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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.



























Here’s to another amazing year for great anime to be on air, and I hope our MAL community will grow with greater bonds together!
LastSpark
This year has been a banger!!! Nonstop top-tier anime every season were just amazing.... Komi-San, Rudy, Miyamura, Rimuru and so so SO many amazing characters.... So many waifus.... It was just amazing!!!
Goated_Weeb526
This year there were some bangers.
Soultier
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
"There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one`s life, one should not wish for another chance." —Saber
AltriaRuler
Woof *in a French accent*
CrustyMustard
Ousama Ranking, Odd Taxi and Sonny boy the best of 2021
Jokmatu
Now, we shall part 2021 :)
Kaiyo_Shounen
Thank you٩( 'ω' )و
malyama
Watch Link Click
jokerariel
"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
Last year was great for anime, lots of great shows, I can't wait to see what surprises are coming this year!
Felpzz
2021 was a banger! Here's to 2022 go above and beyond
jujubeefrwin
I seriously really need to find a less misunderstood hobby.
doomraider278
Another great year for mainstream anime. If only I had watched and enjoyed any of them.
RobbiRobb
“I’m not worried about girls. But when I think about some guy taking you, I can’t ...” - Hori
Pengster
2021 was amazing though.
Adhik
Hey bitches bros and nonbinary hoes
Pahvisensei
Life is not a game of luck. If you wanna win, work hard.
nzrnxshh
Awesome year
kivvee
This year absolutely blew my mind
Evilhunger
I love anime, its openings are the songs that move my world and fill it with energy.
BlackNeko1912
Hey... If we kill all our enemies... over there... will we finally... be free?
Sarthakahir
“Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!”
Sora126
86 = peak
LokoSquad
Oh I actually love so many of the animes that came new in 2021 and I’m so clad that I found this app I really appreciated because it makes my life so much easier and more comfortable
Annamrfm
Thank you.
Nxiety_
I used to be normal, then I spent three years in Japan
SoggySlopster
Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!
BeagaKing
Didn't watch enough this year I have failed you MAL overlords
Ostrichsmoothies
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
Be nice to each other!
Zoester
Another wonderful year of anime
Zertop
Waking up to reality maybe hard, but when cute characters are there we ought to be in our dreams.
ViRom
TATAKAE
Katsuki_Katsudon
This was a good year.
BLACK-RYO
This year was so lovable! Adorable and funny characters, relatable scenes, cool fights, cute couples-- what more could you want!!
CurlyAnocas
Thanks to MAL staff and fellow MAL users for making 2021 great! May your futures be as bright as your anime-watching rooms should be. May your hearts be as warm as the fabled MAL hoodie might be. May season 2022 of our era be as wonderful as we'd like it to be!
Swiggy
2021 was rough but anime 2021 was lit. Thanks for helping with noting things to watch!
TheMidnightWolf
Boji-sama is one of the best characters ever created.
fquirogam
Bojji is the best character of this year, also Tooru has a special mention. LARGA VIDA A GODA.
Luwiolu
Fun things are fun!!
Ringosfire
Enjoy anime & manga while I still can. There will come a time that I cannot do this anymore.
DC27
Been a nice year The most unforgettable anime is of course AoT (Shingeki no kyojin) But there have been many more.
no-more-tea
It’s more satisfying to hear a single ‘thank you’ than a lot of ‘sorry’s.’ Re:Zero
EnergyVirus
Even there is thousand or millions people knows you, just remember that you only can trust yourself. So, please love yourself.
Purara_17li
anime is life
bgsOO3
Anime: A piece of my heart.
Seba3114
Bro Idk why I watch anime but it's good.
Ihate-sand
What a banger year
Alecks
I came. I saw. I MAL'ed.
Shibuya109
"People die when they're killed"
Swampire016
Sekai wa zankoku da sore demo kimi wo aisu yo ( and I mean it ) -o(-﹏-)o --
Mcreamb-
"I perservered."
princessLINDAA
Mushoku Tensei was one of the Best Anime out this Year period.
MVP_Varun
I someone tries to take my FREEDOM away,I won't hesitate to take theirs!
ZeroNine
決してあなたをあきらめるつもりはない決してあなたを失望させるつもりはない
PokepalsPlayz
Draken you will win
K0NNA
gotta say the anime were pretty good last year
aturtlzzz
"Eat the soil, Yoo Joonghyuk." Yoo Jooghyuk started to silently eat the soil.
humantwig
Demon Slayer best fight, Marin chan best girl
Necune
"I only watch anime to hear characters voiced by Miyano Mamoru."
mst3kait
"I never knew I could watch so much anime in a year"
Acthegamer04
Sir Isaac Newton once said: "Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my favorite anime is Inferno Cop."
NotSkulls
was a good year for me. I am not good at words but it was fun.
Rinkumi
Kimetsu No Yaiba is amazing
Kuso_desu
2021 was such a beautiful year for anime and by that I mean how many beautiful animes have been released. God that I'm thankful that my friends introduced me to it several years ago. Have a nice year
Homosapiens-sama
watched slice of life because i had no life
Jahshaka
Cheers to one more year of not taking baths, the ladies love that.
GanjiMEX
Wars are Everywhere, Peace is Inevitable, Anime is the Best
MADEVIL
The world isn't perfect. But it's there for us, doing the best it can....that's what makes it so damn beautiful.
devilgod431
This year's anime have been hype! From action anime like Attack on Titan to romance like Horimiya or sport animes like Sk8 and isekai like Mushouku Tensei. Even the chill comedic anime like Dragon Maid S or Jahy Sama. All of them make me sit at the edge of my seat! Thank You!
Plebb_
I hope the one who deserves it wins.
Vermonia
“People’s lives don’t end when they die, it ends when they lose faith.” – Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
Blank_Matter
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
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
2021 is AMAZING.
apinop_39493
Odd Taxi = AotY - Watch it!!
PixelPenguin
Girls are just temporary but anime are eternal and forever!
Dark_Phoenix13
“Listen up. I am a god.” —Tengen Uzui
TheCharizarder
yare yare daze
Piranha3D
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
2021 Best year for Anime, fact.
KOTFTW
Don’t judge the book by it’s cover
XxBlocKk
JOJOOOOOOOO!!!!
ropeccool
Don't understimate power of friendship
abbasower12
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
That was a great anime year and I'm hoping the next one will be even better. Already looking promising...
Moss-Monster
I should watch more anime.
ILMTYD
Good year
Simy45
real men are tempory, anime men is forever
nellya
Boiji is best boy and best girl.
Venom5970
In 2021, we learned from anime that adulthood sucks, dragons must also pay their taxes like good citizens, being undead does not have to stop you from being a good parent, former yakuza make great homemakers, and to never forget the tale of the Heike. A splendid year indeed!
AnnaSartin
"Surpass your limits right here, right now" —Sukehiro, Yami
JePKo22
"2022 better live up to what 2021 gave us"
Vanitas
Soda… Boku ga Kira ?
Memochi
"No matter how afraid I am, I have a job to do!" —Red Blood Cells (Cells at Work!)
TheRiseofAnime
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
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
I am a degenerate through and through :3
_Grackin_