February 21, 2024 7:08 am
The most mysterious announcement.
Summary:
- McDonald's and Studio Pierrot collaboration announced.
- The project is shrouded in mystery.
- A number of fans ask others to boycott the anime due to the recent controversy.
On February 20, 2024 the world-famous food chain McDonald's posted a peculiar announcement on their official X (formerly twitter) account. The company announced an anime collaboration with Studio Pierrot (Naruto, Bleach) with a small teaser for the upcoming project.
Too many secrets
There haven't been any further details revealed, even the title of the anime remains a secret. The replies are filled with more mysteries; fans are trying to guess what the project will be like.
Technically, it hasn't even been confirmed that an actual anime is in the works, since the company leaves ambiguous replies to those who mention it. Some fans suggested that the new anime might be an isekai one, and McDonald's replied with "I can neither confirm nor deny nor confirm". Why such secrecy, we wonder?
It might be just a promotional video for McDonald's made in the anime style, and not an actual series, but fans want to believe that it is indeed an anime. The teaser features a line "a new world emerges", thus the isekai guesses, and we feel like this theory is the closest-to-the-truth one.
Judging from the teaser, the new anime will have the iconic Studio Pierrot character design and will focus on fast food a lot. Might it be a comedy isekai series with fantasy characters tasting McDonald's food? Sounds extremely weird, but it might work.
The teaser ends with an even more mysterious "2.26.24", so it might be a hint that we'll learn more information on Monday, February 26. Or is it a release date? Come on, McDonald's, we have to know!
McDonald's controversy
While some fans are super hyped about the upcoming anime collaboration, there are a number of people who are not so amused by anything McDonald's related. They ask others to boycott the anime and not interact with whatever it is the company "is cooking".
The initial boycott happened because a McDonald's franchise in Israel promised to provide free meals to their soldiers, which caused a major controversy and made people all over the world boycott everything McDonald's related.
People seem to not have forgotten about that, and McDonald's is now forever on their "dead to me" list. They say they would never watch the new anime, no matter what it's going to be about, and ask others to do the same.
The most mysterious announcement.
Summary:
- McDonald's and Studio Pierrot collaboration announced.
- The project is shrouded in mystery.
- A number of fans ask others to boycott the anime due to the recent controversy.
On February 20, 2024 the world-famous food chain McDonald's posted a peculiar announcement on their official X (formerly twitter) account. The company announced an anime collaboration with Studio Pierrot (Naruto, Bleach) with a small teaser for the upcoming project.
Too many secrets
There haven't been any further details revealed, even the title of the anime remains a secret. The replies are filled with more mysteries; fans are trying to guess what the project will be like.
Technically, it hasn't even been confirmed that an actual anime is in the works, since the company leaves ambiguous replies to those who mention it. Some fans suggested that the new anime might be an isekai one, and McDonald's replied with "I can neither confirm nor deny nor confirm". Why such secrecy, we wonder?
It might be just a promotional video for McDonald's made in the anime style, and not an actual series, but fans want to believe that it is indeed an anime. The teaser features a line "a new world emerges", thus the isekai guesses, and we feel like this theory is the closest-to-the-truth one.
Judging from the teaser, the new anime will have the iconic Studio Pierrot character design and will focus on fast food a lot. Might it be a comedy isekai series with fantasy characters tasting McDonald's food? Sounds extremely weird, but it might work.
The teaser ends with an even more mysterious "2.26.24", so it might be a hint that we'll learn more information on Monday, February 26. Or is it a release date? Come on, McDonald's, we have to know!
McDonald's controversy
While some fans are super hyped about the upcoming anime collaboration, there are a number of people who are not so amused by anything McDonald's related. They ask others to boycott the anime and not interact with whatever it is the company "is cooking".
The initial boycott happened because a McDonald's franchise in Israel promised to provide free meals to their soldiers, which caused a major controversy and made people all over the world boycott everything McDonald's related.
People seem to not have forgotten about that, and McDonald's is now forever on their "dead to me" list. They say they would never watch the new anime, no matter what it's going to be about, and ask others to do the same.
