Forum - View topicINTEREST: McDonald's Commercials Go Nostalgic With Maison Ikkoku, Macross, Orange Road
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mdo7
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OK, this is interesting, I wonder what demographic this commercial is being aimed at? I mean, by the time these anime came out, I think the audiences that've watched these back in the 80's are probably now in their 50's, or early 60's.
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MFrontier
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Well, that's certainly one way to advertise with the classics!
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Beltane70
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Wow, my three favorite anime all used in one commercial! How very nostalgic. The coolest thing is that the scene from Macross Do You Remember Love? where Minmay is eating a hamburger, the hamburger is a McDonald’s hamburger!
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Dr. Wily
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Probably exactly that. Anything that aims at nostalgia is aiming for a target audience of people who are nostalgic for that time. Anyway I'm usually cynical about brands using stuff for promotion, but Kawamori saying something like "I'm glad I drew a scene of Minmay and the others eating hamburgers.” just makes me smile. Like, maybe he's joking too but I think he's totally honest and it's cute. |
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#darkmax1974
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This is tugging at the heartstrings of those who still remembers the good old days of Japanese animations. But McDonald's have done themselves a disservice by aligning with Israel and all their antics.
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fuuma_monou
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Wasn't that just the local franchise in Israel? |
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pushknife
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Oh, is this why I see some westerners get pissed off everytime there's an anime collab with McDonalds? What a silly thing to get angry over. |
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#darkmax1974
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You don't seem to be affected by the relationship between McDonald's and the very people who continually commit genocide of another people. I think anger and disgust is the normal response. |
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TokimekiCrisis
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All McDonalds are owned and operated locally, so yes. But that doesn't really matter to some people. -McDonalds Israel offered free food to Israeli soldiers after the October 7th, 2023 attack -Twitter activists got upset at them providing food to people following a crisis -McDonalds tries to placate them by buying back all the McDonalds Israel franchises from their owner Alonyal over the course of 2024. -People are still boycotting them because McDonalds is still operating those stores in Israel and people are demanding the company to shut down all operations in Israel -McDonalds doesn't seem to want to do that so all their previous attempts to placate those people were for naught and only ended up giving Alonyal a big payout. Basically more proof why you should never care what Twitter activists think since they'll never be satisfied. Just enjoy the cute anime collabs |
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