Source for the visual is the official website. According to Crunchyroll, the voice actress for Elfuda (sometimes translated as Erufuda), Ayasa Ito, will also serve as a guest judge at the Japan French Fries Championship 2024.
Series premieres July 6, 2024. Synopsis from AniList:
Naoe-kun, a massage therapist, is about to head home for the day when he’s saddled with a rather strange patient. This lovely lady has emerald eyes, pointy ears, and grew up in the forest–everything about her screams “elf,” except for one thing: her bodacious body. It turns out she left her world but loves junk food in this one, and now her obsession has caught up with her. Can Naoe-kun help this lovable elf girl lose the weight–and keep it off?
I can’t be the only one that thinks a “french fries association” associating itself with obesity is kind of crazy, right? You’d think they would’ve thought this through better…
Yeah, I was surprised by this too. The character almost always has a box of fries in her hand in the manga, so it makes sense that she is associated with fries. However, like you said, if this is a trade association meant to promote fries, then it is questionable whether this is actually helping.
It’s a little funny, but I don’t see it as a misstep. It’s probably just a popular (I assume) character who’s associated with fries, and them being realistic in assuming that it’s common knowledge that over-indulging in fast food causes weight gain.
They’re in the top 10 for the lowest obesity rate worldwide. An overweight person isn’t someone with a problem there, it’s just someone who knows their food.
this feels like zelda fell into an alternate, mcdonalds-centric universe
The story is kind of a reverse isekai, where a bunch of fantasy characters end up in the real world and have trouble with modern fast-food.
So yeah.
Now I can’t unsee Zelda in this character design…
TIL there is a Japanese french fries association, which by necessity means there are french fries associations in one or more other countries.
I tried to look them up and didn’t find much, but I did find this:
The Seven Principles of the Japan French Fries Association:
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Love French fries and eat them at least once a week.
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Eat all the French fries you are served.
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Do not pressure others to like French fries as you do.
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Do not persecute those who dislike French fries.
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Do not blame French fries for making you fat.
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Do not use French fries to commit a crime.
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Honor and respect those who grow potatoes.
Do not use French fries to commit a crime.
Now I’m curious
When you see a warning, that means someone has to have done it…
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Like France?
Would they call it the french fries association though? Or just the fries association?
If they sell the potato-based pun shirts, I’m in!
Note that the character’s name, Elfda, means “I’m an elf” or “it’s an elf”
Thicc