| Makoto Shinkai has created another animated commercial titled Cross Road for Z-Kai, a correspondence education service. The CM and included song, which is sung by Nagi Yanagi, was released in 15-, 30-, and 120-second versions on YouTube, NicoNico, and two selective TV channels (only on February 25 and 26, 2014 which only aired the 30-second version). The lyrics of the song were written by Shinkai himself. Masayoshi Tanaka (AnoHana, Toradora!) designed the characters. Synopsis: The story of Cross Road centers on high-school students Miho (Ayane Sakura) and Shouta (Kensho Ono) as they prepare for entrance exams for university in Tokyo. Miho comes from an island without even one cram school, while Shouta lives in Tokyo and works a part-time job. Both are striving to pass the exams so they can enter university. The pair enroll in Z-Kai's correspondence education courses, and their lives cross before they realize it. (Source: ANN, edited) Source: Z-kai, Other Voices Z-Kai: Cross Road on MAL |
myanimelistllcFeb 13, 2016 4:21 AM
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| I saw this earlier today and was quite something. I wonder if they will make a film from this CM in the future. I hope so! |
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| Gotta love that animation. Like Stark said, a film based off this would be pretty cool. The last scene was pretty cute :) |
| “News travels fast in places where nothing much ever happens.” ― Charles Bukowski |
| Makoto Shinkai, Nagi Yanagi, Masayoshi Tanaka, Ayane Sakura, Kensho Ono...... Must I say more than this?? It's enough than any reason to watch this Such a shame it's only a short CM.. right?? |
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| So long as i'm still able to eyegasm on Shinkai's amazing visual, honestly i couldn't careless whether or not he's going to expand the CM into full movie. That's all |
| Amazing animation as usual. If only those seasonal TV series has this animation of this caliber.... Time to wait for the movie adaptation.. *cross fingers* |
| Wish this was longer or turned into a movie. |
| why would we need another scenery porn anime without any redeeming value? a cm is enough |
AkuFeb 26, 2014 7:55 AM
-Aku said: LOLwhy would we need another scenery porn anime without any redeeming value? a cm is enough |
 "A Legend is but a tale of a beautiful lie." |
| I would love to see a movie out of this. I love that animation style :) |
| great animation . i hope this will get a movie or series . |
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| seems interesting and I love the animation too, got high hopes for it |
| The animation in that CM might be the best that's ever made. It is unbelievably good. Then again, it's not that long... |
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| Words can not describe how much I am pumped to see a movie of this ;_;' |
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| I hope there will be anime/movie with as good quality as the trailer had :P ♥♥♥ |
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