MAL Yearbook 2021

Anime Section

OP/ED Section

O(ver)P(owered) Direction

Character Section

Comments

  • 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

  • Anime made me realize how much talent and creativity there is in this world.

    SYDK_

  • I was wondering why there's no single nomination for Love Live! Superstar!! and then I realize. That Liella! is always in my heart.

    MochizukiTomoya

  • We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun

    GatoDeSabre

  • BAKAYARO KONOYARO

    Furexx

  • Boiji is best boy and best girl.

    Venom5970

  • 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

  • I have not seen more than half of the anime in this list. But oh well. Good luck and have fun in your future life and always remember as what you've seen and experienced will always disappear.

    JSpaceS

  • 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

  • I love watching anime its really fun dattabayo

    amit004

  • Thank you everyone for a great year in the anime community

    Diamond1580

  • 1. "I will never give up untill my wish comes true" —ASTA 2. "This is the time you push past your limit" —Yami Sukehiro

    MARKfeni

  • What a year, Ex-Arm set a new standard for trash Anime.

    DarkLeafNinja

  • Ex-Arm is the best, no doubt

    jaxiek

  • With great fans, comes with great service

    RvEc

  • 2021, I'll Never Forgive You No Matter What!

    RobertU07

  • 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

  • First time doing this, but very hard to choose between these anime listed but I gone by what I think suit the best on those anime I have watch. Can’t wait for final outcome for these results outcome.

    Animekid3

  • This is my BANKAI

    Shadow_Killer783

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

    Sphystius

  • "There's no way we could meet. But one thing is certain. If we see each other, we'll know. That you were the one who was inside me. That I was the one who was inside you."

    LEVI_ARPIT

  • Bury me with Hyrum Smith glasses.

    Nero_nan

  • What a ride 2021 was Lets prepare for next round

    MGSE

  • Another wonderful year of anime

    Zertop

  • This was certainly a year.

    Jhiday

  • 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'll never stop watching anime."

    -Meru

  • "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

  • no thoughts head empty only uzui tengen and his wives

    poesracoon_karl

  • I guess it was a pretty good year.

    cornflake77

  • CuteWinter:When a girl smiles she's beautiful as a blooming flower~Daisuke SadSpring:I aint giving up. To not give up I have a reason~Hanagaki WearySummer:If God exists then he should extend my deadline~Kobayashi EpicFall:You're my Kouhai so let your Senpai spoil you a bit~Takeda

    holmeskudo

  • Ex-Arm’s animation was ahead of it’s time fr it was just too advanced for us to understand

    Jamk_

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

    Shermon-lock

  • Maximum Effort

    WorstEdition

  • speedwagon best waifu

    FALZAP

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR WEEBS bring on the rumbling xoxo

    BenSpeirs

  • Anime's gay... I love it

    LandSwimmer

  • This is so much better than em Crunchyroll awards lol

    Martin_Galbavy

  • This year I enjoyed Tokyo Revengers the most. I must say, at first I thought the anime was amazing until I read the manga - and absolutely fell in love with the story and characters! Thank you MAL for recommending TR to me! c:

    _Rip_Kissanime_

  • So much time, so little effectively used time.

    budrking354

  • gotta say the anime were pretty good last year

    aturtlzzz

  • I can't believe I ate the whole thing

    GSR_

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

    qweaenr

  • ex-arm clears all of your favorites

    UltrqInstinct

  • "There's no such thing as a useless effort."

    Snow_Leopard123

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

    shunwen

  • Thank you to everyone for such a great year!

    NainaShrimp

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

    sakshi48

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

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • "There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one`s life, one should not wish for another chance." —Saber

    AltriaRuler

  • The past makes you wanna die out of regret, and the future makes you depressed out of anxiety, so by elimination present is likely the happiest time.

    Barry_Allen_14

  • "Embrace the heartache and become a good man, Gugu!"

    tropika

  • watching animes is a healing haha

    amykasa

  • a good year with a wide variety of anime

    Maxitto

  • Muy buen año

    MIKEBRIST

  • 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

  • Ex arm best anime

    ElMolaik

  • Sate Sate —Meliodas

    ShadowOnyx01

  • Anime/Manga Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna say goodbye.

    Kanekikenblackre

  • Asukas mother hung her self xd i wish i was her

    TsRolox03

  • All of this anime were so supabarashi that it was hard picking

    Andre

  • 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

  • Omg I love SK8 the infinity!!!!! I love Reki!!!!! I love Langa!!!!!! I love Adam!!!!!! I love Cherry Blossom!!!!! I love Jo3!!!!!!! I love Miya!!!!!! I love Shadow!!!!!! I love Tadashi!!!!!! FAN!!!!!! wowowow i learnt how to skate because of skate! I love canada because langa!!!!

    Aetherdragon18

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

    Ralphox

  • I wish to pat Ushiwakamaru head.

    Edgyson

  • Anime is Trash and so am I.

    Mayu_jamir

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

    PokeProX

  • "there is no hope without light, and light cannot shine without hope" azulongmon, digimon adventure 02

    lightinhereyes

  • The international community here on MAL is close and amazing, whether you bond over the same anime or manga taste; I think we can all agree that MAL gives us all the opportunity to share our passions. Kampai to more beautiful years :) PS. Love & Strength to those who need it

    Boku_no_pervert

  • My mama always said 'life is like a game of Russian Roulette, you never know what you're gonna get'. That was the last thing she told me.

    random_savage

  • Where is MUSHOKU TENSEI! That's all I have to say

    Ashutok

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

    Ginxkun

  • Thank you soo much for such a year filling with great anime.

    PRIom_18

  • Great season this year.

    koreyuchiha6

  • Now, we shall part 2021 :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • “For a pregnant woman to give birth, she’s gotta feel the pain of pulling a watermelon out of her nostril. For an artist to create a masterpiece, he’s gotta feel the pain of pulling entire galaxies out of his ass.” —Gintoki Sakata

    Kenma099

  • Nothing burns like the cold

    DreamYC

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

    animebaby00

  • Don't wish for it. Work for it.

    sujini

  • The Spring Sky is Bluer than I've ever seen. If I could give you this very sky as a gift, I would in a heartbeat.'

    anhiansh5

  • I should have watched more anime!

    TripleLutzz

  • "It feels better to check than to reflect." —Jack Stauber

    Izac_Kak

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

    TheCharizarder

  • *pushes glasses up and smiles*

    SuperSass

  • We have an TITAN amount of anime to watch!

    Ren211

  • "For love and for peace" —Vash the Stampede

    Dukino

  • Why fall in love with people when I can fall in love with fictional characters

    _virara

  • It was a good year for isekai

    ltroyal

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

    FrostFever

  • we live for this

    shadow_monarch42

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

    whoisalorachan

  • I like to quote a saying said by Rider from Fate Zero. "Whatever you do. Enjoy it to the fullest, that's the secret to life"

    Fun_Dragonfruit

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

    Vanitas

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

    Abdullahthegreat

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

    Strohmier

  • Opera Girl (Kageki Shoujo) is supremely underrated! Which is kind of ironic for how tall it is!

    Kaylof

  • GINTAMA AAAAAAAAAAAAA THE FINAL AAAAAAAAAA

    Vai03

  • hinjaku hinjaku

    lanveii

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

    RyuzakiKen99

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.

Archives

  • Yearbook2021
  • Yearbook2022
  • yearbook2023
  • yearbook2024