MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Ah yes 2021, The Year I became Cultured, to the future where I hope will not lose the entertainment and community I have now.

    TheDeadmanII

  • "auuu aa au aah" A wise quote from a great king.

    Sheridan02

  • This year absolutely blew my mind

    Evilhunger

  • 2021 was great, hope we can have lots more fun with coming anime in 2022!

    WoughtFighter

  • I’m grateful to MAL for being there with me every step of the way these past 10+ years. Thank you for providing such a fun place we can hang out and laugh with other fans! I look forward to the next 10!

    YukiTsubaki

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

    hattrem1

  • Hori best girl

    populargamer5000

  • Tokyo revengers was the best this year in my opinion

    PutName_Here

  • I hope my favourite anime and character will win

    MegumiAnemone

  • "vivy is peak"

    AuraXYZ

  • Boiji is best boy and best girl.

    Venom5970

  • gotta say the anime were pretty good last year

    aturtlzzz

  • The past makes you wanna die out of regret, and the future makes you depressed out of anxiety, so by elimination present is likely the happiest time.

    Barry_Allen_14

  • WE'RE THE TOKYO MANJI GANG!

    SpiderBear-11

  • Made many long reviews last year.

    short_reviews

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

    Cheerios3402

  • Last year was amazing ? for anime followers, and i wish it becomes more amazing this year -️

    Aniket1542

  • 86 = peak

    LokoSquad

  • Learn, grow, enjoy and live your life-️??

    bosskeyx

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

    Sisconnkid

  • Sir Isaac Newton once said: "Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my favorite anime is Inferno Cop."

    NotSkulls

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

    Morpeeko

  • Yearbook Janai, Katsura da!

    Iskarioth

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

    Blank_Matter

  • GINTAMA AAAAAAAAAAAAA THE FINAL AAAAAAAAAA

    Vai03

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR WEEBS bring on the rumbling xoxo

    BenSpeirs

  • Don’t really know what to say but I’m glad to be a part of this yearbook 2021!

    Animefan5100

  • Year 2021 is a very memorable year for me for it's the first time that I've watched anime of the certain season. I've watched almost all anime of 2021 and even participated in FAL and for me, it's the year that I've enjoyed watching anime more than ever before!

    Mhar-sama

  • The most memorable anime line: "tatakae. Tatakae. TATAKAE!" —Eren Yeager, friend and son

    kazuzu_0

  • Another great year for mainstream anime. If only I had watched and enjoyed any of them.

    RobbiRobb

  • When life gives you bears, trick them into doing market research for you.

    Brack_Obunga

  • “Everyone starts from zero. If you mess up, just try it. Figure out why, and try again.” —Miyamura Izumi "Memories can be painful. They can be a terrible burden. Sometimes, being able to forget is a... blessing. Eternity is a long time to collect bad memories." —Pyra

    Dgddgfg

  • Cheers to one more year of not taking baths, the ladies love that.

    GanjiMEX

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

    Gener4lLeee

  • All of the Anime here & their characters are good!

    IRingxMasterI

  • 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

  • Another great year of Anime Ig

    nottherealBEAST

  • "I am the cutest no doubt!!"

    aruuuimi

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

    Oravelos

  • Thank you 2021!

    Angelikc

  • (-‿--) 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

  • "If you don't like your destiny, Don't accept it. Instead have the courage to change it the way you want it to be."

    Namblue11

  • Vivy was a masterpiece!!

    JokersRoyal

  • Ore wa matsuri no Kami, soon I'll make you my tatami

    Liliiii69

  • Don't understimate power of friendship

    abbasower12

  • “When life gives you lemons, watch anime.”

    callen7408

  • what a year

    cuki_aep

  • Akhirnya tahun ini gua nonton wanpis sampe di arc Wano ?

    LuciferrKid

  • Regardless of how weak you feel No matter how hard you are hit. Keep your heart burning. Grit your teeth and move forward. If you stop and hide the flow of time will not stop for you. - Kyojuro Rengoku

    Blank_Equinox

  • pretty dang good year, huh?

    Thoft

  • May we all awaken to a better dystopia.

    snarky-san

  • My anime backlog is now longer than my expected length of life, what to do?

    WanderingRonin

  • This year was an overall good year with lots of amazing anime! Looking forward to the next.

    Acoustic_Sammy_X

  • Here's to one of the best year yet, can't wait to top it!!

    Timcampy118

  • “Expecting others to read your mind is delusional.” —Hachiman Hikigaya

    hamso-

  • To another great year!

    JohnnyKirisaki

  • Coś się kończy, coś zaczyna...

    Shokaki

  • I have watched too much isekai. No shame

    FelixIsBae

  • We may say it was a good anime year!

    AnyTheFox

  • TATAKAE

    lizazazazaz

  • Please watch Vivy if you haven't yet, I'm begging you

    nt_n3on

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

    GeekFood

  • Come on you have more than 100 anime in plan to watch when will that number become a 2 digit number before it becomes a 4 digit? Take a little time to relax and watch some anime ?

    Shamir-kun

  • 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

  • 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

  • Reject reality, return to non non biyori

    pocketspaghet

  • I am happy

    Shintô

  • Banger year for Anime!

    FoxyVee

  • Juuzou Suzuya is the Best.

    Suzuyadesuga

  • I enjoy watching Japanese cartoons.

    TQRL

  • First time doing this, but very hard to choose between these anime listed but I gone by what I think suit the best on those anime I have watch. Can’t wait for final outcome for these results outcome.

    Animekid3

  • link click ruined my life (in the best way)

    lgdeceasedface

  • “Take the blue and the red and make purple to win the game”

    Raccoonbro

  • The Spring Sky is Bluer than I've ever seen. If I could give you this very sky as a gift, I would in a heartbeat.'

    anhiansh5

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

    DarkLeafNinja

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

    Just a weeb

  • was a good year for me. I am not good at words but it was fun.

    Rinkumi

  • 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

  • "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" —Sherlock Holmes From the best duo "Moriarty and Sherlock"

    Blaze2317

  • “The only reason I didn’t have beef with you is simply because… It was boring” —Adam

    Cainael

  • dont be the best one, be the only one

    iridescentsung

  • Slowly mal evolve into something very nice. Hope this get great each year with more category spread on it and more great event coming along with expo. At least its need to reach 1 months long!

    Vvivvcv12

  • This year I watched anime and nothing more

    rilip1

  • Some characters are swords made to defend, and some shields made to attack. But when the time comes they can finally do what they were made for. Attack or defend.

    SwoankyTiger

  • I spilled my cereal writing this quote

    MrCattyWolf

  • The lockdown wasn't so boring

    Sch4n

  • It was a good year for isekai

    ltroyal

  • Thank you٩( 'ω' )و

    malyama

  • I believed that Eastern animation could offer the pinnacle of direction, story-telling, and pure Sakuga art. I believed that it was misunderstood like A Silent Voice. Under-appreciated like Grave of the Fireflies. Then I watched Ex-Arm and now I don’t know what to think at all.

    Paperphoenix1907

  • 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

  • This was a good year.

    BLACK-RYO

  • Stay AWESOME fellow otakus!

    The_Mighty_Otaku

  • A lot of these I don’t know of, but I will vote for and continue loving the ones I know.

    Unknownplayer

  • Even though the year has been hard for everyone I’m glad I have the awesome anime and manga community to keep me company! \(>~<)

    ShinseiNeko

  • I wish to pat Ushiwakamaru head.

    Edgyson

  • ninomiya best prota of the year

    Gotai

  • "You may be a little too idealistic Not only for others but for yourself Ideals are too high and unable to be attained" —Karlstahl

    Noobtin

  • New seasons, new worlds to discover!

    naerbo

  • Please, let's watch anime as the world burns to ashes.

    Milith801

  • horimiya supermacy

    smutnygoldi

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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