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Public Affairs Office in the Sky

2013 · 1 season

A gentle, earnest drama about broken dreams and quiet resilience, with a slow-burn romance that feels grounded and heartfelt.

Created by
Ryôsuke Fukuda, Daisuke Yamamuro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yui Aragaki, Go Ayano, Kyôhei Shibata
Overview
Rika Inaba is a beautiful and strong-headed director at the Teito Television Broadcasting Company. Ever since she was young, she had dreamed of becoming the best news reporter in the business, but on into her fifth year with the TV station, she finds to her dismay she's been transferred to a lighter fare, information program where she is assigned to report on the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Meanwhile, Daisuke Sorai had just reached his long-sought goal of becoming an aerobatics pilot only to injure his leg, crushing his chances at ever becoming a member of the elite Blue Impulse flying team. He gets assigned to the force's public relations desk and subsequently finds himself attached to Rika in the role of attendant. Sorai and Rika differ on just about everything; their views, their mindset. But they share one thing: their childhood dreams have been shattered and they've hit a wall in life. From there, a mutual understanding begins to germinate, drawing them toward each other and toward the discovery of a new dream.

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  • Netflix
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Created by
Ryôsuke Fukuda, Daisuke Yamamuro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yui Aragaki, Go Ayano, Kyôhei Shibata
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • identity
  • work
  • love
  • redemption
Places
  • workplace
  • military
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

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Written by
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Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 45 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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