year for.

    Bolleatstoes

  • Strive for 7 episodes per week! Bring back my Mikasa. Thank you Japan!

    kalivo

  • If you ever feel bad, just remember that Ex-Arm exists. Then feel worse. (:

    Math082r

  • Even in pandemic. Atleast 2021 have many good anime. I hope anime will more good in future

    YukimuraChieri

  • 2021 Legendary Moments ^( '-' )^

    Aoi_Etsuko

  • Before 2020 I was an anime addict. After 2020 I'm still- wait, nothing changed?

    Roszel

  • Don't be such a drag, and just appreciate all of anime!

    Lukes_sketch

  • One of the best year for anime fans-

    Golden_Name

  • Imagine being a weeb, totally not me.

    LeifK_

  • "Tatakae" —Eren Jeager

    MrSuperElite

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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