MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • "It's not your fault, it's just that the world sucks. So, keep your chin up and persevere!"

    _MushiRock11_

  • thank u mappa! please rest !

    echoesmirror

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

    Animefan5100

  • If you don’t take risks, you can’t create a future!

    Shichibu

  • Is this the Krusty Krab?

    DangerNoodle77

  • yall slept on heike monogatari

    akyrdfxhv

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

    Sisconnkid

  • Though the world may be burning, but I'm Alright

    Alright_Ok

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

    Oravelos

  • I freaking love anime dude

    llSinon360ll

  • Heres to another good year, cant wait for the next one!

    Tememe

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

    Acoustic_Sammy_X

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

    Pengster

  • "....." —Komi-san

    R3V4N

  • Awesome year

    kivvee

  • 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

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

    diaablo

  • 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

  • Live life like you’re MC in a romance anime.

    FlyingBacon365

  • THISS YEARR IS MY BEST WEEBSS YEARR, I SPEND JUST LIKE 1000 hours a week just to watch anime

    Shermon-lock

  • Protect Bojji Ex-Arm is Hilarious Non Non Biyori Nonstop is Cute Isekai Anime are overused and needs to reduce Seriously stop there's too much isekai anime

    IanGamingX

  • 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

  • This was a good year.

    BLACK-RYO

  • 2021 was rough but anime 2021 was lit. Thanks for helping with noting things to watch!

    TheMidnightWolf

  • Baji (From Tokyo Revengers) is a real one.

    TinyGraape

  • So many great shows this year!!

    Cupanda64

  • This was certainly a year.

    Jhiday

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

    KaZeFrFr

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

    Kadaori

  • Damn, this year went by so fast I forgot half of these.

    joey

  • Thank you everyone for a great year in the anime community

    Diamond1580

  • 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

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

    GeekFood

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

    kazuzu_0

  • Anime will always love in pur hearths forever

    Rainanime8

  • went in Link Click expecting drama, got depression instead :') watch it if you haven't yet!!!

    IIashII

  • I am happy

    Shintô

  • I guess it was a pretty good year.

    cornflake77

  • I live for anime!!

    ken__chin

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

    Yato66_

  • Anime was the most beautiful thing which I discovered in 2021.It truly changed my life in many different ways. Today I am able to think from a different point of view all thanks to the amazing characters. It made me laugh hysterically and at times it made me cry. Thankyou Anime.

    ___Chillhouse___

  • It has been a great journey! Hope for the best for what's to come and always remember, you're never alone!

    BlazeMustang

  • Anime: A piece of my heart.

    Seba3114

  • Mushoku Tensei was the gold, crunchyroll prolly had the worst anime of the year awards this year but its not gonna stop me from loving Mushoku Tensei.

    SuperiorAMVs

  • TATAKAE

    Katsuki_Katsudon

  • I have fun watching anime this year. I found a new type of anime. Plus I do think that this year is an anime year for me. I really hope something big for 2022. So, Until then, we just have to wait for something that going to make our heads explode. See you next time !

    UMimOnigiri_

  • Hope for the best this year.

    LOL223

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

    marsspacedout

  • A very important quote to me is: “An important thing to remember is, just because a person has problems communicating, doesn't mean that person doesn't want to communicate with others,” hearing this at the onset of each episode made me feel very happy!

    Rav_29

  • “A low possibility means it's not zero”; Tokuchi Toua.

    Koala15

  • Anime sucks, I love it.

    MonadProxi

  • Kimetsu No Yaiba is amazing

    Kuso_desu

  • “Don’t give up, there’s no shame in falling down! True shame is to not stand up again!” ~ Shintaro Midorima (Kuroko No Basket)

    Ekhan175

  • We may say it was a good anime year!

    AnyTheFox

  • 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

  • for every hot popular girl meets loser boy show that comes out humanity regresses 5 years

    almyx2

  • All I gotta say, we truly live in a susiety. p.s: The manga was better

    KingVcg

  • This year i finished over 200 animes! *yes i have no life* but ive learned things good and bad, watched amazing animes and plain awful ones. But you know what? Its been a great journet from then till now, and i cherish every moment of it.

    Art3misuwu

  • this year was kinda bad I only watched the stuff that was already out, except for demon slayer because that was good rest bad ok

    FISHYGAMRZ

  • Unbelievable

    BRUHLAS

  • you guys have forgotten the best anime of 2021, Higehiro :)

    NicholasEvan

  • „” —Komi Shouko

    domis1

  • if you aren't literally on your hands and knees worshipping john as a member of the john fan club then what are you doing with your life?

    amagirinomikoto

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

    bastienr17

  • 2021 was my first year with MAL. And all these great anime made it so much more memorable. I hope all other years are as great as this. Also best romance show of this year were horimiya and tonikawa.

    ShadowMonarch09

  • I hope in the future have anime from my country Malaysia.

    MALILFS25

  • This is so much better than crunchyroll awards where the judges are the ones whose votes really matter. Loving all the events MAL has been doing recently and can't wait to see MAL grow even more. (thanks for the badges, keep giving us more~)

    Legends_of_anime

  • ex-arm clears all of your favorites

    UltrqInstinct

  • This year anime came back with a vengeance and it killed me. So now my problem is too much to watch so “I’ll leave tomorrow’s problems for tomorrow’s me”

    Sagepool

  • 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

  • Rent a Goat

    saumsung

  • Just watch anime that you like... No body choose what you watch... It is your choice...

    As7sasi3

  • we live for this

    shadow_monarch42

  • 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

  • "2022 better live up to what 2021 gave us"

    Vanitas

  • 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

  • Hori best girl

    populargamer5000

  • Even there is thousand or millions people knows you, just remember that you only can trust yourself. So, please love yourself.

    Purara_17li

  • Another strong year.

    Thunder_lol

  • Bury me with Hyrum Smith glasses.

    Nero_nan

  • “The archer class is really full of archers!”

    Jasundere

  • "I have one question for you what women is your type?" -Aoi Todo

    Marty_1703

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

    Aka_to_azure

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

    Blaze2317

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

    GanjiMEX

  • 2021 was full of surprises!

    mashirinon

  • sad bcs no sonny boy :(

    Godspeeeed

  • it's best year of anime

    Lurimau

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

    Maria_Viktoria

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

    Liliiii69

  • 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

  • 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 love anime, its openings are the songs that move my world and fill it with energy.

    BlackNeko1912

  • ”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

  • 2021 was packed with so many amazing animes, I am glad that i got to see so many of them.

    The_Solitary_Guy

  • \(ò×ó)/

    AkiraKogane

  • This year there were some bangers.

    Soultier

  • To the boy who sought freedom, goodbye.

    eheh

  • "Sekai wa zankoku da sore demo kimi wo aisu yo"

    GleefulViolin

  • Yay, Anime!

    Maryca9

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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