Attention Please

アテンションプリーズ (Atenshon Purīzu)
Attention Please
Manga
Written by	Chieko Hosokawa
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Shōjo Friend
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	1970 – 1971
Volumes	2
Television drama
Studio	Toho
Original network	TBS
Original run	August 23, 1970 – March 28, 1971
Episodes	32
Television drama
Music by	Yugo Kanno
Studio	Kyodo Television
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	April 18, 2006 – June 27, 2006
Episodes	11 + 2 Special

Attention Please (アテンションプリーズ, Atenshon Purīzu) is a manga by Chieko Hosokawa about the training of flight attendants for Japan Airlines originally serialized in Shōjo Friend from Kodansha beginning in 1970. Tokyo Broadcasting System adapted a TV drama from the manga in 1970. Thirty-six years later, Fuji TV produced a new drama series in 2006. The name of the character, Yōko Misaki was used in both versions.

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1970 version

Cast

Role	Actor
Sanae Tamura	Bunjaku Han

2006 version

Episodes

The 2006 program follows the life of Misaki as she slowly conquers various obstacles to become a flight attendant. Each episode ends with a showcase of the various uniforms that have been used in JAL to a cover of "Oh Pretty Woman" by Kaela Kimura.

No.	Title	Rating (Kanto) ^[1]	Original air date
1	"The biggest reckless worst new face trainee!!"	17.7	April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)
Misaki overhears that guys like female attendants. She attempts to become a flight attendant to impress a fellow member of her band.
2	"Yearning?! for a uniform"	14.9	April 25, 2006 (2006-04-25)
Misaki "borrows" a CA's uniform and learns first hand the importance of their role in assisting travellers.
3	"Emergency Rescue Training of Hell!!"	16.8	May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02)
The CA trainees are introduced to emergency training including inflating a life raft.
4	"The first flight for only two people"	16.0	May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)
A film producer tries to create a conflict in the CA class.
5	"The way to a CA Hot Mama Style !!"	15.7	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
Misaki tries various beauty techniques to improve her looks.
6	"I Hate You!!"	15.3	May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)
The CA trainees are taught CPR.
7	"The Last Class...a reason for tears..."	15.4	May 30, 2006 (2006-05-30)
Each of the CA trainees have to pass a test before being allowed to go on an OJT (On-the-Job Training). Everyone passes, except for Misaki.
8	"Confession....the first date in the sky..."	16.9	June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06)
Misaki is disappointed not being allowed on OJT and feels like quitting. Shōta cheers her up with a short flight on a light plane. Misaki refocusing on the test and passes the second time.
9	"First Flight...love of two people..."	15.7	June 13, 2006 (2006-06-13)
Misaki has her first experience being a trainee on a flight.
10	"Fly!! Step on the Wings of Love"	19.2	June 20, 2006 (2006-06-20)
There is a flight delay due to a warning light, which causes the passengers to be very irritated. Misaki and the rest of the crew have to deal with the situation, while Shota investigates the fault.
11	"To the sky!! At the time of departure..."	16.5	June 27, 2006 (2006-06-27)
A passenger collapses during a flight, and Misaki has to overcome her fears to help. Misaki graduates with the rest of her classmates and puts on a final concert for everyone.
SP1	"Honolulu, Hawaii edition"	17.2	January 13, 2007 (2007-01-13)
Misaki re-enters training before starting her first international flight to Hawaii, while also have to deal with her messy personal relationship with Shota
SP2	"Sydney, Australia edition"	13.3	April 3, 2008 (2008-04-03)
Misaki, Wakamura & Sekiyama prepare to head to Sydney to create a short film for the airline. Misaki involved in a tension with a new flight attendant trainee

Cast

Aya Ueto as Misaki Youko
Ryo Nishikido as Nakahara Shota
Miki Maya as Mikami Tamaki
Saki Aibu as Wakamura Yayoi
Chihiro Otsuka as Sekiyama Yuki
Misa Uehara as Hirota Saori
Kotaro Koizumi as Tsutsumi Shuusuke
Fumiyo Kohinata as Sakurada Shinya
Yuko Fueki as Asou Kaoru
Natsumi Nanase as Kinoshita Asami
Minami Otomo as Higashino Haruka
Mariko Takahashi as Kagawa Reiko
Mantaro Koichi as Watanabe Makoto
Kazuyuki Asano as Wakamura Shozo
Inoue Jun as Dazai Shinichiro
Mano Yuuko as Murayama Mizuho
Hoshino Natsuko as Takemoto Rie
Tanaka Sogen as Ooki Mitsuya
Ishikawa Maki as Chief Nagano

Yōko Misaki (美咲洋子, Misaki Yōko): Misaki is a lead singer of a rock band. She lost her mother at young age and was raised with her three brothers. She is very boyish in nature and prefers male to female company. She enrolls to become a flight attendant to gain the attention of another band member after he mentions about how she would look like in a uniform. She finds training in flight attendant academy to be difficult but manages to overcome various obstacles with a unique persistence. She slowly wins respect of her instructors and batchmates.

Shōta Nakahara (中原翔太, Nakahara Shōta): Shōta is a mechanic working for JAL. He has always wanted to be a pilot on a commercial airliner but could not become one as he did not have perfect eyesight. He is still allowed to pilot small aircraft and takes Misaki on a trip during the series to cheer her up. He first met her in the first episode where she accuses him of stealing her train ticket. Reserved and quiet, he and Misaki initially do not get along however become close friends by the end of the series.

Soundtrack

Oh Pretty Woman - Kaela Kimura
Attention Please ~ Main Theme
What Am I Gonna Do
Head Wind
Circle of my Life
A Goody Goody
Attention Please ~ (Love Theme)
Turbulence
Mock up
Fight Irregularity
Go Around
Stage of The Sky
Normally Hidden Function
Do Really
Break Down
Painful And Embarrassed
Link to The Future
Attention Please ~ (End Title)
Oh Pretty Woman ~ (Instrumental)

January 2007 special

A special was aired in January 2007. Misaki was given her first international assignment to Hawaii. In this special Misaki has to play matchmaker to bring two people together. At the end, Misaki gains the courage and is about to tell Shota that she likes him but is interrupted with a rare green sunset, 'Green Flash' in Hawaii. That sunset foretells that a couple who sees the Green Flash will live happily together forever.

Cast

Aya Ueto as Misaki Youko
Ryo Nishikido as Nakahara Shota
Miki Maya as Mikami Tamaki
Saki Aibu as Wakamura Yayoi
Chihiro Otsuka as Sekiyama Yuki
Misa Uehara as Hirota Saori
Kotaro Koizumi as Tsutsumi Shuusuke
Yuko Fueki as Asou Kaoru
Natsuki Harada as Risa Nakata
Bokuzo Masana as Todoroki Hiroto
Hori Mayumi as Ito Nanako
Ito Masayuki as a passenger
David Hirokane as Mr. Nakata
Yatsu Isao as the taxi driver
Ideguchi Tetsuya & Kawamoto Chiaki as the newlyweds
Katsukura Keiko as a passenger
Taira Chiharu as the young mother
Yamase Shota as the high-spirited child

April 2008 special

There was a second special aired in April 2008. Misaki imagines and dreams of becoming the top cabin attendant in the world. She has ongoing conflicts with a new trainee CA, who is serious. She then heads to Sydney with Wakamura and Sekiyama and gets into an argument with them as Misaki is trying to steal the spotlight for a blog on their airlines CA website. Meanwhile, Sekiyama has feelings for Tsutsumi, but gets upset when he flirts with another woman while Wakamura worries about her father's health. On the other hand, it is revealed that Shōta is in India.^[2]