Attention Please
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- For the album by Caroline's SpineCaroline's SpineCaroline's Spine is an alternative rock band based in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's touring schedule in the mid 1990s landed them a record deal with Hollywood Records. They have released several studio albums and shared billings with such bands as Aerosmith, Kiss, and Queensrÿche...
see Attention PleaseAttention Please (album)Attention Please is the sixth studio album and second major label album by American alternative rock band Caroline's Spine. It was their first album of all new material since the band formed. The songs "Attention Please" and "Nothing to Prove" which both charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock... - For the album by BorisBoris (band)is a Japanese experimental rock band, known for often combining and switching between different music genres including drone metal, sludge metal, noise rock, psychedelic rock, ambient and pop...
see Attention PleaseAttention Please (Boris album)Attention Please is the seventeenth studio album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. The album was released on May 24, 2011, through the label Sargent House. Its original release date was April 26, but this was pushed back...
is a manga
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by Chieko Hosokawa
Chieko Hosokawa
is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1958 with . Her series Crest of the Royal Family, which received the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, has been continuously serialized in Princess since 1976....
about the training of flight attendant
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s for Japan Airlines
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is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport , as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport...
originally serialized in Shōjo Friend
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was a shōjo manga magazine formerly published by Kodansha, beginning in 1962. Kodansha used the knowledge gained from publishing magazines aimed at young girls, including Nakayoshi and Shōjo Club, as well as the experience from publishing Weekly Shonen Magazine. Shōjo Friend is considered the...
from Kodansha
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, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
beginning in 1970. Tokyo Broadcasting System
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adapted a TV drama
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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
Episodes
The 2006 dorama 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 KimuraKaela Kimura
, born , is a Japanese pop rock singer, songwriter, model, and TV presenter.- Career :Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a British father and Japanese mother, Kaela started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine Seventeen...
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Characters
- Misaki 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 that he wonders how she would look like in a uniform. She finds flight attendant academy to be difficult but manages to overcome various obstacles with a unique persistence. She slowly wins over her teachers and her fellow classmates.
- Shōta 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 able to pilot light planes and takes Misaki on a trip during the series to cheer her up. His initial meeting with is 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.
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 it 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.April 2008 special
There was a second special aired in April 2008. Misaki is imagining and dreaming herself as the top cabin attendant in the world. She almost goes in a conflict with a new trainee CA, who is serious. She then heads to Sydney with Wakamura and Sekiyama and goes into troubles 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's flirting with another woman while Wakamura was worried about her father's health. On the other hand, it is revealed that Shouta is in India.Cast
- Aya UetoAya Uetois a Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize...
- Yōko Misaki (Flight AttendantFlight attendantFlight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...
Trainee) - Ryo NishikidoRyo Nishikidois a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Johnny & Associates boy band Kanjani Eight and was a member of boy band NEWS.- Biography :Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo on November 3, 1984 and raised in Osaka. He made his major debut in 2004 as an actor and a singer. Nishkido belongs to two...
- Shōta Nakahara (Flight EngineerFlight engineerFlight engineers work in three types of aircraft: fixed-wing , rotary wing , and space flight .As airplanes became even larger requiring more engines and complex systems to operate, the workload on the two pilots became excessive during certain critical parts of the flight regime, notably takeoffs...
) - Maya Miki - (Flight Attandent Trainee Instructor)
- Saki AibuSaki Aibuis an actress in Japan. She is part of the Box Corporation.-Drama:*Kaseifu no Mita as Urara*Rebound as Nobuko Oba*Buzzer Beat as Natsuki Nanami*Zettai Kareshi SP as Izawa Riiko...
- (Flight Attendant Trainee) - Misa UeharaMisa Uehara (actress, born 1983)is a Japanese actress, born 21 December 1983 in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.She appeared in the movie Ju-on: The Grudge and live action TV series Nodame Cantabile .-Dramas:*Manatsu no Merry Christmas...
- (Flight Attendant Trainee) - Chihiro OtsukaChihiro Otsukais a Japanese actress. Her birth name in kanji is , but she transformed her given name into hiragana characters.-Movie:*Dark Water *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. *Be with You...
- (Flight Attendant Trainee) - Fumiyo Kohinata (小日向 文世) - (PilotAviatorAn aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
) - Koutaro Koizumi - (Inexperienced Pilot)
- Yuko FuekiYuko FuekiYuko Fueki is a Japanese actress. She is most popular in South Korea, where she is known as Yoo Min.Fueki made her feature film debut in the 2001 film Hotaru and, in the same year, her Korean TV debut. She is more popular in South Korea than in Japan...
- (Senior Flight Attendant) - Minami Ootomo (大友 みなみ) - (Flight Attendant Trainee)
- Natsumi Nanase (七瀨 なつみ) - (Flight Attendant Trainee Instructor)
- Mariko TakahashiMariko Takahashi (model and actress)is a model and actress.She is famous in the West for starring in artist Nagi Noda's Mariko Takahashi's Fitness Video for Being Appraised as an "Ex-fat Girl", part of an advertising campaign which went viral.-Film:*Funky Forest *Movie Hustle...
- (ep.1-4) - Mantaro Koichi (小市 慢太郎) - (Flight Engineer)
- Kazuyuki Asano (淺野 和之) - (Noodle Shop Owner, Yayoi's father)
- Jun Inoue (井上 順) - (Department Head of Flight Attendant Trainee)
- Yuuko Mano (真野 裕子) - (Senior Flight Attendant)
- Natsuko Hoshino (星野 奈津子) - (Flight Attendant Trainee)