MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Nothing burns like the cold

    DreamYC

  • Hope for the best this year.

    LOL223

  • Anime kept me a float after some...unfortunate family issues. And for that, I am grateful.

    animebaby00

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

    Raccoonbro

  • Another year filled with yet more Isekais. I don't know whether I should be happy or be disappointed.

    UsamiMitsu

  • It was an "ODD" year

    mangamaxx

  • Rent a Goat

    saumsung

  • Introspection is the key to attaining success

    Leylin_Balvan

  • Money, jobs, and best pals will come and go, family is forever.

    FenrirMythEU

  • "give up on your dreams and die" —Levi Ackerman

    i_majr

  • Here’s to another amazing year for great anime to be on air, and I hope our MAL community will grow with greater bonds together!

    LastSpark

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

    tangguhdoesg

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

    Nikurumi

  • Don't forget the masterpiece movies that also came out this year!

    FrostFever

  • Another great year of anime. For years to come hopefully we can look back and appreciate these new works.

    KarmaKaji

  • If you don’t take risks, you can’t create a future!

    Shichibu

  • 2021 is good!

    Mey65

  • "TATAKAE (fight)" by Eren Jeager

    madarainklove

  • fun year! hope for the best for the next one :))

    moises_ishida

  • 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

  • Quarantine with Anime. #Covid/21

    Forman420

  • If you have a bad day right now, believe me tomorrow or maybe next week will be a good day. Anime will be with you every time and Anime will be your motivation. Trying something new is never a pain

    Michella_Rin

  • Having happy and beautiful memories won’t always bring you salvation. The more beautiful a memory is, the more painful it can become.

    Yasmin17

  • 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

  • Anime has ruined my life.

    xllv

  • You're nice keep going

    Army45

  • Bro Idk why I watch anime but it's good.

    Ihate-sand

  • This year there were some bangers.

    Soultier

  • Let's keep it subtle then BANG!

    efontanar

  • "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

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

    Judhill

  • "Remeber kids, it will never be enough rewatches.. NEVER!" -Some Gigachad Guy

    yMarlboro

  • Nice year...

    Llacerta

  • Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

    GemienLUV

  • With great fans, comes with great service

    RvEc

  • Kyouko Hori best girl

    IAmWastingAir

  • I hope my favourite anime and character will win

    MegumiAnemone

  • "Don't care what anyone else thinks about you, because no one thinks about."

    DeonX

  • Just walk the path you believe in And don't forget you're the main character of your own life story.

    dark_rhythm324

  • Live life like you’re MC in a romance anime.

    FlyingBacon365

  • I'm too lazy to come up with something creative, so just let this be my yearbook quote I guess

    IrrelevantGuy

  • Great year for anime and manga in general!

    DarkHumor04

  • Yearbook Janai, Katsura da!

    Iskarioth

  • Keep moving forward.

    Charleo

  • Look around Eren, at these big ass trees.

    YoKitty

  • was a good year for me. I am not good at words but it was fun.

    Rinkumi

  • May we all awaken to a better dystopia.

    snarky-san

  • 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

  • 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

  • Coś się kończy, coś zaczyna...

    Shokaki

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

    MuNameIsDavit

  • Thank you 2021 anime. Some is good, some is bad, but I like anime in this year. My most favourite anime is Fruits Basket Final SS. This is one of memorable summary that I ever seen. I also reccommend Sonny Boy and Kageki Shoujo in this year. Sarasa and Honda, Tooru Best Girl 2021

    Snolled

  • pretty dang good year, huh?

    Thoft

  • 2021 good year

    peaskeeper

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

    YukimuraChieri

  • "Crippling anime addiction baby!!!"

    LGwarrior789

  • Akatsuki is life, Akatsuki is love #VillainsFTW

    katsukidayou

  • John could totally beat Goku

    Iambork

  • I don't know which flopped harder: 2021, or The Promised Neverland Season 2 (that OP was pretty good though)!

    marsspacedout

  • 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

  • this year will be excitement to anime watcher and manga reader just like me.

    anike_love

  • Sekai wa zankoku da sore demo kimi wo aisu yo ( and I mean it ) -o(-﹏-)o --

    Mcreamb-

  • 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

  • My first year watching anime, and it was a banger.

    barnabasdudda

  • "Don't judge book by its cover" —Miko Yotsuya

    gotthea

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

    DDame38

  • 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

  • Idk but we had a great 2021 in anime terms and we are going to have an amazing 2022 too so Im excited!

    Faceu77

  • Well....that year went by faster then the AOT charcters ?

    Usagi301

  • Grateful for the year that brought us Komi-San!

    MisterEuphoria

  • \(ò×ó)/

    AkiraKogane

  • watched slice of life because i had no life

    Jahshaka

  • Tatakai Tatakai !!!

    joy_swifty

  • There is always a better waifu (except for mine which u will never know)

    Mellowiam

  • Cool year. Also, piano goes slurp.

    ZeldaFreak69

  • Thank you 2021. Now, it is time to part. :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • beyound boundaries, and higher

    zDenny

  • 2021 was the year I started reading manga. I also became more open in the types of anime I watched!

    Ralphox

  • Shinzo wo Sasageyo

    Akava_19

  • "If you're gonna hit it, hit it till it breaks"

    Iamanimeaddict

  • "Listen well mon chaton" —Noé - Vanitas no Karte 2021

    Reed_san

  • "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

  • Since I've gotten into anime, I don't watch as much hentai as I thought I would. Anime does it for me just fine ;)

    p1sh

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

    BlackNeko1912

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

    ItsEmina

  • Reject reality, return to non non biyori

    pocketspaghet

  • Mushouku Tensei is the real anime of the year

    Witra

  • These are some great categories, it was hard to choose! I'm looking forward to see the winners!

    Kidd_Vicious

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

    TheCharizarder

  • It's a small year for an anime industry as it's a small year for me.

    sixtef

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

    ApolloCloud

  • "Hey bitches and bros and non-binary hoes" —Adam, SK8 the Infinity

    morenq

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

    FuchsiaPhantasm

  • To (sk8 the) infinity and beyond!

    LeonerreFT

  • Made many long reviews last year.

    short_reviews

  • 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

  • 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

  • ninomiya best prota of the year

    Gotai

  • No ha estado mal el año, ha habido cosas interesantes. ^^

    Yuukiiro

  • Speedwagon best waifu.

    Nemesis177

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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