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McDonald's is celebrating a new anime collaboration by launching a Los Angeles exclusive: WcDonald's, a version of McDonald's that's commonly featured in many popular anime shows.
The knock-off first appeared in the 1981 manga and anime franchise Cat's Eyes. The Los Angeles version is a prelude to a similar rollout in 30 markets worldwide. Aside from the name, the difference in the anime stores will be the availability of a special sauce, manga-inspired packaging, episodic anime shorts, and manga .
McDonald's has also partnered with the animation house studio pierrot to produce the first official WcDonald's anime. Starting Feb. 26 and lasting until March 18, 2024, McDonald's will release a new anime short and new manga every Monday. You can find them both on WcDonalds.com or by scanning the code on the new WcDonald's bag.
The four new shorts:
The Race to WcDonald's (drops Feb. 26): Two heroes embark on an epic race to WcDonald's.
Love from Across the Booth (drops March 4): Two protagonists discover the WcDonald's Sauce and WcNuggets aren't the only perfect pairing.
WcNuggets Space Frontier 3000 (drops March 11): A team of WcDonald's pilots must protect the last WcNugget against an ominous force.
The Wisdom of the Sauce (drops March 18): Three women are transported to a distant land to unravel the mystery surrounding the elusive sauce before it's gone forever.
The Official WcDonalds Website
Waiting to see Burger Kings Junji Ito themed location next.