Carl jr or macdonalds. Did they bring fries to Carl jr
Average Carl’s Junior enjoyer
I used chatgpt for this so no idea if it’s valid.
Here is a full translation of all the Japanese text from the magazine cover. (Some phrases are stylized or old-fashioned “magazine hype,” so I’ve translated them naturally but kept the tone.)
American Police
(アメリカンポリス)
Top-right: 定価 1,800円 — “Fixed price: 1,800 yen”
Blue header: ワールド・ワイド・プレス — “World Wide Press” Wild Mook 44 — (Mook = magazine + book)
Main Yellow Text (Center-left column)
アメリカの熱気とニオイが、立派にポリスたちをもちメリットいっぱいのぞこんだ32ページ！ ページをめくるキミの手が、あつくなる！！
“A full 32 pages packed with the heat and atmosphere of America and its police! Your hands will get hot as you turn the pages!”
Middle Text Block
アメリカポリスの特殊部隊 “Special Units of the American Police”
SWAT大特集
“Special Feature: SWAT”
ロサンゼルス・ポリス アトランタ・ポリス フィラデルフィア・ポリス “Los Angeles Police Atlanta Police Philadelphia Police”
SWATを中心に、ポリスの攻撃力について迫っています。 緊迫した突入、制圧の作戦がわかる！！ “Focusing on SWAT, we explore the offensive capability of the police. Learn about high-tension entry and suppression tactics!”
極秘ファイル：SWAT攻撃マニュアル “Top-secret file: SWAT assault manual”
ビッグ・プレゼント!!
“Big Giveaway!!”
とっておきのアメリカン・ポリス・プレゼントを 抽選でドッサリ大放出！ “A massive lottery giveaway of special American police goods!”
**アメリカン・ポリスのウソ・ホンベン
BEST 218** “American Police: Truths & Lies — BEST 218”
Right-side Column
素晴らしきかなアメリカンポリスの世界 “The wonderful world of the American police”
ポリス映画・TVについて語ろう！！ ポリスの歴史を語ろう！！ 武力を伴ったポリスの権力について考える！！ そして『ワイルダー・ザーン(ザ・ソウル？)』をさぐる！！ “Let’s talk about police movies and TV!! Let’s discuss the history of the police!! Let’s consider police authority and the use of force!! And let’s explore the ‘wilder side’ of the police!!” (“ワイルダー・ザーン” seems to be a stylized or foreign phrase used for flavor.)
〈アメリカン〉ポリス 映画・TVカタログ “American Police: Movie & TV Catalog”
Bottom-right (small text)
監修 水野晴郎 “Supervised by: Haruo Mizuno” (a known Japanese film critic)
Editorial Advisor | Haruo Mizuno (repeated in English)
If you want, I can also: 📌 translate the cover into smoother natural English magazine wording 📌 identify the foods shown 📌 explain the cultural context behind this type of 80s–90s Japanese “mook” magazines
Very cool and interesting. Thanks! 😮
Not bald Not obese enough No vest No sunglasses
Must be the 70s
Law and order the Muck bang division . These are their stories dong dong
I see at least 3 different fast food chains in a single meal. Now that’s dedication
What’s the cup barely visible on the left? I’m wondering if that one explains the gigantic taco.
You’re right. At least 4.
I see McDonald’s, a&w, Carl’s jr, and whatever that cup in the left is (no idea, but I don’t recognize it as one of the other 3).
“Be the American the Japanese thinks you are”
I live for strange Japanese 80s/90s printed media
Love that pink
“what layout would you like for your magazine?”
“Eeehhh… Just gimme the ‘benadryl’”
Reading it feels like I took a handful and started furiously sprinting to the bad side of town, you know, cause of the “implications”.
Ohhh. Cyber!
I’m one hypnotic frenzied writing session away from a giant winding post about how magazines gave us curated, focused cross-sections of the world around us, and how we interacted with them before the dopamine reptile brain event horizon era. I really have a lot of thoughts on this.
I don’t know if this is real and I almost don’t want to
Honestly, I don’t even care if it’s real. I just want a translation.
I used to go to work by public transport for many years before smartphones where a thing. Every day I want to the store in the train station and browsed / bought magazines. It was expensive but I miss it dearly.
I tried it again a few years ago but it’s not the same. A lot of information is really available online. So I bought only niece magazines focused on medieval history or those cheap stories, everything else just wasn’t intending any more.
Damn it… Now I’m hungry…
Those fries are going to get cold!
Uhh, is no one going to ask why this is like $18??
Closer to $12 at current exchange, and a cursory search suggests some popular magazines are 1500yen per issue, so doesn’t actually seem that off.
Man it has been ages since I had to exchange, I’m shocked at how different it is, although I have to remember it’s been bloody 12 years since I left 😱
I’m old.
Is this what .ml means when they say to find a trustworthy source?
My wallet can taste this meal. That whole table of food was only $37.
Uh maybe like 5 bucks in 1987
