Atenshon purîzu

Attention Please (Atension Purizu), is a great funny Japanese show that will set you to set your seat belts and enjoy the flight from Japan Airlines.

The one main character from a young rock girl who was boy-ish to a grown-up cabin attendent, Misaki Youko is played by Aya Ueto who has yet again, struck a lightning bolt meaning that she has done another fabulous job playing a boy-ish rock chick! Considering her seriously whooping bloody performance in 'Azumi', this time, she goes funny!

As Aya Ueto plays Misaki Youko, Episode 8 is where Aya had to play her character in a way where she was put to failure by her instructor, in which Aya's character nearly gave up to where she climbed up in her path. It was the only episode where I've seen Aya playing her character, in a broken down situation.

This show is a great show in relations to JAL (Japan Airlines), that somehow each episodes has a subjected situation in parts of it.

7/10 - Good stuff.

Very enjoyable comedy , which at least in the earlier episoodes is so light and frothy, you think it might float away. I found the lead character delightful, although she is big headed, loud, not in the least bit quite. You might say that she is not at all your steretypical japanese person. Others might want to shoot her. But as the show goes on, she does grow, although never quite losing those traits. Of course it wouldn't work if it wasn't for the wonderful lead performance by Aya Ueto

Very enjoyable comedy , which at least in the earlier episoodes is so light and frothy, you think it might float away.

I found the lead character delightful, although she is big headed, loud, and not in the least bit quite. You might say that she is not at all your stereotypical Japanese person. Others might want to shoot her. But as the show goes on, she does grow, although never quite losing those traits. Of course it wouldn't work if it wasn't for the wonderful lead performance by Aya Ueto.

There are some lucky coincidences... I love comedies, mostly and especially B/W classics...

Well, it's not a classic, because it's a TV series... Furthermore, it's not B/W, it's color...

But I laughed, cried and open broad eyes as I met this "Attention please".

Not more a youngster, and a man, usually I'm not fond of series nor TV, haven't even got one at home, but, as I was doing some searches about other movies, my attention was captured by the title.

What was this "Atenshon purîzu" ?

On Youtube there were plenty of clips, and already after a very short one, laughed a lot.

It was crazy, funny and witty ! Yes, all that together !

And then could find the episodes for online viewing or downloading. So I did.

Downloaded all of them... and I'm fond of it...

The first three episodes I watched them on a row, laughing a lot ! The next ones will I savour like a rare wine, as the series is over, and it had only a few episodes :-)

The girls are pretty, the teacher is a beautiful woman, all the actors are giving an excellent performance, and cherry on cake, the lead actress is soooooo cute !

The acting range of Aya Ueto, the lead actress is just perfect !!!

And the script might be not so original, for that in fact I don't know, but anyway the dialogues, if not transcendental, are full of flavor, human compassion understandings, and the whole thing is absolutely hilarious !

I laugh all along I write this... as I could not and should not resist to offer another comment for this joyous comedy.

This series is also a full cultural Japanese subtle relations explanation, not appearing on a superficial outlook.

So, in three words : absolute pure fun !

Back to the beginning of this comment as I said I love B/W classic... for me it can stay along forever in my videotheque with some of my favorites comedies, like One Two Three (1961), Unfaithfully Yours (1948), Ball of Fire (1941), Bringing up baby (1938), the best Sacha Guitry, Raimu or Fernandel comedies for instance...

As I said : not B/W, not a classic... but pure pleasure !

So it definitively took my attention !

Will be highly recommended to my friends, and one of these next days will be glad to watch the series again with my two boys...

I laugh already in advance of what they will say or not... They like martial arts movies, action flicks, boys movies, (me too :-) but also (sometimes) B/W, classics, and even (seldom) silent movies !

Love or hate ? we'll see... :-)

I recently completed watching this entire series.

While the lead actress Aya Ueto as Yoko Misaki or as she was called throughout the show - Misak-san - was initially overdrawn - she was loud, rambunctious, and certain over-the-top at times, her role was ultimately satisfying.

You found that you were pulling for her, rooting her onward as it were. And each time she screwed up, you would groan.

The supporting roles were delightful - The mechanic The aging pilot The instructor was particularly good. I thought she stole each and every scene she was in. And Misak-san's fellow students were delightful as well.

Sure, the plot was filled with 'pratfalls' and nearly unbelievable situations, but the series was captivating.

Yes, I've flown with JAL, and my impressions are that the cabin attendants on my flights were not unlike those portrayed on screen. The only difference was that I unaware of any trainees undergoing On-the-job training.

From another perspective, I'm positive that none of us had any idea of the rigorous training that the cabin attendants undergo.

To me it is no surprise That Aya Ueto has become a major star in Japan.

I watched this series on DVD's so I wasn't tuned into being there for the TV schedule. I heartily recommend this series.

mjd