One Piece (Live-Action)
Summary
Despite making a rarefied appearance in the event , the Macy ’s Thanksgiving Day Parade saw itsOne PieceMonkey D. Luffy balloon deflate and rooter are irate . Eiichiro Oda ’s acclaimed manga and gum anime recently see a boost in external popularity as Netflix adapted the material to exist - natural process , with critics and interview alike showering it with kudos for its faithfulness to the source and pitch - perfect casting . Thanks to the show becoming a military rank attain for the waft as well , aOne Pieceseason 2 is presently in the works .
This simple connection may explicate every One Piece mystery story including Devil Fruits , the Lunarians , and the secrets of the Void Century .
Netflixthemselves weighed in with a shooting of Iñaki Godoy ’s Monkey from the hot - action show , react in choler to the deflated lid .
@JazzyTyFightercompared the deflating balloon to the infamous 1997 Barney balloon incident in which the exceptional windy mean solar day saw it get aside from its animal trainer , hitting a nearby flag pole and tearing .
@Pernil Whitaker , in contrast , share their flavour thatOne Pieceis not one of the good anime currently around , feeling thatDragon Ball ’s Goku or the eponymous character fromNarutowould not have the same thing happen .
@WokeyD.Pronounshumorously offered a pun reaction to the balloon ’s deflation , renaming the lineament " Money D. Flated " .
@MattSpiderjokingly proclaimed having found the culprit , sharing a GIF of Willem Dafoe ’s Green Goblin from the parade chronological sequence in Sam Raimi ’s originalSpider - Man .
@JennaAndersonsimilarly twist to a movie GIF for her reaction , with Marlon Brando ’s Don Corleone fromThe Godfatherremarking " Look how they massacred my boy . "
@SMTNetworkshared a GIF of Sanji from theOne Pieceanime sob , give tongue to their look that " Thanksgiving is ruined " .
@gumshoegumshoesimilarly looked to theOne Pieceanime for their response , pondering whether Buggy the Clown was behind it after skewering Luffy ’s hat during their iconic first fight .
@ParkerSimmonsacknowledged the irony that Luffy , who " can canonically inflate himself , " seems to be the only balloon during this year ’s parade to be ache from a deflating issue .
@ArchieKingshared a GIF of the anime version of Luffy sob , comment " R.I.P. Luffy " and that " our boy did n’t make it " , potentially to the Grand Line , as is his destination throughout theOne Piecefranchise .
@BrianSchmidhumorously acknowledged the CBS announcer ’s endeavor to put a bright spin on Luffy ’s deflated hat , noting that " it ’s more of a bucket hat now , that ’s also squeamish ! " .
Why The One Piece Parade Balloon Is A Big Deal (Even Without Its Deflation)
TheOne PieceLuffy balloon surely is n’t the first to discover itself deflating in the midst of the Macy ’s Thanksgiving Day Parade . In addition to the aforementioned Barney incident , the parade ’s very first balloon of Felix the Cat in 1927 saw the handler release it without have an actual programme to deflate it , with it instead popping almost right away . The 1956 and ' 57 event saw Mickey Mouse completely collapse and Popeye ’s hat waste-yard body of water on surprised spectator pump , while various others have shoot obstruction causing tears or deflations , include 1985 ’s Kermit the Frog , 1986 ’s Superman , 1989 ’s Bugs Bunny and both Rex the Dinosaur and Sonic the Hedgehog in 1993 .
While it may be more ab initio talk over due to the inauspicious deflating , the Luffy balloon appearing in the Macy ’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is really a reasonably big hand fortheOne Piecefranchiseas a whole . Prior to the succeeding King of the Pirates , the only anime - link up fibre to seem during the yearly event was that of Goku from theDragon Ballfranchise in 2019 , utilizing the Blue Super Saiyan form of the friend . The past few year have afterward reckon him look in the parade , earn 2023 one of the big yet for anime fans as he and Luffy graced the event .
Goku ’s balloon was mean to help advance the then - upcoming departure ofDragon Ball Super : Broly , which did at last become the quaternary highest - grossing anime motion picture in the US and Canada .
Luffy ’s Macy ’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon likely stems from Netflix’sOne Piece , though in have the design of Oda ’s manga and gum anime rather than that of Godoy , it does well represent the international outgrowth the attribute has enjoyed with the bouncy - legal action show . It would be interesting to see if Toei Animation , the company behind both theDragon BallandOne Pieceanimefranchises , looks to continue this vogue in next parade with other character reference from either property or from the others under their belts , namely theSailor Moonfranchise .
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