MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • Boji-sama is one of the best characters ever created.

    fquirogam

  • “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

  • (-‿--) 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

  • John's a sweet cinnamon roll too good for this world!

    Hannibal42

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

    TinyGraape

  • Hello mom! I'll still watch anime when I'll be at my 50s...?

    Jimomapas

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

    tropika

  • To quote Adam (SK-) "Hey..."

    theanimeview

  • 2021 has pretty decent animes...

    dddenji

  • Girls are just temporary but anime are eternal and forever!

    Dark_Phoenix13

  • I'm just grateful for all the animes, mangas, songs and to everyone making all these incredible and amazing piece of art. In 2021, we all were recovering from something in one way or another and anime played a big part in healing.To everyone making this possible, Minna Arigatou!

    adizoned

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

    Rinkumi

  • Opera Girl (Kageki Shoujo) is supremely underrated! Which is kind of ironic for how tall it is!

    Kaylof

  • A great year for anime released, but a sad one because of all the legends that passed away. Here's in remembrance of all those legends, May their souls rest in peace.

    StrawhatAJ

  • Mushouku Tensei is the real anime of the year

    Witra

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

    Vanitas

  • Having happy and beautiful memories won’t always bring you salvation. The more beautiful a memory is, the more painful it can become.

    Yasmin17

  • Crunchyroll anime awards is a joke, sorry but I had to say it.

    Cofi_

  • 2021 was a great year for anime. People have found themselves free with more time to be introduced to anime and with the added help of social media and anime content creators, anime itself has become mainstream and more socially welcomed. T'was a truely welcoming year for anime!!

    WakandaMan4Lif

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

    WanderingRonin

  • 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

  • What a great year to be an anime fan! Greetings to Jump, Jhofran, Diotmar and José Viva Venezuela Nojoda ??

    LuchoTG17

  • Have another happy anime year!!!

    Dr_Lepic

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

    Timcampy118

  • 304629 will always be a favorite :)

    MLain

  • 2021 was a year to behold for anime. The animators put their heart into their work like Vivy did with her singing. Give these overworked heroes a round of applause!

    DeliveryDiverge

  • The closer you are to something, the lesser you can see.

    MardyBums

  • 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

  • will there be chicken nuggets after this?

    nice_69

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

    Acthegamer04

  • watched slice of life because i had no life

    Jahshaka

  • As the year ends, another starts and when another starts; more isekai and titties to come.

    heyhoeudoin

  • Simply a stupendous year! Senjougahara negs tho

    Verhexen

  • EREN YEAGEEERR!!!!

    yoitsHan

  • The year of neverending ups. Each coming season was a banger.

    AdityaKanu

  • i've barely watched any of these anime so im mostly voting by vibes and vibes only

    noriakikakyoin

  • Just imagine a world where all bananas turned blue over night.

    StephenBriggsby

  • Cuteee year !!! :3

    Zeloge

  • Mushoku Tensei was the best!!!

    Chickennipple

  • Don't underestimate me I know more than I say think more than I speak and notice more than you realize.

    FakeReality

  • Just have fun lads.

    Kartin99

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

    Cheerios3402

  • No Anime, No life

    red1130

  • These are some great categories, it was hard to choose! I'm looking forward to see the winners!

    Kidd_Vicious

  • thank u mappa! please rest !

    echoesmirror

  • This year has been amazing and packed but my favourite anime of this year was "Tokyo Revengers", The theme of changing the present by going into the past and the fact that all this was done by a delinquent is just fascinating and Baji's passing made it better and more tragic.

    XxSinpaixX

  • watching animes is a healing haha

    amykasa

  • To another great year!

    JohnnyKirisaki

  • 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

  • "Precisely where one can fail, unimagined possibilities lie dormant" —Sōma Yukihira

    Ginxkun

  • Dont let it go that deep, just breathe.

    iDevil360

  • The day the anime community agrees on something is the day there is only one of us left.

    Blackmage03

  • Gokō-no surikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kuunerutokoro-ni Sumutokoro Yaburakōji-no burakōji Paipopaipo Paipo-no-shūringan Shūringan-no Gūrindai Gūrindai-no Ponpokopī-no Ponpokonā-no Chōkyūmei-no Chōsuke.

    Reeku_01

  • Hear me, all subjects of Ymir. TATAKAE!!!

    vjtatakae

  • Don't be shy or feel bad about enjoying anime. Don't let others judge the things you enjoy. You be you, and enjoy what you enjoy. Innocent or degenerate, you'll still be happy as an otaku, if you love being an otaku.

    RiverChan

  • That was a great anime year and I'm hoping the next one will be even better. Already looking promising...

    Moss-Monster

  • Luv 2 evry1

    Primorie

  • "There's no way we could meet. But one thing is certain. If we see each other, we'll know. That you were the one who was inside me. That I was the one who was inside you."

    LEVI_ARPIT

  • A solid year of anime Rip to one of the goats Kentaro Miura, also watch one piece

    BrokenButter

  • ninomiya best prota of the year

    Gotai

  • Let's see what we have this year!!!

    Kyrioscist

  • Don't understimate power of friendship

    abbasower12

  • You’re going to go adrift. It will be into a world governed by the absurd.

    tangguhdoesg

  • 86 easily the best anime of the year in all aspects, if you disagree, FIGHT ME!

    Zakku-

  • I’m new but happy to be here :)

    Rhythmme

  • animes = good :)

    miguelbr02

  • I started watching anime in August 2021 But man i enjoyed watching romance ! I hope 2022 will be way better

    MuNameIsDavit

  • Lucky or unlucky we are just humans

    GemienLUV

  • It’s all just a blur.

    Megge06

  • I finished Sword Art Online and I'm crying!

    CattyLeonhart

  • Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!

    BeagaKing

  • 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_

  • Thank you MyAnimeList team for your hard work during 2021. Stay healthy and safe so that starting from 2022 you can be faster in approving a manga.

    labradorescence

  • pretty dang good year, huh?

    Thoft

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

    Blaze2317

  • 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

  • Ex-Arm is the best, no doubt

    jaxiek

  • Sure I graduated, but how will this affect Guts’s legacy?

    Lennyzard

  • When somebody ask me ''why is Fairy Tail your favorite anime" i only have one answer ''because it makes me forget that i don't have anybody who wants to real be with me. And Fairy Tail is about friendship and i want what they have ''

    saliona

  • Imagine thinking I would even consider protecting anyone over my best boy Bojji

    Chizzie

  • You aren't doing it wrong if you don't know what you are doing

    angelgrozd

  • life is like watching an anime, sometimes you cry, sometimes you laugh, but most importantly you’re enjoying it

    shunwen

  • Tatakae Tatakae

    The_Wrong_Guy

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

    GanjiMEX

  • It's been one hell of a year, though I can't really remember what happend since my memory sucks. It seems like sequels and isekai are the most prominent anime this year, but I'm not complaining, since I'm a sucker for fantasy anime. I just hope 2022 will be an even better year.

    Cxy14

  • One of the best seasons

    Kale_10

  • Kagehina is the best anime ship ever created

    ej_murray

  • I hope my favourite anime and character will win

    MegumiAnemone

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

    Ice-cube

  • I cant believe that we lived in an era the we got to see EX ARM. What a time to be alive!

    Jenga

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

    joey

  • 超見える!!!!

    JDO27

  • Never force main stream anime on the your friends. Let them watch whatever they want on their pace.

    Almaazmi

  • 2021 was an amazing year for anime and be remembered for decades to come.

    Baka_Otaku03

  • My anime list gets bigger every year.

    mistillyy

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

    LuciferrKid

  • Loved this year’s shows!

    zelitta

  • "Don't judge book by its cover" —Miko Yotsuya

    gotthea

  • TATAKAE

    Katsuki_Katsudon

  • Stop looking down for once, and just look up and smile; so I can take your yearbook photo!

    PokeProX

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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