MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!

    BeagaKing

  • I don't know who the heck john is, I dont know what he wants. All I know that he must be protected.

    Chrism_

  • Speedwagon best waifu.

    Nemesis177

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

    dl_ats_963

  • "No matter how afraid I am, I have a job to do!" —Red Blood Cells (Cells at Work!)

    TheRiseofAnime

  • It was a good year for isekai

    ltroyal

  • To Your Eternity was the saddest anime this year. Shaking and crying rn.

    genuinegiorno

  • Anime is laifu cuz waifu is waifu.

    Sallachi

  • Mushoku tensei is peak fiction

    Benwell

  • Anime sucks, I love it.

    MonadProxi

  • Introspection is the key to attaining success

    Leylin_Balvan

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

    Raccoonbro

  • Now, we shall part 2021 :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

  • 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

  • This season was great but I'm still waiting for ice adolescence

    funanimelover13

  • “Catch me if you can Mr Holmes” —William Moriarty

    Astrqriius

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

    LeilaBargo

  • To (sk8 the) infinity and beyond!

    LeonerreFT

  • "I'll never stop watching anime."

    -Meru

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

    RealCrayfish

  • "If I am wielding the sword then I cannot embrace you, if I am not wielding the sword then I cannot protect you"

    BleachedAvatar

  • There were so many great anime in 2021, it’s really hard to pick just one for each category! Can’t wait for another awesome year in anime 2022!

    FairyTailLove83

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

    Baka_Otaku03

  • Imagine being a weeb, totally not me.

    LeifK_

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

    TinyGraape

  • All of the Anime here & their characters are good!

    IRingxMasterI

  • I have watched too much isekai. No shame

    FelixIsBae

  • The lockdown wasn't so boring

    Sch4n

  • Wonder Egg Priority is good!

    leons106

  • 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

  • “You do what you have to do. Just keep moving. That’s how it works, right?” Attack on titan: Season 4, Episode 62.

    VoidEater-San

  • First of all thanks to MAL team for keeping up the great work and my next year wish would be no more redo of the healer type of anime pls make it stop it’s not for fkn TV bruuh.

    Makushimu_Yroma

  • Unbelievable

    BRUHLAS

  • 2021 was the year I got into anime and I'm glad I became an anime fan at the perfect year where there were a lot of banger shows each season. It feels really good to be an anime fan and I will be looking forward to what 2022 has in store for us.

    BAKUNAUA

  • Anime get the tension out of my system this year.

    Mahi44

  • I guess it was a pretty good year.

    cornflake77

  • your characters could be beauty monsters the cats will remain the most beautiful thing in the world Long live the king

    bastienr17

  • Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi opening, GA DEAM

    TTLMA

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • I must say that there are couple of good anime this year, but the most anime I liked this year are not in most of the selection. Which I understand, not everyone has the same taste. The best anime that I enjoyed in the year of 2021 is Horimiya because I read the manga which enjoy

    PrimRose_20

  • I love this year

    Pandoraa

  • Goddamn was this year good, for anime. Not so much for me or anyone, DUH

    LordHetmanix2077

  • I know like three anime, but cheers to watching more next year, and finding my place on this site!

    AgeofTitanium

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

    Jasundere

  • Promised Neverland is by far my favorite culinary anime!

    shutired

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

    S_c_a_r_l_e_t

  • Anime has ruined my life.

    xllv

  • SPRING 2021 WAS THE BEST SEASON OF ANIME PERIOD.

    raryaryagi

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

    shunwen

  • 2021 might have been the most hectic year but in my opinion was the best year for me bcz of all the anime releases with genres ranging from Romance(kome san) to Tragedy(AOT), isekai, horror(Mieruko-chan) and much more.

    Tenma_Yato

  • 10 billion percent exhilarating!

    C0rrekT

  • This anime year was incredible but I hope next year we will look at this one and go: "man that was a bad year for anime compared to this".

    BunicuMarin

  • i can remember anime name's in japanese, but i can barely remember my own birthday.

    violettx

  • The art of life is the art of avoiding pain

    -JM22-

  • 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

  • This year is a pretty good year for anime. We've got some amazing new shows like Mushoku Tensei, Ousama Ranking, Odd Taxi & 86. But we also got some shit like Mid Hero season 6, Bronze End and Ex-Arm. This year was a fun rollercoaster and I'm hoping that 2022 will be even better.

    You_Dont_Know

  • Crunchyroll anime of the year sucks lol

    Sladerocks

  • Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.

    Dualityofsoul

  • Let us look forward to the next MAL Yearbook!

    Darkj25

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

    sk7rpion

  • This year has been a banger!!! Nonstop top-tier anime every season were just amazing.... Komi-San, Rudy, Miyamura, Rimuru and so so SO many amazing characters.... So many waifus.... It was just amazing!!!

    Goated_Weeb526

  • Kimetsu No Yaiba is amazing

    Kuso_desu

  • Adam might be looking for his Eve, but too bad, the Langa has his Reiki!

    Aka_to_azure

  • Ex arm best anime

    ElMolaik

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

    Yasmin17

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

    SomanshuAikat

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

    lightinhereyes

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

    YukiTakashi

  • we live for this

    shadow_monarch42

  • Please don't ban me for having the word tiddy in my name, please. Thank you for a great year!

    TeiraTiddy

  • Vivy, ODDTAXI, 86, Mushoku Tensei, Ranking of Kings, and Link Click all in the same year. This was by far the greatest year in anime history, with so many masterpiece shows. (also watch Shadows House, it was very underrated)

    weebheadkyle_png

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

    FRognomz

  • #2021 The Anime Year for generations to come, had everything from Attack on Titan to Ex Arm, from Komi san to To your Eternity. Glad I watched so many shows this year, but at the same time sad that I skipped so many gems( will definitely watch them).

    Ironaditya

  • Anime characters got a yearbook before I did T_T

    SleepySera

  • Since it's for 2021. All my actual votes go for Gintama movie 2021. 2022 will be sad year without Sorachi-sensei. :/

    kuik

  • hinjaku hinjaku

    lanveii

  • "People die when they're killed"

    Swampire016

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

    moises_ishida

  • -a very cool quote-

    JustCallMeKou

  • I will continue to bury myself more with anime.

    Jafet_Alfaro

  • Anime has ruined me

    Uchuuu

  • I really gotta watch more anime this year

    Xp_raygon

  • "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" —Sherlock Holmes From the best duo "Moriarty and Sherlock"

    Blaze2317

  • I like voting on anime/manga.

    Sellstedt

  • Coś się kończy, coś zaczyna...

    Shokaki

  • “Takemitchy, listen this whole time, there’s been poop stuck in your hair” —Mikey, Tokyo Revengers

    Grizzly69er

  • Time is gold when watching bold.

    Clockblocker299

  • Hei hei hei, let’s enjoy all anime with happy ?

    Megumiya

  • Jobless Reincarnation best anime of the year.

    Kalwin420YT

  • you guys have forgotten the best anime of 2021, Higehiro :)

    NicholasEvan

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

    The_Cmoose

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

    Ginxkun

  • Crunchyroll anime awards is a joke, sorry but I had to say it.

    Cofi_

  • I think this year has been an amazing year for anime. It's been a long while since we've had a year where everyone can find something to watch, where every season has something that someone might be into. I'm really excited to see where we can go from here!

    strydderXD

  • I believed that Eastern animation could offer the pinnacle of direction, story-telling, and pure Sakuga art. I believed that it was misunderstood like A Silent Voice. Under-appreciated like Grave of the Fireflies. Then I watched Ex-Arm and now I don’t know what to think at all.

    Paperphoenix1907

  • 2021 anime is weird.

    AswdPlayz

  • tatakae tatakae

    bahiisbored

  • GINTAMA AAAAAAAAAAAAA THE FINAL AAAAAAAAAA

    Vai03

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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