MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Keep on watching

    OzeNix

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

    Kidd_Vicious

  • Yearbook Janai, Katsura da!

    Iskarioth

  • Mushoku Tensei was one of the Best Anime out this Year period.

    MVP_Varun

  • Imagine thinking I would even consider protecting anyone over my best boy Bojji

    Chizzie

  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • "Tatakae!"

    UnicornPie

  • When there is nothing in life, when you feel down and you feel like there is nothing you can do, you can always turn to anime to make you feel high in life and then sad, then happy again, and then sad again...I don't know, watch anime I guess.

    TheBlazman

  • 2021 was packed with so many amazing animes, I am glad that i got to see so many of them.

    The_Solitary_Guy

  • WINTER 2021 CARRIED 2021

    spctrx

  • We may say it was a good anime year!

    AnyTheFox

  • it's been a tough year but these shows were my retreat from my home stress,school life and many more.

    SSalman

  • Great year for anime! P.S. What does O(ver)P(owered) Direction even mean?

    HalfwayDeadz

  • speedwagon best waifu

    FALZAP

  • I should have watched more anime!

    TripleLutzz

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

    Reed_san

  • Let's see what we have this year!!!

    Kyrioscist

  • Anime is life

    Haruhi_Sarutobi

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

    Faceu77

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

    _virara

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

    Kaylof

  • Never Disturb The Calm Water

    Emo0

  • Look around Eren, at these big ass trees.

    YoKitty

  • My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke...

    Harun69

  • Don't be shy or feel bad about enjoying anime. Don't let others judge the things you enjoy. You be you, and enjoy what you enjoy. Innocent or degenerate, you'll still be happy as an otaku, if you love being an otaku.

    RiverChan

  • Is this the Krusty Krab?

    DangerNoodle77

  • I hope i will be a better person next year!

    yokofu

  • I enjoy watching Japanese cartoons.

    TQRL

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

    Bolleatstoes

  • 2021 What 2020 should have been.

    Animefan1846

  • 2021 Best year for Anime, fact.

    KOTFTW

  • Damn, this year went by so fast I forgot half of these.

    joey

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

    barnabasdudda

  • It was an "ODD" year

    mangamaxx

  • A very important quote to me is: “An important thing to remember is, just because a person has problems communicating, doesn't mean that person doesn't want to communicate with others,” hearing this at the onset of each episode made me feel very happy!

    Rav_29

  • I like anime, yes I do.

    Edimon2907

  • Marin best girl of the year

    imcy0812

  • The year which I could spend most for anime . I'm blessed yo watch many great ones. Anime Daisuki

    Bla_ck_reap_er

  • Its my 1st time but i loved the anime of this year

    Red543322

  • Ex-Arm is the best anime EVER.

    BukanRakib

  • animes = good :)

    miguelbr02

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

    IrrelevantGuy

  • 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

  • This was certainly a year.

    Jhiday

  • "........" said Komi-san. I am also speechless. I have nothing to say. But let's do our best to connect with people. I am also bad at it.

    therefore-I-AM

  • May we all awaken to a better dystopia.

    snarky-san

  • 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

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

    C_Par

  • It's been an awesome year for me just because of these anime. Many no, so many! things changed in these few years but am glad! these 2D, fictional characters have always been my therapy.

    lilymiii

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

    RealCrayfish

  • 2021 was amazing though.

    Adhik

  • Hope all my bitches and bros and non-binary hoes has a blessed and safe 2022!!!

    MelixBan

  • Anime is cool If you think not, you a fool If you like Miku U really stinku

    Konekute

  • "I'd rather die than get involved in something in what sounds like a pain in the ass."

    Kurosawa-san

  • Most of the anime that aired on 2021 are incredible boring but few are memorable . This is a good year for some legendary series. I have lot's of expectation anime that gonna airing on 2022 .

    AnimeXenjoyer

  • 2022 will be very good anime year

    Laaleet

  • Anime's gay... I love it

    LandSwimmer

  • 2021 was a great year for anime, and these selections were among the best.

    lgght-249

  • 10 years ago, it started with Naruto. 10 years later, I met One Piece. Once again, I fell in love with you again, Anime

    Zonigiri

  • "Will you kill or get killed?"

    Ayus_0007

  • I just started watching anime last year!

    Lindor420

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

    whoisalorachan

  • Vivy was a masterpiece!!

    JokersRoyal

  • I made my mom proud with these choices

    Urgent

  • "I'll love you even more so you don't have to worry about me cheating" A minute later "Is it alright if I date 2 girls at once?" —Kanojo mo Kanojo, one of the most random but funny anime in 2021.

    ReallyNotLuky

  • I love watching anime its really fun dattabayo

    amit004

  • Last year anime was so epics and hoping this year is going to blow minds, let the best anime win

    Lilgabbi

  • Good year for anime.

    CHEZARE

  • Filled with disasters from Covid to Ex-Arm, 2021 has come to an end :). Although filled with some nasty flops and disasters the "Face" of Bojji, "Mehness" of Odokawa, "Animation" of Mushoku Tensei (and KnY) and much more has lifted up 2021 to another great year for anime :)

    lollipOOOp

  • Don't wait for it, do it now because time is fast and never stopping.

    ojou_san

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

    KnightOfAstoria

  • Hope you enjoy your year and spend time with the family!!!!!!!!

    superbusters654

  • I live for anime!!

    ken__chin

  • „Sasageyo“

    holondaise

  • I want more and more people to watch anime

    ab_Sami

  • This year 2021 was full of great surprises and good animes where you can take refuge and feel the serenity that they emanate, and experience unique sensations.

    Zonx98

  • Moriarty the Patriot was such an amazing anime of all . It displayed a beautiful image of the discrimination between Earls and oppressed.

    Amna Hasan Mirza

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

    BlackNeko1912

  • So much time, so little effectively used time.

    budrking354

  • Based year

    lill_turt

  • F*cking this year so many caught omicron

    LynScroni

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

    Abeckford

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

    Acthegamer04

  • "UUUUUUU AAAAAAAAA UUUUUUUUUU AAAAAAAAA" —Bojji

    IzzyBoi

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

    AgeofTitanium

  • Anime is health, health is wealth.

    MagicSpectre

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

    Diamond1580

  • We have an TITAN amount of anime to watch!

    Ren211

  • "You cannot change the world with pretty worlds alone." —Lelouch Lamperouge

    _meanie_

  • I wanna give a shoutout to the MAL discord mods for soldering through all the spoilers and the sus comments You will all be missed

    VivavideoUser2x

  • 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 love anime - thanks #MAL

    itmeh_piyush

  • Coś się kończy, coś zaczyna...

    Shokaki

  • It has been a great journey! Hope for the best for what's to come and always remember, you're never alone!

    BlazeMustang

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

    Mcreamb-

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

    Chrism_

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR WEEBS bring on the rumbling xoxo

    BenSpeirs

  • Life is not a game of luck. If you wanna win, work hard.

    nzrnxshh

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

    Kadaori

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

    genuinegiorno

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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