Cross Road

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Synonyms: Crossroad
Japanese: クロスロード


Information

Type: Special
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Producers: The Answer Studio
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: CoMix Wave Films
Source: Original
Genre: Slice of LifeSlice of Life
Theme: SchoolSchool
Duration: 2 min.
Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.331 (scored by 3706137,061 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #23892
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2309
Members: 75,169
Favorites: 131

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Synopsis

As college entrance examinations draw near, two students living completely different lives decide to enroll in Z-Kai, a correspondence education service. Balancing their studies with their daily lives, the two diligently work towards their goal, unaware of how much they share in common. Will their hard work pay off and bring about the success they desire?

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Characters & Voice Actors

Miho

Main
Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Shouta

Main
Ono, Kensho
Japanese

Z-Kai Teacher

Supporting
Tanaka, Masahiko
Japanese

Staff

Shinkai, Makoto
Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, Editing
Yamada, Haru
Sound Director
yanaginagi
Theme Song Performance
Tada, Akifumi
Theme Song Arrangement


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"Cross Road (クロスロード)" by Nagi Yanagi
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Feb 26, 2014
First let me disappoint most of you who only saw the trailer without any prior knowledge. The trailer is the whole series, this was just a commercial campaign by "Z-Kai". Granted with huge names like a Makoto Shinkai and Masayoshi Tanaka it is a bit disappointing that we only get 119 seconds of amazement and joy.

I put the story 6/10 only because it's essentially a commercial and not a story at all, if this project were to be adapted to a full blown storyline I think it could have a lot of potential, but alas this is all we have.

Per Shinkai's other work (Garden of ...
Mar 2, 2014
"This isn't a movie. It is a commercial. God damn it!" - anyone who saw it and hoped for a series AND then came to know about what it really is. I know that feel, bud. Trust me, I do.

Makoto Shinkai strikes again with another one of his visually stunning works - this time with a 2 minute commercial instead of a feature length film, however. And because it is *his* work, I'll actually skip commenting on the artwork in general. Because it is stunning, to say the least. And I don't know how else to describe it. I shall talk about character designs, though. ...
Feb 27, 2014
"Woaah, what an amazing preview! When will it air?"
"Dude, it won't... that was a 2min one-shot."

Probably the most common reaction after watching these commercial cuts, and certainly the utter sadness for Shinkai fans.
Those who are already familiar with his projects, might have notice that from times to times companies from all kind of services come and asks him for short movies that will be used as commercials. All these movies have a optimistic and uplift forward-thinking look to them, caring some kind of moral or sense of ethics.

In this case, this could easily fit as a preview for a cute boy-meets-girl slice of life ...

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Poll: Crossroad Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )
Stark700 - Feb 25, 2014
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Apr 22, 2:17 AM
Opening Song?
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Apr 8, 2014 7:47 PM

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