MAL Yearbook 2021

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

    Yasmin17

  • Happy best anime year of the last 10 years

    SirApoolo

  • WHAT A GREAT YEAR FOR NEW ANIME FANS AND SEASONED VETERANS!!! hope to see more like this in the future!!! :)

    Aninoob1234

  • Anime is life

    Haruhi_Sarutobi

  • 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

  • Anime is God's greatest gift to mankind.

    SomeDude

  • 2021 just might have made up for 2020

    Diemetradon

  • Hope for the best this year.

    LOL223

  • TATAKAE

    lizazazazaz

  • Thank you to everyone for such a great year!

    NainaShrimp

  • "Draken te amo" - Draken, Tokyo Revengers Anime popped off in 2021, and so did MAL! I'm glad I get to share my interest with everyone on this site!

    Bongoblaster

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

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • Anime is an integral part of my life, it's like I'm addicted to it and it is what keeps me sane these days. I can't go even a day without watching at least 1 ep of an anime. You could say that anime has saved me and it is saving many more people every day. I'm thankful to Japan.

    TsutanaiFuun

  • 2021 was a very dry season for anime. 2022 is already looking good though, so here's to a great anime year in 2022!

    OrbitalForce

  • tatakae tatakae

    bahiisbored

  • went in Link Click expecting drama, got depression instead :') watch it if you haven't yet!!!

    IIashII

  • Whatever you lose, you’ll find it again, but what you throw away you’ll never get it back

    KnightOfAstoria

  • “Everyone has a side of themselves that they don’t want other people to see.” —Kyouko Hori

    Squidnugi

  • I made my mom proud with these choices

    Urgent

  • "All the anime realised this year was amazing as expected from Anime " Some horable mentions 2021:- Re zero second season, Dr stone stone war, Vivy ,To your eternity, Takt op destiny and Demon slayer entertainment destrict.

    Aryak1410

  • 2021 is good!

    Mey65

  • Pride is admirable, but if pride is taken too far it becomes bitter arrogance.

    C_Par

  • To another great year!

    JohnnyKirisaki

  • A bad year for me but anime and manga helped me get through it like a train passing through a thunderstorm .

    RyuzakiKen99

  • “The only reason I didn’t have beef with you is simply because… It was boring” —Adam

    Cainael

  • 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

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

    Raccoonbro

  • beyound boundaries, and higher

    zDenny

  • 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 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_

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

    God_Slayer17

  • WINTER 2021 CARRIED 2021

    spctrx

  • "You may be a little too idealistic Not only for others but for yourself Ideals are too high and unable to be attained" —Karlstahl

    Noobtin

  • Mushoku Tensei is anime of the year. If Arcane was an anime, then Mushoku Tensei and Arcane is anime of the year.

    Touch_Me-sama

  • Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

    GemienLUV

  • Subarashī

    UnknownSins

  • You can't move forward without saying goodbye to the past.

    sk7rpion

  • Wait anime year of 2021 already ending ?!?!

    Roan_Ronaldo

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

    FlyinHawaiian808

  • This year I hope the animes are just as good as last year's, and I hope I can continue to use Myanimelist. To keep track of each of them, they are the best, keep it up.

    gomez_sv

  • Do Everything You Want As Long As It's Not A Crime

    Sulna

  • I am the Ultimate Super High School Level Manga Reader!

    celeVie

  • \(ò×ó)/

    AkiraKogane

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

    Mangriam

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

    shunwen

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

    Jasundere

  • "Precisely where one can fail, unimagined possibilities lie dormant" —Sōma Yukihira

    Ginxkun

  • The more you watch, the more you learn!!! This quote literally describes what feelings I have with anime. It helped me through tough times and I'll always be ready to touch new horizons with it.

    Scorpiox__

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

    AlexeiChern

  • I'm just grateful for all the animes, mangas, songs and to everyone making all these incredible and amazing piece of art. In 2021, we all were recovering from something in one way or another and anime played a big part in healing.To everyone making this possible, Minna Arigatou!

    adizoned

  • most of these characters are quite unique and from my POV their backstory is what makes them who the are and it's interesting seeing different animes having their characters have to go through difficult and happy moments in way it shows how they can change their personality

    RedBell02

  • Gokō-no surikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kuunerutokoro-ni Sumutokoro Yaburakōji-no burakōji Paipopaipo Paipo-no-shūringan Shūringan-no Gūrindai Gūrindai-no Ponpokopī-no Ponpokonā-no Chōkyūmei-no Chōsuke.

    Reeku_01

  • Cuteee year !!! :3

    Zeloge

  • Please, let's watch anime as the world burns to ashes.

    Milith801

  • Just imagine a world where all bananas turned blue over night.

    StephenBriggsby

  • So long as problem doesn't cause problems, it can't be called a problem.

    Patwo2

  • Demon Slayer best fight, Marin chan best girl

    Necune

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

    Purara_17li

  • Anime is Trash and so am I.

    Mayu_jamir

  • Loved this year, so many great anime released and hoping for more isekai genre anime and manga to come out!!!

    Abdullahthegreat

  • To be a part of a community that enjoys the medium of anime just like I do makes me happy. This platform has helped me look at different perspectives of a show, make friends, and know what is going on within the anime community. Last year was fun. Hope this year gets better.

    tufflilcookie

  • Be a man of culture!

    Arnav_S

  • "Tatakae!"

    UnicornPie

  • Heike monogarari and Sonny Boy are perfect, change my mind.

    patate_betterave

  • My choices are most likely not going to be acknowledged but hey, this Year was worth it.

    IceTP100

  • WE'RE THE TOKYO MANJI GANG!

    SpiderBear-11

  • Another year full of anime, another year of not having time to watch everything I wanted...

    Bell_cz

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

    SomanshuAikat

  • I had a wonderful year with wonderful anime let's hope to have a the same for this year ??

    sakshi48

  • If you're gonna walk on ice, you might as well dance.

    LeilaBargo

  • sad bcs no sonny boy :(

    Godspeeeed

  • I hope in the future have anime from my country Malaysia.

    MALILFS25

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

    Acthegamer04

  • -My depression is chronic but the animes I watch are iconic-

    Sunny_Sun

  • When life gives you bears, trick them into doing market research for you.

    Brack_Obunga

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

    Pengster

  • This is so much better than em Crunchyroll awards lol

    Martin_Galbavy

  • Fun things are fun!!

    Ringosfire

  • Even though the year has been hard for everyone I’m glad I have the awesome anime and manga community to keep me company! \(>~<)

    ShinseiNeko

  • What a wonderful year this has been for anime! Hehe, BEANS.

    Jingrado

  • A good anime doesn't need to have beautiful animation. It can be the most average looking animation but an interesting idea.

    AzusaGeras26

  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • Anime is life, anime is trash, i love anime, i have trashy taste.

    Kadaori

  • Akatsuki is life, Akatsuki is love #VillainsFTW

    katsukidayou

  • 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

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

    PokeProX

  • Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!

    BeagaKing

  • Oh I actually love so many of the animes that came new in 2021 and I’m so clad that I found this app I really appreciated because it makes my life so much easier and more comfortable

    Annamrfm

  • 決してあなたをあきらめるつもりはない決してあなたを失望させるつもりはない

    PokepalsPlayz

  • Tokyo revengers was the best this year in my opinion

    PutName_Here

  • “Expecting others to read your mind is delusional.” —Hachiman Hikigaya

    hamso-

  • 2021 is AMAZING.

    apinop_39493

  • “I love you. When did I start to love you so much?” —Kyo Sohma

    Taytortot4611

  • 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

  • Tatakae

    Cugio

  • Odd Taxi besto anime of the year

    GonzaLord

  • So many anime in 2021! There's no stopping you from trying them out.

    xkazutox

  • yare yare daze

    Piranha3D

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

    Math082r

  • Contributing to make "cartoons" mainstream in the future and renaming it to "Anime".

    Cloret

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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