MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Another year, another quarantine. BUT WITH MUCH MORE ANIME. Thank you anime for making it so much more bearable.

    NummyNummers

  • A bad year for me but anime and manga helped me get through it like a train passing through a thunderstorm .

    RyuzakiKen99

  • This year was better than last

    TheEpicMacbeth

  • 2021 What 2020 should have been.

    Animefan1846

  • pretty dang good year, huh?

    Thoft

  • To decide that I'm hopeless before I even begin is nothing but laziness

    KioSKa

  • see you space cowboy

    jotaroshat

  • 10 billion percent exhilarating!

    C0rrekT

  • Ex arm anime of the year

    HARSHBEINGHARSH

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

    iforgor

  • Crunchyroll anime of the year sucks lol

    Sladerocks

  • Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!

    BeagaKing

  • Youji Itami spoke facts when he said "I work to support my hobby. So if you asked me which I'd choose my job or my hobby, my hobby takes priority."

    jessieshim

  • Kagehina is the best anime ship ever created

    ej_murray

  • ANIME IS LOVE AND ANIME IS LIFE!!!!

    TheAn1meGen1us

  • yare yare daze

    Piranha3D

  • Be nice to each other!

    Zoester

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

    Acthegamer04

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

    IrrelevantGuy

  • justice can be cruel

    hooman_matt

  • sonny boy anime of the year

    boykunron

  • \(ò×ó)/

    AkiraKogane

  • can't wait for 2022 anime releases

    HANTA_KAMISHIMA

  • "Surpass your limits right here, right now" —Sukehiro, Yami

    JePKo22

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

    Jingrado

  • Cool Event

    EmmanuelPlath

  • beyound boundaries, and higher

    zDenny

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

    bastienr17

  • Thank you soo much for such a year filling with great anime.

    PRIom_18

  • Ex arm best anime

    ElMolaik

  • (-‿--) Dear Weebs of MAL, you are sugoi. Whatever is going on in your kokoro right now, please know that you are kawaii and your story is not a filler. You are loved (-‿--)

    Otttoc

  • always do your best, even if you accumulate defeats, know that you will accumulate a lot of victory by learning from your failures!

    ArkyEvxs

  • ඞ ゴゴゴゴ ඞ

    Kimtheanimefan

  • yes, I'm a WEEB w - tatakae tatakae e - Shinji get in the robot e - mappa please give us YOI movie already b - help

    yukyuuu

  • ”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

  • genki ii ne... nani ka ii koto demo atta no kai?

    Dazonwraith

  • Best Anime Year Yet!!)

    Brabd

  • „Sasageyo“

    holondaise

  • “Listen up. I am a god.” —Tengen Uzui

    TheCharizarder

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

    xkazutox

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

    Maria_Viktoria

  • 2021's Year of Anime is very much akin to 2021 as a whole. It gave us moments of joy, of excitement and sometimes even moved us to tears! But most notably it had a lot of garbage that you could only really laugh about.

    BillyCx

  • 2021: The year anime moved from being the thing that held me together against all odds to being the thing positively I lived for week after week.

    Plato-Senpai

  • Nice year...

    Llacerta

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

    sakshi48

  • "Embrace the heartache and become a good man, Gugu!"

    tropika

  • "This isn't a popularity contest right?"

    Ice-cube

  • "I can forgive you 1000 times … but only trust you once"

    Snipez69

  • Anime sucks, I love it.

    MonadProxi

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

    Snow_Leopard123

  • I came. I saw. I MAL'ed.

    Shibuya109

  • Watching anime is getting easier, especially in my region, there are many official/legal platforms that provide anime, hopefully in the future anime information sources will be more interactive and available in many languages.

    Arzetya

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

    lightinhereyes

  • 2021 anime is weird.

    AswdPlayz

  • "I'm a weeb, and that's good, I will never be good and that's not weeb, there's no one I'd rather be then me"-wreck it Ralph alternate universe

    Ralph wreck it

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

    DominickFisher

  • Hey bitches bros and nonbinary hoes

    Pahvisensei

  • To watch anime every day makes me happy

    SandraEis

  • no thoughts head empty only uzui tengen and his wives

    poesracoon_karl

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

    Grizzly69er

  • "Catch me if you can, Holmes!" —Moriarty

    Rkashyap621

  • Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife

    MysticShade

  • I'm worried I've gotten diabetes... I've just consumed too much romance this year.

    Oravelos

  • "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

    Pixie_dust_412

  • 2021 might've been tough but at least we all got something in common that keeps us bonded and that is Anime! Assuring us that there is always something to look forward to.

    Alphyx

  • To (sk8 the) infinity and beyond!

    LeonerreFT

  • Akatsuki is life, Akatsuki is love #VillainsFTW

    katsukidayou

  • Anime teach me to survive...???

    Fuyuki_Hashime

  • Promised Neverland is by far my favorite culinary anime!

    shutired

  • anime is life

    bgsOO3

  • Without love it cannot be seen

    Emillian

  • 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

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

    BleachedAvatar

  • 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

  • “The spring sky is bluer than I've ever seen. If only I could gift you this wonderful sky. No, I know what you'd like better. A cake with lots of whipped cream on top. ” —Izumi Miyamura

    Tamago_Senpai14

  • My choices are most likely not going to be acknowledged but hey, this Year was worth it.

    IceTP100

  • Hunter X Hunter came back this year, right? Right? Let's manifest.

    DeidoroSakaki

  • "People die when they're killed"

    Swampire016

  • This year, I mean in 2021, late 2021, I started anime... so far my best start-up of the life ?-?...I am indebted to this year, though its late, for introducing me to the awesome world of the anime....THANKS 2021-?????????

    S_Rubaiyat_K

  • It’s all just a blur.

    Megge06

  • Loved this year’s shows!

    zelitta

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

    SSalman

  • "People die when they're killed"

    KaguraFireCosplay

  • Quarantine with Anime. #Covid/21

    Forman420

  • If anime was real it wouldn't be real

    cookiesforsanta

  • Found my freedom! Eren could never

    Celineeekh

  • There is no shame in being weak, but staying weak is.

    AnimeNormee

  • Everyday there's a way to come alive again... (chano)

    dalzovo

  • 2021 was a great year for anime and lets hope 2022 is the same Also oddtaxi and fruits basket are best anime of 2021

    Choccygamez12

  • This year absolutely blew my mind

    Evilhunger

  • Jobless Reincarnation best anime of the year.

    Kalwin420YT

  • Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

    GemienLUV

  • Kore wa Pandemic desu ka?

    Bergioyn

  • "Knowing you're different is only the beginning. If you accept these differences you’ll be able to get past them and grow even closer.” – Miss Kobayashi, Dragon Maid. Much love everybody!

    MasterZinc

  • But a Quirkless middle schooler is also a suitable person!

    Rin_Setsuna

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

    @Dscry

  • Now, we shall part 2021 :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

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

    MVP_Varun

  • BAKAYARO KONOYARO

    Furexx

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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