Attack No. 1

Attack No. 1
Screenshot from the television series
アタックNo.1 (Atakku No. 1)
Genre	Sports, Drama
Manga
Written by	Chikako Urano
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Margaret
Original run	January 7, 1968 – November 29, 1970
Volumes	12
Anime television series
Directed by	Fumio Kurokawa, Eiji Okabe
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	December 7, 1969 – November 28, 1971
Episodes	104
Manga
Shin Attack No. 1
Written by	Chikako Urano
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Margaret
Original run	September 14, 1975 – December 14, 1975
Volumes	2
Television drama
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	April 4, 2005 – June 23, 2005
Episodes	11

Attack No. 1 (アタックNo.1, Atakku Nanbā Wan^?) is a Japanese manga series by Chikako Urano. It also became the first televised female sports anime series in the shōjo category.

The anime is an adaptation of Chikako Urano's 1968 volleyball manga serialized in Weekly Margaret Magazine under the same name. Chikako was considered one of the founders of shōjo anime. And the series was introduced not only to push the older female manga fan base (as opposed to the significantly younger audience for magical girl series such as Sally, the Witch) into the anime mainstream, but also capitalizes on the boom of the gold medal Japanese women's volleyball team in the 1964 Olympics. The show did stand out in an era dominated by shōnen adventures and sci-fi anime, and was well received in the anime-friendly television markets of France (as "Les Attaquantes"), Germany (where it was retitled as "Mila Superstar" where Kozue was renamed to Mila) and Italy, (where it was originally retitled "Quella Magnifica Dozzina" and later "Mimì e la nazionale di pallavolo" with Kozue was renamed to Mimì). The name Mila came from the immensely popular Italian version of 1984's Attacker You!, in which the main character, You Hazuki, was renamed Mila.

A direct sequel was also released in manga format called Shin Attack No.1 (New Attack No.1) in 1976, but it was short-lived. The sequel was later redrawn between 2004 and 2005 in a new style by Kanon Ozawa.