{"id":6376,"date":"2026-05-18T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=6376"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:00:56","slug":"mcdonalds-japans-new-chiikawa-happy-meal-figures-are-herephotos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=6376","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s Japan\u2019s new Chiikawa Happy Meal figures are here![Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New tie-up with hit anime comes with anti-scalper strategy<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fast food and anime figures are two of the reliable simple sources of joy in life, and yet there was some trepidation about combining the two of them as McDonald\u2019s Japan<\/strong> launched a collaboration with the Chiikawa<\/strong> franchise last week. Chiikawa Happy Meals<\/strong> went on sale on May 15, but there was worry that the promotion would be marred by the same sort of ugly behavior from scalpers that\u2019s taken place in some of the chain\u2019s previous high-profile partnerships<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Because of that, McDonald\u2019s is taking some extra precautions in order to make it harder for would-be-resellers to buy the Chiikawa<\/em> Happy Meals in bulk<\/a>, and even popular Japanese second-hand goods site Mercari has pledged to remove posts from sellers attempting to flip the figures for a profit.\u00a0McDonald\u2019s restrictions were tightest on the day of the Chiikawa<\/em> Happy Meals\u2019 release, with sales limited to users of the McDonald\u2019s app and capped at four Happy Meals per time block (morning or afternoon\/night).<\/p>\n

And you know what? The rules seemed to achieve their purpose, at least at the branch where we got our four Chiikawa<\/em> Happy Meals<\/strong>. There were no massive lines, no one walking out with a dozen orders just for themselves, and no one just taking their toys and leaving uneaten food on the restaurant counter or littered on the street outside.<\/p>\n

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Each Happy Meal comes with one of four figures of the Chiikawa<\/em> cast dressed in McDonald\u2019s uniforms<\/strong>, so we ordered four meals, keeping our fingers crossed that we\u2019d be lucky enough to get the full set.<\/p>\n

\u25bc We got ourselves two Chicken McNugget Happy Meals and two cheeseburger ones, each priced at 540 yen (US$3.50), so we were pretty much set for lunches for the next few days.<\/p>\n

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And to our great joy, as we opened up the four figure boxes one by one, each of them had a different figure waiting for us inside!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Not only are they adorable, there\u2019s even a bit of inspiration from Chiikawa<\/em> lore in their designs. For example, Rakko<\/strong>, seen on the far right in the photo above, is depicted in the Chiikawa<\/em> manga and anime as owning a car and being a skilled driver, so he\u2019s dressed in the uniform of a McDonald\u2019s Japan delivery person, as is Hachiware<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Also part of our set of four is Kuri-Manju<\/strong>\u00a0(second from the lest in the above photo), the alcohol-loving character with a head shaped like a chestnut dumpling (Chiikawa<\/em> can be a very<\/em> unique franchise<\/a>). Perhaps due to his regularly inebriated condition, Kuri-Manju is not part of the delivery team, and is instead dressed in the uniform of a McCafe by Barista crew member, in charge of McDonald\u2019s Japan\u2019s fancier dessert and beverage subdivision, which sometimes even has its own order counter inside the restaurant. Finally, there\u2019s Chiikawa<\/strong>, who, fittingly for the series\u2019 protagonist, is dressed in a McDonald\u2019s manager\u2019s uniform.<\/p>\n

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Each of the figures is about eight centimeters (3.1 inches) tall<\/strong>, compact enough to easily find space for on a shelf or your desk, but big enough to still provide a palpable Chiikawa<\/em> aura.<\/p>\n

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\u25bc McDonald\u2019s figures are quite a bit bigger than the ones beef bowl chain Matsuya gave out in their most recent Chiikawa<\/em> collaboration, as you can see here.<\/p>\n

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In addition, the figures have holes on the bottom so that you can use them as pencil\/pen toppers too<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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As is becoming increasingly common with Japanese Happy Meals, McDonald\u2019s is releasing its Chiikawa<\/em> ones in two waves, with the first lasting until May 28<\/strong>, then a new set of four figures coming in as a second batch from May 29 to June 11<\/strong>, and hopefully the anti-scalping strategies continue to be effective in round two.<\/p>\n

Photos \u00a9SoraNews24<\/em>
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