MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • "People die when they're killed"

    thenthukpa

  • Better than crunchy roll award winners probably hopefully maybe

    RenderingUser

  • Wanna go camping with you, Rin!

    thoiph

  • Some great manga got animated this year, can't wait for what the future holds

    Norami

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

    As7sasi3

  • "Will you kill or get killed?"

    Ayus_0007

  • Thank you, anime, for intoducing me to japanese and tons of fun and growth.

    nandemoiiyo

  • Best Anime Year Yet!!)

    Brabd

  • Marin best girl of the year

    imcy0812

  • Tatakae Tatakae

    Franklin1-N

  • To the boy who sought freedom, goodbye.

    eheh

  • If you somehow haven’t yet, please go watch vivy

    zombiemc1

  • Vivy the best anime don’t @ me

    PapiVamp

  • Ex-Arm’s animation was ahead of it’s time fr it was just too advanced for us to understand

    Jamk_

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

    bosskeyx

  • 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___

  • My first year watching anime, and it was a banger.

    barnabasdudda

  • BAKAYARO KONOYARO

    Furexx

  • Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.

    Dualityofsoul

  • Most of the anime that aired on 2021 are incredible boring but few are memorable . This is a good year for some legendary series. I have lot's of expectation anime that gonna airing on 2022 .

    AnimeXenjoyer

  • I have watched so many animes with different storyline and still can't decide which one is my favourite. Hat's off to the people who work hard making wonderful animes. Love from India -️

    NotMito11

  • With so many anime that, instead of pandering to trendy stuff, were more like passion projects, 2021 made me feel "Anime is getting good again". Oddtaxi, Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi, Sonny Boy and Heike Monogatari made the year much more enjoyable.

    Brottoy

  • Thank you for all of your hard work making MyAnimeList better and better!

    Sleepteiner

  • Life is meaningless till you get up and give it one

    Mr_Gopnik

  • Another year full of anime, another year of not having time to watch everything I wanted...

    Bell_cz

  • "Catch me if you can, Holmes!" —Moriarty

    Rkashyap621

  • 'We all learn from anime, and every small bit of it has an enormous impact in our life''

    whistle_of_wish

  • "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

  • Vivy was a masterpiece!!

    JokersRoyal

  • Anime is cool If you think not, you a fool If you like Miku U really stinku

    Konekute

  • Covid = Online Class = Watch Anime = No Study = Bad Grades = Drop Out = Get A Job = Earn Money = Got Rich = Watch More Anime

    Jx1126

  • "Yongara is freedom"

    Almenir

  • To decide that I'm hopeless before I even begin is nothing but laziness

    KioSKa

  • Finally a Takarazuka Anime!! Getting through 2020 was worth it ^o^b

    kanaft2

  • This year was amazing !

    BabySaim

  • What a wonderful year this has been for anime! Hehe, BEANS.

    Jingrado

  • Roses are red, Violets are blue, Omae wa mou shindeiru.

    Acellah

  • Don't be sad that a show that has ended, be happy of the journey you have experienced watching it.

    TriaxL

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

    Hannibal42

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

    kazuzu_0

  • "Give up on your dream and die"

    ManeeshReddy

  • Everything is amazing with its quantity and quality. While I haven't seen many productions, the ones I have seen were great, and my anticipation of the episode itself was a lot of fun (and impatience). Thank you to everyone who has worked hard to make this year so amazing!

    akafterskvr

  • “The spring sky is bluer than I've ever seen. If only I could gift you this wonderful sky. No, I know what you'd like better. A cake with lots of whipped cream on top. ” —Izumi Miyamura

    Tamago_Senpai14

  • "I'm a weeb, and that's good, I will never be good and that's not weeb, there's no one I'd rather be then me"-wreck it Ralph alternate universe

    Ralph wreck it

  • I’m new but happy to be here :)

    Rhythmme

  • real men are tempory, anime men is forever

    nellya

  • Anime is trash, so am I!

    SorrowInApril

  • yare yare daze

    Piranha3D

  • EREN YEAGEEERR!!!!

    yoitsHan

  • 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

  • Rent a Goat

    saumsung

  • Wonder Egg Priority and Death Parade need more content so I can prove to my boyfriend that they're the best. Please and thank you.

    Hadles2043

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

    FakeReality

  • Bloody Regina Took Over 2021

    Dam-0

  • Let us enjoy Anime together as a Community!

    BeagaKing

  • Anime is a truly beautiful medium. Let us continue to enjoy it.

    Copyboy-13

  • "UUUUUUU AAAAAAAAA UUUUUUUUUU AAAAAAAAA" —Bojji

    IzzyBoi

  • "Never giving up is my Magic!" —Asta from Black Bulls

    ShiinaMH

  • There is no greater happiness and peace than sitting on the couch with a cup of tea and watching this year's anime with your loved ones, creating memes, even crying sometimes but also admiring, learning and being enchanted ...

    _swh_

  • The stories might've not been rock solid, but I sure was.

    Sigima

  • They are all good and masterpieces...so this is really hard to vote among them...then i will vote some characters, openings... according to my favourite....

    Debjit_Roy

  • The frog at the bottom of the well doesn't know the vastness of the sea, but it does know the blueness of the sky :)

    Hirano_Hisashi

  • I hope i will be a better person next year!

    yokofu

  • Great season this year.

    koreyuchiha6

  • Hey bitches bros and nonbinary hoes

    Pahvisensei

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

    Dark_Phoenix13

  • “Listen up. I am a god.” —Tengen Uzui

    TheCharizarder

  • Do Everything You Want As Long As It's Not A Crime

    Sulna

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

    heyhoeudoin

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

    Raccoonbro

  • Odd Taxi besto anime of the year

    GonzaLord

  • Its not like i want to be in the yearbook or anything.... Baka

    Pandasiar

  • great year

    skhkwk

  • “You do what you have to do. Just keep moving. That’s how it works, right?” Attack on titan: Season 4, Episode 62.

    VoidEater-San

  • another day another slay

    eedle

  • Characters make stories, not the other way round...

    FuchsiaPhantasm

  • "I just keep moving forward... until my enemies are destroyed."

    SomanshuAikat

  • So many anime so little time

    near94

  • The storm that was approaching came this year

    OceanRay

  • My choices are most likely not going to be acknowledged but hey, this Year was worth it.

    IceTP100

  • Tatakai Tatakai !!!

    joy_swifty

  • The lockdown wasn't so boring

    Sch4n

  • I used to be normal, then I spent three years in Japan

    SoggySlopster

  • Good year for anime lovers.

    NERo0o

  • Fairy Ranmaru is 10/10 best Anime.

    HiruHatake

  • Traveling across the world for entertainment is the idle mind's greatest pleasure.

    Skyetifaeger

  • Fun things are fun!!

    Ringosfire

  • wonder egg deserved better

    lunanamu

  • Anime has been a nice way out of real life for me the past couple of years. It brings so much emotion where nothing else could!

    Vincentevil

  • Idk but we had a great 2021 in anime terms and we are going to have an amazing 2022 too so Im excited!

    Faceu77

  • "Give up on your dreams and die." —Levi Ackerman

    whoisalorachan

  • Omg I love SK8 the infinity!!!!! I love Reki!!!!! I love Langa!!!!!! I love Adam!!!!!! I love Cherry Blossom!!!!! I love Jo3!!!!!!! I love Miya!!!!!! I love Shadow!!!!!! I love Tadashi!!!!!! FAN!!!!!! wowowow i learnt how to skate because of skate! I love canada because langa!!!!

    Aetherdragon18

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

    Jenga

  • Dodging these Ls like I’m Light!!?????-️??-️?‍-️?

    bersi4battery

  • 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

  • Found my freedom! Eren could never

    Celineeekh

  • I am glad I found MAL because it’s made everything easier for me and I’ve also found many good animes because of it so I would like to thank MAL

    K4B00M3R

  • One of the best seasons

    Kale_10

  • Roses are Red, Violets are blue, I hate Adam from Sk8 And I hope you do, too

    iforgor

  • 2021 is AMAZING.

    apinop_39493

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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