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|title=<center>Early Japanese McDonald's Commercial (1973-1976)</center>
|title=<center>Japanese McDonald's Commercials (1973-1976)</center>
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|imagecaption=A vintage Japanese McDonald's advertisement.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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On the 20th of July, 1971 (Japanese time), fast food restaurant chain McDonald's had finally reached the Asian shores at the Ginza branch of the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo, Japan. The first television commercial was aired on Japanese TV in 1973.
==Availability==
While the Japanese McDonald's TV commercials from 1977 onward [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_7CJLhKWig are available] on the internet, '''the earlier commercials''' which originally aired between 1973 and 1976 can't be found anywhere.


On 20th July 1971 (Japan Time), '''McDonald's''' had finally reached the Asian shores at the Ginza branch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsukoshi Mitsukoshi department store] in Tokyo, Japan. The 1st television commercial was aired in Japanese TV in 1973.
There are possibilities that there is no recorded footage of the commercials due to many people in Japan at the time not owning any recording media other than cassette tapes which were only capable of recording sound. However, due to the fact that the Japanese branch of McDonald's has the data for the air date of the first commercial, it is likely that the company owns the original print.
==Descriptions==
Several people who have seen the commercials at the time state that they were bizarre, comedic live-action ads which didn't quite look like they were advertising for restaurants. One of the commercials seemed to involve Ronald McDonald rowing a wooden boat on the river, but it quickly lands on the shore without Ronald noticing.  


While the commercials aired from 1977 onward are available on the internet as seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_7CJLhKWig here], the earlier commercials that aired between 1973 and 1976 are somewhat absent from the Internet.
==External Link==
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsukoshi A Wikipedia page on the Mitsukoshi department stores.]
There are possibilities that there is no recorded footage of the commercials due to many people in Japan at the time not owning any recording media other than cassette tapes which were only capable of recording sound. However, due to the fact that the Japanese branch of McDonald's has the data for the air date of the 1st commercial, it is likely that the company owns the print.
 
Several people who have seen the commercials at the time state that they was a bizarre, comedic live-action ads which didn't quite look like they were advertising for restaurants. One of the commercials seemed to involve Ronald McDonald rowing a wooden boat on the river, but the boat quickly lands on the shore without Ronald noticing.  


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[[Category: Lost advertising and interstitial material]]
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[[Category: Lost TV]]

Revision as of 23:10, 4 June 2019

Mcdo japan80.jpg

A vintage Japanese McDonald's advertisement.

Status: Lost

On the 20th of July, 1971 (Japanese time), fast food restaurant chain McDonald's had finally reached the Asian shores at the Ginza branch of the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo, Japan. The first television commercial was aired on Japanese TV in 1973.

Availability

While the Japanese McDonald's TV commercials from 1977 onward are available on the internet, the earlier commercials which originally aired between 1973 and 1976 can't be found anywhere.

There are possibilities that there is no recorded footage of the commercials due to many people in Japan at the time not owning any recording media other than cassette tapes which were only capable of recording sound. However, due to the fact that the Japanese branch of McDonald's has the data for the air date of the first commercial, it is likely that the company owns the original print.

Descriptions

Several people who have seen the commercials at the time state that they were bizarre, comedic live-action ads which didn't quite look like they were advertising for restaurants. One of the commercials seemed to involve Ronald McDonald rowing a wooden boat on the river, but it quickly lands on the shore without Ronald noticing.

External Link