One Piece Luffy Set to Make Balloon Debut at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

One Piece‘s beloved hero, Monkey D. Luffy, will make his debut as a balloon at Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The Luffy balloon measures an astounding 43 feet long by 39 feet wide, with an impressive height of 50 feet. He will travel from Central Park West to Herald Square, home to Macy’s flagship store. One Piece fans watching the parade, whether from home or in person, are encouraged to follow along with the excitement using the hashtag #ThanksLuffy for all the latest news and information.

Masayuki Endo, President and CEO of Toei Animation, had this to say about Luffy’s exciting parade debut: “We’re thrilled to have the celebrated anime franchise One Piece join 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!”

In addition to Luffy’s appearance in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, a giant character inflatable of the One Piece hero in his Gear 5 form will make its first-ever appearance at NYCC.

Source: Toei Animation