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50-foot Monkey D. Luffy Will Float Through Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Hot off the heels of the live-action Pokémon's Pikachu and Eevee.
The Luffy balloon measures 43 feet long, 39 feet wide, and 50 feet tall and will follow the parade route from Central Park West to Herald Square. A merry crew of pirate-themed marchers will the Gum-Gum Fruit .
Masayuki Endo remarked on the prominent occasion and stated, "We're thrilled to have the celebrated anime franchise One Piece the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with our Monkey D. Luffy giant character balloon. Over the past 24 years, One Piece has built a huge global audience, and today, the franchise is now more popular than ever before — both in the U.S. and around the world. We're excited to introduce One Piece to the tens of millions of people that watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade every year – especially the friends and families of current One Piece fans!"
Fans can get a sneak peek of the balloon at Toei Animation's One Piece Booth will feature an exclusive 3D scale model of the Monkey D. Luffy balloon. Toei is encouraging fans to use the #ThanksLuffy during the parade.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the world's largest parade, held annually in Manhattan, New York City. In recent years, the parade has increasingly shown off Japanese pop culture icons, Dragon Ball's Goku, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pikachu, and Eevee. The event is open to the public.
Source: Press release
