MAL Yearbook 2023

Anime Section

Most Meme-able
Anime that has the most meme potential

Lost in Another World
Anime with world-building that captivated you

Weekly Retreat
Anime that made you feel better after a stressful day

Distinctive Designs
Anime with character designs you won't soon forget

OP/ED Section

Comfy Beats
OP/ED to listen to when you just want to chill

Character Section

Most Over-the-Top Reaction
Character with the most exaggerated and comical responses

Who's Your Hairdresser
Character with a remarkable hairstyle

Dynamic Duo
Character pair with the most engaging screen time

Comments

  • No anime no life

    jumbosan

  • I am down bad for the anime "Kusuriya no Hitorigoto"

    Shamarocks

  • i wish there was more jojo content this year

    Snowflake_com

  • You are my special.

    Valex_2912

  • In search of the greatest death ever.

    Zyrex2016

  • "do you wanna play? lets play"

    xseandee

  • It was a fun year for anime fans!!!

    Dragonfer

  • Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon

    MagnusFH

  • Any anime can make you exited, few can make you cry 😢

    Fenrir_01

  • This is not just a great year for anime watchers who got to enjoy fabulous shows. This year has been a huge step for the conditions of animators and all those who work hard to make these masterpieces. Thank you for this amazing year!

    who_decided-that

  • Malevolent Kitchen

    Kielbaska

  • Stay Otaku 🫶

    Lil-Focuz

  • Lupin the 3rd my beloved

    Jacob_of_Bohemia

  • Among us 😁

    patz100

  • The year of anime is coming, the 2023 is just the demo!

    Tiago-dono

  • tengoku daimakyo season 2 pleaaase

    Matees

  • See you all in the next seasons comment sections!

    Where_is_waldo

  • 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

    SteveI33I

  • Wishing 2024 with another blast!

    Meiza

  • 23 was good with overflow in this segment,but .. One thing I miss..more story and character connecting animes,or bruh..it just might be my bad memory..what about you..? Non story connecting isekais..

    nothigbeatsme0

  • You can't do something wrong if noone knows what you are doing

    Tooru48

  • "but in essence, it's [the pleasure district] no different from the rear palace. It's both a garden and a cage... The stale, trapped air poisens everyone. The courtesans also eat the poison around them, to become a sweet poison themselves." The Apothecary Diaries, Ep 8, 15:12

    Amy-hakase

  • Thanks for so many amazing adventures i had a blast 💕

    Estrellita82

  • Pretty banger year for anime. Not so great for manga. Hope 2024 is even better.

    Nil_uwu

  • I really have no life at all

    KoizumiKoi

  • If mahito doesn’t get the timeout y’all need help

    Ltucker77

  • Not bad not good..... I alive to live and love....

    Posermonk3212

  • Treasure the present because it is your gift.

    Mirabelle198

  • id rather abstain

    meccers

  • I really love to watching anime and submit on my animals that I had already watched anime. 😊 And my anime list is a very good service. 😍

    Lassie_

  • Surely next season of jujutsu kaisen won't kill off any more beloved characters... right?

    GrimmGames

  • Great year for anime!

    Spenny123

  • Megumi from konosuba solo's.

    SaveStyle

  • I definitely think The Apothecary Diaries is one of the most beautiful shows of the year. The backgrounds are the flowers are wonderfully rendered, and the characters are enjoyable and memorable, especially Maomao.

    Yukazakura

  • Where is The Eminence in Shadow?????

    MiguelLemos

  • Not the best year of anime but its still very good year.

    Rockiiz

  • This year was a great one with each season having atleast one or two 10/10 anime I never felt bored.

    scharfkun

  • The year 2023 was incredible.

    K---i

  • Nah, I'd win.

    o0OpeanutsO0o

  • The quality of this year's anime is amazing

    Gornal

  • I have no enemy

    Felix-Nakamoto

  • Pluto and frieren ist unfair

    wokedits

  • I'm not a robot

    act_

  • “I’m so wet right now” -Hanazono Hakari The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You

    Soupychecks

  • jjk so peak..

    Whickox

  • I’m mourning Attack on Titan :,(

    CrispyCalamarii

  • If you watch garbage, then you are garbage

    KingEggroll

  • You guys asked for voting in the "weekly retreat" category and that was so hard so choice Because Isekai Nonbiri Nouma Kimi wa houkago inomnia And skip to loafer Are all just very relaxing and feels good while watching!!!

    itsnouralawad

  • I also want a wife like Malika from Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army 😭😭 or a neighbor like Mahiru Shiina from Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken 😭😭

    -ARIZONO-

  • Do more of what makes you happy ^\\\^

    Imadilah

  • Life is about two things: drinking milk and watching funny things on your TV. At least MAL helps with the latter.

    Snorachu

  • "As endless stories are being created each year, there's always a anime that's just for that one person."

    Ugema

  • No romance no life

    TeamEatsuki

  • This is the most anticipated and among the best year for anime,i’m just so grateful that i had a chance to see it all of the anime’s that is in 2023 Hopefully the anime industry will be continue to make anime for us as far as possible

    Tripslater62

  • Creation derives from me

    AincradAnt

  • Life always not daijobu But we also always dekiru.

    risupeko_02

  • TRIGUN STAMPEDE IS ANIME OF THE YEAR

    Activatorcraft3

  • What are these nominees? The most no name anime I've ever seen. Like who watches every 0815 anime with 5-7/10 star reviews? I dont need One Piece or Naruto but at least something that people actually have watched. I couldnt vote for most of the nominees...

    Lunoki

  • Looks like I haven't watched that much anime this year

    AuroraIqbal21

  • amine very nice

    bfpera

  • Every day has 24 hours. Make every single second unique.

    kerobi

  • We need more shoujo anime, i need my daily dose of sexy anime men.

    MissAnybody10

  • Haven't watched most of the anime lol I just want to vote for Anisphia and Euphyllia. Yuri shall conquer the world!

    Jentheworld

  • Just Enjoy the life with animes who knows you might not alive next day to see such a beautiful things...

    RE-_-

  • TSUKASA-CHAN KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII NINO IS BEST GIRLLLLLLLL

    YagamiL007

  • Here's to another year of great anime!

    Desert17

  • "In the symphony of life, let our stories be as captivating as an anime soundtrack. Embrace the plot twists, learn from the filler episodes, and may your journey be filled with the same wonder as discovering a new anime. Class of [Year], our adventures have just begun! 🌟🎓

    guigosenpai

  • First time i join this yearbook of MAL.

    Honorcooper

  • "Did you voted because you watched anime, or did you watch anime because you voted?" -Real_Geto

    GjaltPower

  • Anyone else feels everything while nothing at all?

    hen1tai_sen0pai

  • This year's demon slayer was mid. Anyone who likes this season should brothel & cross-dress themselves like our 3 MC's did last season.

    jaxjax2234

  • 2023 anime offers an exciting and innovative experience with stunning animation, complex stories, diverse genres, creative character designs, and the collaboration of renowned studios and artists, creating works of high quality.

    Gyzei

  • I am Atomic!

    jack_stryder

  • YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    Merkyy

  • frieren best anime oty

    Maligant

  • 2023 has quite a lot of great entries!

    Karatz

  • Best anime year

    Character0001

  • Next year I'm gonna keep asking girls out until God tells me that he messed up my papers and shows me my soulmates. He messed up right?

    Glitchiness

  • and all the people said nya~☆

    weeby_yurei

  • Eminence in the shadow was the best

    Rotidronik

  • BLING BANG BANG BLING BANG BANG BLING BANG BANG BORN

    MikaOni

  • Loneliness is followed by silence... But the silence is followed by a sound that completes life.

    Arquam101

  • this was truly a jujutsu kaisen

    flip_flap123

  • Can’t believe there’s no AOT final season anymore

    NaThaN2636

  • Had so much fun with the anime this year, though there were even better years for this reason 😍

    xcaliburAnime

  • Arima Kana best girl of 2023!

    XTheSabreGamerX

  • one piece #1 always

    bij910

  • Time flies when a million new animes drop every season

    MR_Djenssen

  • Kamisato Ayaka

    Suifer

  • Togi should have lived

    notSyfon

  • Bling-bang-bang, bling-bang-bang-born

    TheBears06

  • Though shall not past

    Butterzfaces

  • Fireworks by Minda Ryn, from Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion was the best piece of music in any anime of 2023

    FutoiOtaku

  • Wake up to reality

    sheshav

  • Witch Hat Atelier anime news this year frfr

    NotShelby

  • It's a good year for the anime community, here's hoping for another great year 2024

    DatBoiNamedEthan

  • Some of my favorites are in the nominations this time but some are not in the nominations even though this is the best year for me watching a lot of very entertaining anime after a tired day at work, thank you for everything!

    Mabudachii

  • (\_/) (•.•) :) /|__|\ | |

    tolgafiko

  • don't forget to smell the roses once in a while... ;)

    mori_ronin

  • anita max win

    6SC

What is the MAL Yearbook?

MAL Yearbook is an annual project where MyAnimeList members can reflect on the past year of anime. Using categories selected from the community and winners decided by you, together we will create a special digital MAL Yearbook that we can enjoy in years to come.

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