MAL Yearbook 2021

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

    SomanshuAikat

  • another day another slay

    eedle

  • Oddtaxi Anime of the year

    Rolandorotolando

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

    FrostFever

  • You might be Useless to everyone else...So at least be Useful to yourself

    Sisconnkid

  • Roses are Red, Violets are blue, I hate Adam from Sk8 And I hope you do, too

    iforgor

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

    Abdullahthegreat

  • I've watched many anime in my life, many good, many bad. Many that were wrong to the source, and some that out shined the source. From the years of struggling to find anime, to now it is everywhere. I am glad ^w^.

    Lisacat15

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

    Yuukiiro

  • Even in pandemic. Atleast 2021 have many good anime. I hope anime will more good in future

    YukimuraChieri

  • “People’s lives don’t end when they die, it ends when they lose faith.” – Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)

    Blank_Matter

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

    xkazutox

  • Nice year...

    Llacerta

  • Anime is health, health is wealth.

    MagicSpectre

  • All these anime having part 1 and part 2 lately, meanwhile I'm still waiting for Covid 19 part 2 ?

    RealCraziCow

  • Back in September of this year I started getting into anime, starting with MHA, (which I still have a soft spot for btw) and the most recent anime I've watched was Bleach. At the beginning of this year I decided to take a break from anime, but Akira is next. Keep watching anime!

    Activeonspotify

  • Sure I graduated, but how will this affect Guts’s legacy?

    Lennyzard

  • The year of neverending ups. Each coming season was a banger.

    AdityaKanu

  • Don’t judge the book by it’s cover

    XxBlocKk

  • 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

  • "It's because I loved her most that I wanted to kill her as swiftly as possible." —Akame ga Kill!

    BendyBenditul

  • 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

  • Mushoku tensei is peak fiction

    Benwell

  • 2021 was a year to behold for anime. The animators put their heart into their work like Vivy did with her singing. Give these overworked heroes a round of applause!

    DeliveryDiverge

  • I love watching anime a lot, It changed my life. I was inspired by its animation and started a youtube channel named BVJ Animation where I am trying to make high quality content like anime. Thank you anime for supporting me ??.

    BlessonJoseph

  • I spilled my cereal writing this quote

    MrCattyWolf

  • Akatsuki is life, Akatsuki is love #VillainsFTW

    katsukidayou

  • “Fruits basket was robbed”, that’s all I’ll say ?

    Itsumo_Issho

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

    mxgumizz

  • The cruel angel got his degree

    Reba

  • Here's to many more wonderful animes to come!

    Trekker10

  • Don't understimate power of friendship

    abbasower12

  • Good year for anime.

    CHEZARE

  • Well....that year went by faster then the AOT charcters ?

    Usagi301

  • Another year filled with yet more Isekais. I don't know whether I should be happy or be disappointed.

    UsamiMitsu

  • I guess it was a pretty good year.

    cornflake77

  • Draken you will win

    K0NNA

  • i must say, tokyo revengers was so depressing i started calling is tokyo depressengers. 10/10, especially the manga.

    Yato66_

  • Take life with a grain of pepper.

    Starfinity67

  • “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

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

    Squidnugi

  • Dont let it go that deep, just breathe.

    iDevil360

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

    _virara

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

    Konekute

  • Kagehina is the best anime ship ever created

    ej_murray

  • I came. I saw. I MAL'ed.

    Shibuya109

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

    Debrup_07

  • Thanks for a good year. When is Yona of the dawn second season released?? Is it ever gonna be?

    Maria_Viktoria

  • New seasons, new worlds to discover!

    naerbo

  • see you space cowboy

    jotaroshat

  • To the boy who sought freedom, goodbye.

    eheh

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

    Chrism_

  • Average anime is good! we have to start seeing anime from the story, basically what makes it good is the story! this year's anime is good, I like it!

    KenYuza

  • "give up on your dreams and die" —Levi Ackerman

    i_majr

  • Ex arm anime of the year

    HARSHBEINGHARSH

  • Watch Link Click

    jokerariel

  • The Greatest joy tht i've never felt....

    SAHILxTANJIRO

  • Thank you to everyone for such a great year!

    NainaShrimp

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

    _meanie_

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

    PokeProX

  • Never stop seeing anime

    vivekred

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

    Grizzly69er

  • 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

  • I am small. I have no money. Yet I’ll still find the money for manga.

    GeekFood

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

    CBPman9001

  • "Ex-Arm the best anime."

    sakamotoid

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

    The_Cmoose

  • “I don't know If you all missed me, but I didn't think about any of you at all.”

    @Dscry

  • 'We all learn from anime, and every small bit of it has an enormous impact in our life''

    whistle_of_wish

  • Have you touched some grass today?

    4esthetics

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

    Roan_Ronaldo

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

    superbusters654

  • You're nice keep going

    Army45

  • I love anime! Artistic Nuggets Increasing My Energy

    audreyz00

  • 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

  • I wish to pat Ushiwakamaru head.

    Edgyson

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

    Aka_to_azure

  • ඞ ゴゴゴゴ ඞ

    Kimtheanimefan

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

    Canaan

  • as a great monk once said "You can take the man out of the trash,but you can't take the trash out of the man" -Gigguk-2021-

    WonderWolf23

  • Anime is like a dream, you never know what to expect with either of them.

    BenRoddison

  • "You were expecting a quote, but it was me DIO!"

    Youngman626

  • Made many long reviews last year.

    short_reviews

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

    Snow_Leopard123

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

    SYDK_

  • Reject reality, return to non non biyori

    pocketspaghet

  • Based Ex Arm

    mosuwain

  • Covid came but Anime ruled

    Kittkat0900

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

    DarkLeafNinja

  • 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

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

    Chizzie

  • I was there when it started, where were you when it ended?

    Setrinel

  • Eat. Sleep. Anime. Repeat.

    Ava_and _Anime

  • 2021 What 2020 should have been.

    Animefan1846

  • Anime is not a mistake! XD

    jmas081391

  • KnY is not carried by animation otherwise the manga sales won't be this high

    Shakariki_Gengoro

  • There was just one thing missing, I really needed: to meet up with the boys, make some noise, and get on it!

    Gener4lLeee

  • Last year was great for anime, lots of great shows, I can't wait to see what surprises are coming this year!

    Felpzz

  • You can always die. It's living that takes real courage

    Pritam_

  • The laws of space and time dictate that in 24 hours you can only physically watch 60 episodes of anime. That didn't stop me from completing One Piece in 3 days.

    ElqBell

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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