MAL Yearbook 2021

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  • horimiya supermacy

    smutnygoldi

  • If I just had a Geass, I’d command you to be mine

    laramie0612

  • MUST PROTECT MIKO YOTSUYA!!!

    Its_Ishii

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

    Jingrado

  • Tatakaë Tatakaë

    Rahul563

  • I’m new but happy to be here :)

    Rhythmme

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

    FlyinHawaiian808

  • Let's keep it subtle then BANG!

    efontanar

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

    TinyGraape

  • watch/read jojo part 6. read chainsaw man. support authors. :)

    CarlyLmfaoo

  • Unbelievable

    BRUHLAS

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

    Yasmin17

  • I don't know who the heck john is, I dont know what he wants. All I know that he must be protected.

    Chrism_

  • This year I enjoyed Tokyo Revengers the most. I must say, at first I thought the anime was amazing until I read the manga - and absolutely fell in love with the story and characters! Thank you MAL for recommending TR to me! c:

    _Rip_Kissanime_

  • "It ain't a warcrime if there is no war" -Sun Tzu, 'The Art of War'

    Alfadog500

  • 2021 was fire and hard-to-choose characters and 2022 will be more fire????-️ And I will miss 2021 anime seasons?

    Blackwolf1421

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

    heyhoeudoin

  • 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

  • Yearbook Janai, Katsura da!

    Iskarioth

  • GET THE JUICE

    InVaL_iDKore

  • "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

  • “The archer class is really full of archers!”

    Jasundere

  • “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

  • "If you don't like your destiny, Don't accept it. Instead have the courage to change it the way you want it to be."

    Namblue11

  • Juuzou Suzuya is the Best.

    Suzuyadesuga

  • ex-arm clears all of your favorites

    UltrqInstinct

  • I hope the one who deserves it wins.

    Vermonia

  • So many anime in 2021! There's no stopping you from trying them out.

    xkazutox

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

    patate_betterave

  • Anime is what lets me live in this world. No anime No Life

    AkarshG

  • It saddens me that there are people out there who are oblivious to the joy that anime brings!!

    Anime_Emotion

  • Great year for anime! P.S. What does O(ver)P(owered) Direction even mean?

    HalfwayDeadz

  • "I can forgive you 1000 times … but only trust you once"

    Snipez69

  • yeah, good year

    Ryan_Myzt

  • beyound the boundaries and far away

    zDenny

  • "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

  • 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

  • I've watched many anime in my life, many good, many bad. Many that were wrong to the source, and some that out shined the source. From the years of struggling to find anime, to now it is everywhere. I am glad ^w^.

    Lisacat15

  • Based Ex Arm

    mosuwain

  • I ain’t got no girls cuz of anime frfr

    KaZeFrFr

  • This year has truly been a blessing for me. So many great anime has come out.

    Commander-Toffen

  • Maximum Effort

    WorstEdition

  • “Gon” —Hisoka

    Crispykitty55

  • I am the Ultimate Super High School Level Manga Reader!

    celeVie

  • will there be chicken nuggets after this?

    nice_69

  • Fruits Basket it's the anime of the year

    Hebihime_

  • sad bcs no sonny boy :(

    Godspeeeed

  • I've personally haven't watched much of this year's animes but still it is propably best year of anime ever!

    Nyanko-senpai

  • Subarashī

    UnknownSins

  • Boiji is best boy and best girl.

    Venom5970

  • “Everyone has a side of themselves that they don’t want other people to see.” —Kyouko Hori

    imFreppy

  • 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

  • I hope my favourite anime and character will win

    MegumiAnemone

  • This is so much better than em Crunchyroll awards lol

    Martin_Galbavy

  • 2021 was a very dry season for anime. 2022 is already looking good though, so here's to a great anime year in 2022!

    OrbitalForce

  • Loved this year’s shows!

    zelitta

  • Look around Eren, at these big ass trees.

    YoKitty

  • I know like three anime, but cheers to watching more next year, and finding my place on this site!

    AgeofTitanium

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

    hamso-

  • “If you’re panicking, you won’t be able to win a fight even if you could’ve.” —Ken Ryuguji

    CBPman9001

  • This year was better than last

    TheEpicMacbeth

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

    bersi4battery

  • Grateful for all the school fight cameramen

    BadBoy65t

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

    Ostrichsmoothies

  • If I were looking for something real, I would be watching documentaries and not anime.

    God_Slayer17

  • Mushoku tensei is peak fiction

    Benwell

  • "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

  • What a banger year

    Alecks

  • Protect Tohru! If you don't I'm taking her man.

    Starmoonanime

  • School is temporary, swag is forever.

    ghostkyaenma

  • “No matter what kind of hell awaits us…I’ll always be with you until the end.” —Baji Keisuke

    mps4

  • The Spring Sky is Bluer than I've ever seen. If I could give you this very sky as a gift, I would in a heartbeat.'

    anhiansh5

  • 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

  • pretty dang good year, huh?

    Thoft

  • Kids say the darndest things. Why do they teach them in kindergarten how to (do) stand-up!

    ChadtheChampion

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

    humantwig

  • I should have watched more anime!

    TripleLutzz

  • Seasons are great, if you keep track of it.

    ItsEmina

  • The year that raised anime benchmarks!

    xyzhritwik

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

    Copyboy-13

  • watched slice of life because i had no life

    Jahshaka

  • "All the anime realised this year was amazing as expected from Anime " Some horable mentions 2021:- Re zero second season, Dr stone stone war, Vivy ,To your eternity, Takt op destiny and Demon slayer entertainment destrict.

    Aryak1410

  • 10 years ago, it started with Naruto. 10 years later, I met One Piece. Once again, I fell in love with you again, Anime

    Zonigiri

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

    MisterEuphoria

  • gotta say the anime were pretty good last year

    aturtlzzz

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

    Ryab_

  • People's lives don't end when they die, it ends when they lose faith

    SideCharacterKal

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

    vjtatakae

  • "I perservered."

    princessLINDAA

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

    StephenBriggsby

  • For anyone out there struggling to finish your watch list because you keep adding even more anime to your list... Same.

    Nat05

  • We may say it was a good anime year!

    AnyTheFox

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

    noriakikakyoin

  • "Sekai wa zankoku da sore demo kimi wo aisu yo"

    GleefulViolin

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

    Ginxkun

  • I hope I have more free time to finish "plan to watch" the anime 2021.

    _yozora_

  • Goddamn was this year good, for anime. Not so much for me or anyone, DUH

    LordHetmanix2077

  • It was an "ODD" year

    mangamaxx

  • Akatsuki is life, Akatsuki is love #VillainsFTW

    katsukidayou

  • The cruel angel got his degree

    Reba

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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