MAL Yearbook 2021

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

    bastienr17

  • 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

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

    White_Wuf

  • "Sometimes there is nothing you can do, you stare at the rain and wait for it to end, all alone".

    hattrem1

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

    sakshi48

  • anime is a retreat from a retreat as in it is another version of tv and some look at tv as a retreat and anime fits thats because anything is possible as long as one can draw it

    grim_the_reaper

  • Anime is something that makes us wanna dream.

    Eriskyyy

  • "People said the world ending in 2012 was fake, but has anyone felt alive since then?"

    DeonX

  • "Don't care what anyone else thinks about you, because no one thinks about."

    DeonX

  • Anime's gay... I love it

    LandSwimmer

  • Wonder Egg Priority and Death Parade need more content so I can prove to my boyfriend that they're the best. Please and thank you.

    Hadles2043

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

    Snow_Leopard123

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

    Itsumo_Issho

  • Jobless Reincarnation best anime of the year.

    Kalwin420YT

  • Vivy was a masterpiece!!

    JokersRoyal

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

    DarkLeafNinja

  • Tatakai Tatakai !!!

    joy_swifty

  • They are all good and masterpieces...so this is really hard to vote among them...then i will vote some characters, openings... according to my favourite....

    Debjit_Roy

  • Shinzo wo Sasageyo

    Akava_19

  • So much anime, so little time! I hope that MAL friends, staff, and I can always enjoy anime no matter how busy we are and thanks to all the staff from all the studios for your hard work, anime keeps getting better every year. Hope everything always goes well and is fun for us!

    309

  • Anime brought me back to life

    Revaxiph

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

    GeekFood

  • It's been a great year for anime and manga.

    -THEBeast-

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

    Jamk_

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

    TsRolox03

  • Fruits Basket it's the anime of the year

    Hebihime_

  • Covid = Online Class = Watch Anime = No Study = Bad Grades = Drop Out = Get A Job = Earn Money = Got Rich = Watch More Anime

    Jx1126

  • 2022年以降のアニメを本当に楽しみにしています

    Neko_ipoi

  • Watch Link Click

    jokerariel

  • Odd Taxi was great!

    gabotinus316

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

    Just a weeb

  • "Freedom" —Eren Jeager

    iantreel

  • 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

  • Heyy im very excited to do this i hope i can join next year too thanks for invite me-️ I love you my anime list

    zensayonara

  • Anime is life

    Haruhi_Sarutobi

  • THE DYNAMIC DUO NOMINEES MADE ME SCREAM FR

    marini_the_gomi

  • Anime has been a nice way out of real life for me the past couple of years. It brings so much emotion where nothing else could!

    Vincentevil

  • What a banger year

    Alecks

  • Kazuto was here, anime have brighten my whole year

    Kuroken_Kazuto

  • 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

  • "Where’s my smile and my will to live? Gone" —Uramichi Oniisan

    Morpeeko

  • “What you consider normal often turns out to be what makes you, you.” —Ooba Mayu (Blue Period)

    Lopika

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

    YukimuraChieri

  • 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

  • "Don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened."

    KioSensei

  • I just started watching anime last year!

    Lindor420

  • Wars are Everywhere, Peace is Inevitable, Anime is the Best

    MADEVIL

  • I should have been nominated, but it's fun to give others a chance... right?

    SheyCroix

  • Vivy the best anime don’t @ me

    PapiVamp

  • I like voting on anime/manga.

    Sellstedt

  • sad bcs no sonny boy :(

    Godspeeeed

  • Most deaths - Natsuki Subaru (LMFAO)

    GFLMA

  • Anime is a truly beautiful medium. Let us continue to enjoy it.

    Copyboy-13

  • Better than crunchy roll award winners probably hopefully maybe

    RenderingUser

  • Thank you for all of your hard work making MyAnimeList better and better!

    Sleepteiner

  • There is no greater happiness and peace than sitting on the couch with a cup of tea and watching this year's anime with your loved ones, creating memes, even crying sometimes but also admiring, learning and being enchanted ...

    _swh_

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

    GatoDeSabre

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

    Grizzly69er

  • 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

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

    nzrnxshh

  • May we all awaken to a better dystopia.

    snarky-san

  • Awesome year

    kivvee

  • Let go of reality, nothing goes planned in this accursed world…

    diaablo

  • Another year on the courtesy of anime ?. Lots of tears flown , hearts broken, healed , laughed . Anime has always been a blessing and looking forward to another exciting anime year ahead ?

    TABMrMystic

  • Don't understimate power of friendship

    abbasower12

  • Never stop seeing anime

    vivekred

  • EX-ARM is a masterpiece,Dogeza de Tanondemita is the most wholesome show of the season and the most consistent show is undoubtedly " B :The Beginning Succession Jokes aside this years was better than the last one(at least in terms of anime ) best shows were SNK and BLUE PERIOD

    Yanssen10

  • You're nice keep going

    Army45

  • Hello everybody, my name is Markiplier and welcome to Five Nights at Freddy's, an indie horror game that you guys suggested, in mass, and I saw that Yamimash played it and he said it was really really good... So I'm very eager to see what is up.

    AaronTheBaron

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

    Debrup_07

  • Wanna go camping with you, Rin!

    thoiph

  • "That" -She

    hitogoroshii

  • This year was pretty shit, the anime were neat tho

    Koogmaster

  • “I’m not worried about girls. But when I think about some guy taking you, I can’t ...” - Hori

    Pengster

  • If you'll please excuse me, I still have 10,000 episodes across 120 titles to finish before next year's releases. I must prepare.

    AtisutoMeru

  • It's been a awesome year with anime and MAL and I hope this year will be or more awesome than last year. -️ Excited for all the anime releasing this year ???

    DrakenXX01

  • MUST PROTECT MIKO YOTSUYA!!!

    Its_Ishii

  • Luv 2 evry1

    Primorie

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

    Baka_Otaku03

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

    Yasmin17

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

    imFreppy

  • Kyouko Hori best girl

    IAmWastingAir

  • TATAKE

    Triall

  • "People die when they're killed"

    thenthukpa

  • "Listen! Your biggest audience is women. And women have a shrewd eye. Kouka fans want a dreamlike fantasy. A beauty they could never hope to obtain." Kageki Shoujo!!, Ep 2

    Amy-hakase

  • Bojji is the best character of this year, also Tooru has a special mention. LARGA VIDA A GODA.

    Luwiolu

  • Anime is not a mistake! XD

    jmas081391

  • "L!L!L! & L.W.A.S (Love! the Life! we Live! & Live with A Smile!)" - Two phrases taken from two songs title from my favourite series, Love Live!. The phrases that surely we hope in this year & future, we gain a successful & happy life. Just enjoy your life whatever you do!

    MrBluebear

  • I haven't watched much anime for last 1 year but I will if I had some free time?

    tejas-san

  • "Crippling anime addiction baby!!!"

    LGwarrior789

  • “Set your heart ablaze”

    rengok

  • I don't care what other people think of me. I enjoy my life with my own rules

    Nikurumi

  • Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!

    BeagaKing

  • 2021, another chapter completed! ? If there's one thing we Anime fans can all agree on; it's the fact that 2021 was one of the best years in the History of the animanga industry. True, the world has never understood our "taste~", but now more than ever can we be proud! To 2022!

    TheMrPatrick

  • Never Disturb The Calm Water

    Emo0

  • 86 easily the best anime of the year in all aspects, if you disagree, FIGHT ME!

    Zakku-

  • Remember that time when you almost got eaten by a giant spider or that other time you stepped on a magical portal and the whole class got teleported to another world? Fun times. Keep in touch...NOT! Class of 2021-We don't suck. Byeee!

    Dragynfaerie

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

    superbusters654

  • When somebody ask me ''why is Fairy Tail your favorite anime" i only have one answer ''because it makes me forget that i don't have anybody who wants to real be with me. And Fairy Tail is about friendship and i want what they have ''

    saliona

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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