MAL Yearbook 2021

Anime Section

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O(ver)P(owered) Direction

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Comments

  • Anime/manga can sometimes be the best medicine for a lost soul.

    Just a weeb

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

    Yuukiiro

  • 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

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

    Jingrado

  • This was a good year.

    BLACK-RYO

  • ”I’ll go anywherez, as long as there’z moneyz in it! Life may be importantz, but it wont buy youz a sandwich!” - Dark Turtlez

    mirkku

  • Best Anime Year Yet!!)

    Brabd

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

    HalfwayDeadz

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

    celeVie

  • "I am the cutest no doubt!!"

    aruuuimi

  • Coś się kończy, coś zaczyna...

    Shokaki

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

    patate_betterave

  • 2021 was such a beautiful year for anime and by that I mean how many beautiful animes have been released. God that I'm thankful that my friends introduced me to it several years ago. Have a nice year

    Homosapiens-sama

  • Rent a Goat

    saumsung

  • pretty dang good year, huh?

    Thoft

  • Cool Event

    EmmanuelPlath

  • “The worse I am at something, the better I feel when I work at it and learn how to do it.” – Rudeus Greyrat

    its_yorozuya

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

    Kadaori

  • Tokyo Revengers was the best of the year

    VictorVS

  • yare yare daze

    Piranha3D

  • This is so much better than em Crunchyroll awards lol

    Martin_Galbavy

  • 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

  • Another great year of Anime Ig

    nottherealBEAST

  • "I Wish I Could've Lived My Life Without Making Wrong Turns. But That's Impossible. [...] We Make Mistakes. And Little By Little, One Step At A Time, We Push Forward." Yuki Sohma Natsuki Takaya Fruits Basket

    duducomo

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

    LeilaBargo

  • another day another slay

    eedle

  • There's too much anime, I can't keep up!

    DominickFisher

  • This year was so good anime made it mainstream again and I’m so happy that a lot of truly beautiful and amazing show made it to screens this year so thank you

    Dazaikunbsd

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

    animebaby00

  • MAL, please start your own Anime Awards. They'll be much better.

    Pre_Yum

  • Boji-sama is one of the best characters ever created.

    fquirogam

  • It saddens me that there are people out there who are oblivious to the joy that anime brings!!

    Anime_Emotion

  • Kazuto was here, anime have brighten my whole year

    Kuroken_Kazuto

  • 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

  • "Eat, sleep, anime, repeat"

    _-ShiroNeko-_

  • One of the best year for anime fans-

    Golden_Name

  • Tatakae Tatakae

    Franklin1-N

  • I love anime - thanks #MAL

    itmeh_piyush

  • To another year of great anime!

    CukieMunster

  • I seriously really need to find a less misunderstood hobby.

    doomraider278

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

    Abeckford

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

    marsspacedout

  • Many masterpiece anime in this 2021 but it's will be more masterpiece anime in 2022

    Atha_5

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

    Squidnugi

  • Anime is the best medicine ever existed in my life!

    Aimideas

  • John!!!! Sand!!!! ( Anything happens) Sand!!!!

    Coolbythewolf

  • I ain’t got no girls cuz of anime frfr

    KaZeFrFr

  • This year was the year in which I was introduced to the world of anime. I am so happy to be able to enjoy this year with a vast variety of shows to binge watch every single day. I will never forget the day that I discovered the source in which gave a smile on my face.

    100_Percent_Real

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

    MelixBan

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

    FrostFever

  • An amazing anime year. Loved a lot of animes. I hope every year will have amazing anime like 2021 from now on.

    DARK_REPULSER_5

  • “If you’re panicking, you won’t be able to win a fight even if you could’ve.” —Ken Ryuguji

    CBPman9001

  • Luv 2 evry1

    Primorie

  • Nothing burns like the cold

    DreamYC

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

    YukiTakashi

  • This year was crazy for sure, lots of really good new and returning anime.

    White_Wuf

  • Eat. Sleep. Anime. Repeat.

    Ava_and _Anime

  • I still need Horimiya season 2.

    Kevin_101

  • ex-arm clears all of your favorites

    UltrqInstinct

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

    Judhill

  • „Sasageyo“

    holondaise

  • Always found what I search on MAL ^^

    Tiara A.

  • Best ED is Over Think from the Anime Shiguang Dailiren (Link Click)

    aspirat2110

  • Anime sucks, I love it.

    MonadProxi

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

    Lilgabbi

  • Just started anime yes

    Erlho

  • Maximum Effort

    WorstEdition

  • The year sucked but rocked. I watched anime till I drop. I think I'm dead but alive. I could become the definition of contradiction.

    raychanliyue05

  • 2021 was a banger! Here's to 2022 go above and beyond

    jujubeefrwin

  • Man... This year was a great one for anime and I watched a shit ton of it

    Debrup_07

  • Started the year (and anime) with action shounen Ended the year with sex comedy 10/10, didn't regret this year one bit

    RoastedCarrots

  • Here to another good year for anime!

    AngeloMC21

  • "Let's not let the androids take over us all, starting with a theme park!" —Vivy.

    Canaan

  • 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

  • Great season this year.

    koreyuchiha6

  • 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

  • All the released anime this year really came like a full course meal; light, heavy, sour, sweet and much more ( even bitter ).

    anandasaetang

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

    gotthea

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

    IrrelevantGuy

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

    Aka_to_azure

  • The cruel angel got his degree

    Reba

  • A great year for anime released, but a sad one because of all the legends that passed away. Here's in remembrance of all those legends, May their souls rest in peace.

    StrawhatAJ

  • “Sometimes it takes a real man to become best girl” —Gigguk

    NoSize

  • Don't be sad that a show that has ended, be happy of the journey you have experienced watching it.

    TriaxL

  • This year was absolutely amazing for anime, And then there’s the arm I broke up with…

    ChunchunmaruZcat

  • Anime: A piece of my heart.

    Seba3114

  • Tatakai Tatakai !!!

    joy_swifty

  • The closer you are to something, the lesser you can see.

    MardyBums

  • It’s more satisfying to hear a single ‘thank you’ than a lot of ‘sorry’s.’ Re:Zero

    EnergyVirus

  • gotta say the anime were pretty good last year

    aturtlzzz

  • TATAKE

    Triall

  • Hope everyone enjoys another year watching anime and reading manga! Cheers!!

    Bearan

  • Take life with a grain of pepper.

    Starfinity67

  • 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

  • I am happy

    Shintô

  • anime will not leave me i won't leave anime

    Fuyu-

  • A solid year of anime Rip to one of the goats Kentaro Miura, also watch one piece

    BrokenButter

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

    AgeofTitanium

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

    superbusters654

  • i've barely watched any of these anime so im mostly voting by vibes and vibes only

    noriakikakyoin

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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