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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.



























Let us look forward to the next MAL Yearbook!
Darkj25
2021 was not the best but it also was not the worst year for animes, i can say that there will always be a space in my heart for my besto friendo, king must protect, idol zombies and romance fruits.
Kitsunyaa
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
Kyouko Hori best girl
IAmWastingAir
Anime is health, health is wealth.
MagicSpectre
Simply a stupendous year! Senjougahara negs tho
Verhexen
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
Thank you everyone for a great year in the anime community
Diamond1580
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
The community behind the anime is like icing on the cake; irreplaceable and comes in all sorts to enjoy!
Treeky_
Found my freedom! Eren could never
Celineeekh
Not the best year, but still enjoyable. Good luck for everyone
XNRaiser
This past 2021 was a year! And I am pretty sure that 2022 is also a year, isn't it?
Ksoro
I hope my favourite anime and character will win
MegumiAnemone
yare yare daze
Piranha3D
It was a good year for anime
jamesisarobot
“Listen up. I am a god.” —Tengen Uzui
TheCharizarder
went in Link Click expecting drama, got depression instead :') watch it if you haven't yet!!!
IIashII
I watched as many of these as there are in the second digit of 2021
Sailor_Sakka
"Give up on your dreams and die"
Ewaaaa
Another year filled with yet more Isekais. I don't know whether I should be happy or be disappointed.
UsamiMitsu
Anime is life
Haruhi_Sarutobi
“It takes a real man to be the best girl” -gigguk
Strohmier
Thank you 2021 anime. Some is good, some is bad, but I like anime in this year. My most favourite anime is Fruits Basket Final SS. This is one of memorable summary that I ever seen. I also reccommend Sonny Boy and Kageki Shoujo in this year. Sarasa and Honda, Tooru Best Girl 2021
Snolled
2021 was one my most favourite years both personally as well as in terms of quality Anime watched. My shows of the year were Tokyo Revengers, Aquatrope on white sand and To your eternity.
Ranga Sumukha
Lucky or unlucky we are just humans
GemienLUV
“The worse I am at something, the better I feel when I work at it and learn how to do it.” —Rudeus Greyrat
Cheerios3402
Watching anime to enjoy is the best way for watching anime
Ruraltoken
2021 is AMAZING.
apinop_39493
In reality the least interesting one is usually the correct one.
Ninefive
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
2021 just might have made up for 2020
Diemetradon
All these anime having part 1 and part 2 lately, meanwhile I'm still waiting for Covid 19 part 2 ?
RealCraziCow
There's too much anime, I can't keep up!
DominickFisher
good luck, have fun, dont forget to sin
Grim
Adam might be looking for his Eve, but too bad, the Langa has his Reiki!
Aka_to_azure
Thanks for a good year. When is Yona of the dawn second season released?? Is it ever gonna be?
Maria_Viktoria
HAPPY NEW YEAR WEEBS bring on the rumbling xoxo
BenSpeirs
Stay calm and weeb on.
acutedream
So long as problem doesn't cause problems, it can't be called a problem.
Patwo2
Akhirnya tahun ini gua nonton wanpis sampe di arc Wano ?
LuciferrKid
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
Where is MUSHOKU TENSEI! That's all I have to say
Ashutok
You're nice keep going
Army45
i can remember anime name's in japanese, but i can barely remember my own birthday.
violettx
My anime backlog is now longer than my expected length of life, what to do?
WanderingRonin
Look around Eren, at these big ass trees.
YoKitty
“Don’t give up, there’s no shame in falling down! True shame is to not stand up again!” —Shintaro Midorima (Kuroko No Basket)
KAMIKAZE605
ඞ ゴゴゴゴ ඞ
Kimtheanimefan
Roses are Red, Violets are blue, I hate Adam from Sk8 And I hope you do, too
iforgor
People's lives don't end when they die, it ends when they lose faith
SideCharacterKal
Enjoy anime & manga while I still can. There will come a time that I cannot do this anymore.
DC27
What a great year for anime. I enjoyed watching every seasonal anime this year. Some brought joy and some brought sadness. We all are blessed with these wonderful shows. I appreciate every single one of them.
Khunime
THE DYNAMIC DUO NOMINEES MADE ME SCREAM FR
marini_the_gomi
Thank you My Anime List team for always adding new content to the site and for these events developed in the year 2021, I had a lot of fun participating in them, I really felt part of the community and I was very happy to have had the opportunity to do this all in 2021 :) -hugrim
hugrim
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
Fun things are fun!!
Ringosfire
"Where’s my smile and my will to live? Gone" —Uramichi Oniisan
Morpeeko
So many anime in 2021! There's no stopping you from trying them out.
xkazutox
THISS YEARR IS MY BEST WEEBSS YEARR, I SPEND JUST LIKE 1000 hours a week just to watch anime
Shermon-lock
I really gotta watch more anime this year
Xp_raygon
Asukas mother hung her self xd i wish i was her
TsRolox03
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
86 easily the best anime of the year in all aspects, if you disagree, FIGHT ME!
Zakku-
"Crippling anime addiction baby!!!"
LGwarrior789
"bitches, bros and non binary hoes" - wise words from Adam
FRognomz
Have you touched some grass today?
4esthetics
This year was an overall good year with lots of amazing anime! Looking forward to the next.
Acoustic_Sammy_X
It's a small year for an anime industry as it's a small year for me.
sixtef
I love watching anime its really fun dattabayo
amit004
This year is a pretty good year for anime. We've got some amazing new shows like Mushoku Tensei, Ousama Ranking, Odd Taxi & 86. But we also got some shit like Mid Hero season 6, Bronze End and Ex-Arm. This year was a fun rollercoaster and I'm hoping that 2022 will be even better.
You_Dont_Know
I haven't watched much anime for last 1 year but I will if I had some free time?
tejas-san
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
"There's no such thing as a useless effort."
Snow_Leopard123
I hope in the future have anime from my country Malaysia.
MALILFS25
Anime is what lets me live in this world. No anime No Life
AkarshG
Pride is admirable, but if pride is taken too far it becomes bitter arrogance.
C_Par
Mushoku tensei is peak fiction
Benwell
2021 was the year I got into anime and I'm glad I became an anime fan at the perfect year where there were a lot of banger shows each season. It feels really good to be an anime fan and I will be looking forward to what 2022 has in store for us.
BAKUNAUA
Tatakae
Animexcode
Not many will appreciate the beauty of their surroundings like you do. Spend time with those that do. Mushoku Tensei, 2021 was a golden Isekai-era ---!
Exosfeer
2021 was a fascinating Year for anime, From Masterpiece that Odd Taxi offer to Ex-Arm that keeps the viewer give that always giving for better or for worse (Mostly Worse). Definitely gonna miss 2021 as The Most Busiest anime came for long time.
Yunohi-kun
Don't underestimate me I know more than I say think more than I speak and notice more than you realize.
FakeReality
Mushoku Tensei was one of the Best Anime out this Year period.
MVP_Varun
"I Wish I Could've Lived My Life Without Making Wrong Turns. But That's Impossible. [...] We Make Mistakes. And Little By Little, One Step At A Time, We Push Forward." Yuki Sohma Natsuki Takaya Fruits Basket
duducomo
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
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
"Yongara is freedom"
Almenir
Maximum Effort
WorstEdition
wonder egg deserved better
lunanamu
This is my BANKAI
Shadow_Killer783
I hope more people can come to know and enjoy anime in the coming year as well~ but most importantly, let's all have fun watching it ^^
Shikkakku
The year where I was able to watch each and every genre and was able to expand my repertoire about these vast genres.
EnRyuu12
“Take the blue and the red and make purple to win the game”
Raccoonbro
Loved this year, so many great anime released and hoping for more isekai genre anime and manga to come out!!!
Abdullahthegreat
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
always do your best, even if you accumulate defeats, know that you will accumulate a lot of victory by learning from your failures!
ArkyEvxs
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
I freaking love anime dude
llSinon360ll
This year there were some bangers.
Soultier