MAL Yearbook 2021

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

    BrokenButter

  • Look around Eren, at these big ass trees.

    YoKitty

  • Average anime is good! we have to start seeing anime from the story, basically what makes it good is the story! this year's anime is good, I like it!

    KenYuza

  • This year I finally watched one anime. Maybe two.

    SnailSavant

  • "You may be a little too idealistic Not only for others but for yourself Ideals are too high and unable to be attained" —Karlstahl

    Noobtin

  • The year where I was able to watch each and every genre and was able to expand my repertoire about these vast genres.

    EnRyuu12

  • 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

  • Heike monogarari and Sonny Boy are perfect, change my mind.

    patate_betterave

  • I was there when it started, where were you when it ended?

    Setrinel

  • "People die when they're killed"

    thenthukpa

  • We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun

    GatoDeSabre

  • "Eat the soil, Yoo Joonghyuk." Yoo Jooghyuk started to silently eat the soil.

    humantwig

  • Quarantine with Anime. #Covid/21

    Forman420

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

    Yasmin17

  • Don’t judge the book by it’s cover

    XxBlocKk

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

    Shermon-lock

  • Let us look forward to the next MAL Yearbook!

    Darkj25

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

    KingVcg

  • “Let’s get ready to RUMBLE!!!”

    Sora126

  • Last year was great for anime, lots of great shows, I can't wait to see what surprises are coming this year!

    Felpzz

  • Another year filled with yet more Isekais. I don't know whether I should be happy or be disappointed.

    UsamiMitsu

  • "Eat, sleep, anime, repeat"

    _-ShiroNeko-_

  • 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

  • Heyy im very excited to do this i hope i can join next year too thanks for invite me-️ I love you my anime list

    zensayonara

  • Didn't watch enough this year I have failed you MAL overlords

    Ostrichsmoothies

  • 2021 was great, hope we can have lots more fun with coming anime in 2022!

    WoughtFighter

  • Anime teach me to survive...???

    Fuyuki_Hashime

  • fruits basket is a masterpieace??

    laviih_agb

  • “I don't know If you all missed me, but I didn't think about any of you at all.”

    @Dscry

  • Pride is admirable, but if pride is taken too far it becomes bitter arrogance.

    C_Par

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

    bosskeyx

  • This was a good year.

    BLACK-RYO

  • You can have the bad days so you can love the good days even more

    FlyinHawaiian808

  • "auuu aa au aah" A wise quote from a great king.

    Sheridan02

  • 2021 What 2020 should have been.

    Animefan1846

  • "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

  • 2021 was full of surprises!

    mashirinon

  • Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember… But where are those who share the memory?

    ElBuscadores

  • Sometimes it takes a real man to be best girl

    Nick838

  • speedwagon best waifu

    FALZAP

  • 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

  • Year 2021 is a very memorable year for me for it's the first time that I've watched anime of the certain season. I've watched almost all anime of 2021 and even participated in FAL and for me, it's the year that I've enjoyed watching anime more than ever before!

    Mhar-sama

  • The anime/manga community lost so many important people this past year- may them rest in peace, and may their legacies inspire even more amazing stories!

    LadyMithril

  • Ex arm best anime

    ElMolaik

  • stay sexy and dont get murdered

    cxttqn

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

    Koala15

  • “Expecting others to read your mind is delusional.” —Hachiman Hikigaya

    hamso-

  • I should have watched more anime!

    TripleLutzz

  • I don't care what other people think of me. I enjoy my life with my own rules

    Nikurumi

  • 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

  • Contributing to make "cartoons" mainstream in the future and renaming it to "Anime".

    Cloret

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

    PokeProX

  • "You cannot change the world with pretty worlds alone." —Lelouch Lamperouge

    _meanie_

  • "People said the world ending in 2012 was fake, but has anyone felt alive since then?"

    DeonX

  • If anything bothers you just take a anime shot and everything will not just be fine but infact will be GREAT! ........i don't understand why some people still don't get anime. But anyways, the great thing is we're being a part of a history making with aot finals~

    MHAweeb

  • U MUST WATCH LINK CLICK

    Cxsjacket

  • My Life is non-fiction.

    Tachi_Kun

  • -a very cool quote-

    JustCallMeKou

  • “When life gives you lemons, watch anime.”

    callen7408

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

    Aka_to_azure

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

    Liliiii69

  • Found my freedom! Eren could never

    Celineeekh

  • Me ? I read manga. Yeah yeah And I watch anime too, ofc. No I don't regret about the time invested in it. I'm happy with this Myanimelist ? Eeeeh it's a good site ! Let's say : It is in fact so useful. You can do many things on it ! Score , search, comment, review... Trully good

    Kadhel

  • 86 eigth-six is the best anime this year!!!!

    Ryab_

  • Tatakae

    Cugio

  • To the boy who sought freedom, goodbye.

    eheh

  • There was just one thing missing, I really needed: to meet up with the boys, make some noise, and get on it!

    Gener4lLeee

  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • I have achieved another goal this year, which is to get married! married to my job.

    AngelHana

  • Grateful for the year that brought us Komi-San!

    MisterEuphoria

  • Even in pandemic. Atleast 2021 have many good anime. I hope anime will more good in future

    YukimuraChieri

  • There's too much anime, I can't keep up!

    DominickFisher

  • Grateful for all the school fight cameramen

    BadBoy65t

  • This year, I mean in 2021, late 2021, I started anime... so far my best start-up of the life ?-?...I am indebted to this year, though its late, for introducing me to the awesome world of the anime....THANKS 2021-?????????

    S_Rubaiyat_K

  • "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

  • Life is not a game of luck. If you wanna win, work hard.

    nzrnxshh

  • 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

  • "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

  • Now, we shall part 2021 :)

    Kaiyo_Shounen

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

    TriaxL

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

    Cheerios3402

  • I don't know if getting into anime was a good idea.

    chubritsa

  • “It takes a real man to be the best girl” -gigguk

    Strohmier

  • 2021 was a great year in anime, if not in much else (thanks pandemic). Many strong releases with diverse and wonderful shows, perfectly suited for entertaining us while we were staying at home :)

    MikeOnHighway61

  • Strive for 7 episodes per week! Bring back my Mikasa. Thank you Japan!

    kalivo

  • "Freedom" —Eren Jeager

    iantreel

  • Cool Event

    EmmanuelPlath

  • The international community here on MAL is close and amazing, whether you bond over the same anime or manga taste; I think we can all agree that MAL gives us all the opportunity to share our passions. Kampai to more beautiful years :) PS. Love & Strength to those who need it

    Boku_no_pervert

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

    TinyGraape

  • Fairy Ranmaru is 10/10 best Anime.

    HiruHatake

  • 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_

  • Another great year for mainstream anime. If only I had watched and enjoyed any of them.

    RobbiRobb

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

    MuNameIsDavit

  • Ex-Arm was a mistake

    KH81314

  • This was certainly a year.

    Jhiday

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

    Rkashyap621

  • Its my 1st time but i loved the anime of this year

    Red543322

  • 2021 was a great year for anime, and these selections were among the best.

    lgght-249

  • For another year of good memes and anime

    Kypock

  • hinjaku hinjaku

    lanveii

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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