Attention Please


Attention Please 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.

1970 version

Cast

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.

Cast

;Yōko Misaki
;Shōta Nakahara

Soundtrack

  1. Oh Pretty Woman - Kaela Kimura
  2. Attention Please ~ Main Theme
  3. What Am I Gonna Do
  4. Head Wind
  5. Circle of my Life
  6. A Goody Goody
  7. Attention Please ~
  8. Turbulence
  9. Mock up
  10. Fight Irregularity
  11. Go Around
  12. Stage of The Sky
  13. Normally Hidden Function
  14. Do Really
  15. Break Down
  16. Painful And Embarrassed
  17. Link to The Future
  18. Attention Please ~
  19. Oh Pretty Woman ~

    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

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.

Cast