{"id":46294,"date":"2025-03-28T17:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T08:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46294"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T08:19:34","slug":"mcdonalds-japan-asks-people-making-fanart-of-their-cute-anime-mascot-to-mind-their-manners-and-have-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/mcdonalds-japan-asks-people-making-fanart-of-their-cute-anime-mascot-to-mind-their-manners-and-have-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s Japan asks people making fanart of their cute anime mascot to \u201cmind their manners and have common sense\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s in Japan is a bit different to the fast-food chain in the USA and other countries, often having unusual, limited-time menu options, accompanied by equally unusual marketing campaigns. To advertise their latest burger, McDonald\u2019s Japan is using a cute, anime-style mascot, however, they have preemptively warned people to be respectful when making fanart and other derivative content of her.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;\u30b5\u30e0\u30e9\u30a4\u305f\u307e\u3054\u98df\u3079\u7f8e\u304b\u3089\u306e\u304a\u306d\u304c\u3044&gt;<br>\u79c1\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u63cf\u3044\u3066\u304f\u308c\u308b\u306e\u306f\u5b09\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\uff01<br>\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3001\u30de\u30ca\u30fc\u3092\u5b88\u3063\u3066\u3001\u826f\u8b58\u306e\u7bc4\u56f2\u5185\u3067\u983c\u3080\u306d\u3063\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%81%9F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%94%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E7%BE%8E?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b5\u30e0\u30e9\u30a4\u305f\u307e\u3054\u98df\u3079\u7f8e<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30de\u30af\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9 (@McDonaldsJapan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McDonaldsJapan\/status\/1905447256343405030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>Nice to meet you, I\u2019m Samurai Tamago Tabemi. I\u2019ll only be around for a short time, but let\u2019s get along!<\/em>&nbsp; <br><strong>Follow-up post:<em> <\/em><\/strong><em>A request from Samurai Tamago Tabemi: I\u2019m happy that you are drawing me! However, please mind your manners and have common sense.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new mascot is called Samurai Tamago Tabemi (Samurai Egg Burger-eating Beauty). Dressed in an outfit that mixes samurai clothing elements with schoolgirl socks and skirt, she is advertising McDonald\u2019s new Samurai Burger that features a beef patty with lettuce, bacon, egg and cheese (she even has a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/8_yseXCd4ew?si=ZfylAD97m3JQQJ8U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">song<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a variation of McDonald\u2019s previous mascot Ima Dake Dabuchi Tabemi, who wears a modified McDonald\u2019s uniform and promoted the Double Cheeseburger. Ima Dake Dabuchi Tabemi captured the imaginations of the fanart community, for example &#8211; Japanese fanart site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixiv.net\/en\/tags\/%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A0%E3%81%91%E3%83%80%E3%83%96%E3%83%81%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E7%BE%8E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pixiv<\/a> has over 1300 drawings of her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new version of Tabemi is also accompanied by a hamster character, who has gained a samurai helmet this time. From their warning tweet, it seems McDonald\u2019s Japan is welcoming and expecting fanart of Tabemi\u2019s Samurai version, however, they also warn against inappropriate homages, which naturally includes erotic fanart of Tabemi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/japan-air-self-defense-forces-erotic-furry-mascots-stir-up-controversy-among-japanese-politicians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japan Air Self Defense Force\u2019s furry mascots stir up controversy among Japanese politicians&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To advertise their latest burger, McDonald\u2019s Japan is using a cute, anime-style mascot, but warning people to be respectful with fanart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":46309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[73,17],"class_list":["post-46294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nongaming-news","tag-anime","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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