Human Crossing

Human Crossing
First edition of Human Crossing, published by Shogakukan on October 1, 1981
人間交差点(ヒューマンスクランブル) (Hyūman Sukuranburu)
Genre	Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Masao Yajima
Illustrated by	Kenshi Hirokane
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Big Comic Original
Original run	October 1, 1981 – March 1, 1991
Volumes	27 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Akira Kumeichi, Kazunari Kumi
Studio	A.C.G.T
Licensed by	Geneon
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	US iaTV
Original run	April 5, 2003 – June 28, 2003
Episodes	13

Human Crossing, originally titled Human Scramble (Japanese: 人間交差点(ヒューマンスクランブル), Hepburn: Hyūman Sukuranburu^?), is a Japanese manga written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. The manga is about a series of unrelated stories of people's life and their lessons in life. Human Crossing received the 1985 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general's manga.

Shogakukan published Human Crossing in 27 tankōbon between October 1, 1981 and March 1, 1991. The series was republished into 19 bukoban between November 17, 1994 and June 15, 1996.

The series was adapted into a 13-episode anime in 2003 by OB Planning. Directed by Akira Kumeichi and Kazunari Kumi, it was broadcast on TV Tokyo between April 5, 2003 and June 28, 2003. It was licensed by Geneon in 2004. Each episode is a separate story of little relevance to each other. The anime is released in France by Kaze, and in Taiwan by Muse Communication.

The anime uses two pieces of theme song. "REVENGE ~Asu e no Chigai~" by Nana Katase is the opening theme, while "Believing" by Aki Asahina is the ending theme.

Geneon released a set of four DVDs for Human Crossing. They released the first DVD, Human Crossing - The 25th Hour on February 8, 2005, the second DVD, Human Crossing, Vol. 2: The Cicadas of Winter on April 26, 2005, the third DVD, Human Crossing, Vol. 3: Message in White on June 28, 2005, and the fourth and final DVD, Human Crossing, Vol. 4: Instructor's Rain on August 30, 2005.