Yajima Masao

Near the end of the 20th century, a truck driver loses control in the Nevada desert, robbing one family of happiness. The sole survivor of this tragedy, a young girl named Luna Hazuki, makes a pact with a mysterious demon in a morgue. Seven years later, she is still living in America…with the family that should have been dead. Little does Luna know that the pact she made will lead to the apocalypse that destroys the human race…

Cruise is the story of Yamada Kohei, a doctor who gives up a landlubber medical career to serve as a ship's physician, and the people he meets on board Japan's largest luxury liner, the Phoenix. He rejects a university colleague's insistence that he turn to teaching instead, preferring to stay and learn about life as it happens from the ship's passengers. Big Comic serializes this "beautifully sad human drama." One of the stories compiled in the first Cruise features a passenger suffering from terminal cancer. Only songs can lift his heart, heavy with regret. Author Yajima Masao-sensei also wrote SORA, a seinen manga about a crybaby flight attendant. So from airplane passengers' stories, we go to cruise ships'.

Mineo Mutsu, an irreverent reporter works for the Maiasa newspaper. He refuses to accept the misdoings of his job. He keeps on fighting and searching on how to reveal affairs everyone wants to be kept quiet. But by making such a racket, wouldn't Mineo risk his own career?

Sora Hoshino, a flight attendant, is easily moved by anything impressive. Without a thought for the people around her, she sheds tears. Welcome to an air trip guided by crybaby Sora!!

"Rashomon" is the last gate for humans to pass in life. Detectives of Toto Police Station have an urge to fight against something beyond crimes.

Kumiko Yoshikawa is posted as a receptionist at Haneda Airport, at the "tour desk". She works with a smile on her face and does her best in a moving drama.

A new employee, Masatoshi Kihara, who is a talent manager at the entertainment office Emerald Production. He is branded as a useless employee for his constant clumsiness, and the next person to be in charge of him is Masashi Kanzaki, an actor who has fallen out of favor. Kanzaki tries to get close to a big female singer with the aim of creating a publicity scandal in order to get out of the slump, and Kihara follows him. However, after meeting a senior manager from another company, Kihara decided to appeal to the TV world in a more direct and fearless way...! A human drama that realistically depicts the other side of the entertainment world, not just glitter.

After having vivid daydreams of a barren and far off world, a teenage delinquent finds himself transported to it after a near fatal accident. (From MU.)

A woman and a man stop and stare at each other in a crowd of people coming and going. In the hot air, they find each other in the pack, even though it's been eight years... A sad story of a man and a woman is being told somewhere in the city today.

(from mangapedia): A winsome woman who loves movies eventually makes a name for herself as a top producer, despite facing a series of harsh realities in the film and television film industry. Centered on the successes and setbacks of the main character, the film also weaves in themes such as love, friendship, and women's advancement in society, depicting people and the film industry from various aspects. It was serialized in "Big Comic FOR LADY" from October 1982 to March 1985. It was written by Masao Yajima. Keiko Akiniwa was antagonized by her juniors in her university film club because of her dogmatic attitude, but she was more passionate about movies than anyone else. After graduating from college, Keiko found a job at Hinode Eiga Shuppansha, a company that was trying to recover from bankruptcy, and together with Uozumi, a former board member, she set her sights on publishing a film magazine. Keiko then meets Eishin Maruyama, a film director, and learns about the reality of the film industry. More info here.

The manga is about a series of unrelated short stories of people's lives and their lessons in life.Anime adaptation released by Maiden Japan under the name "Human Crossing".The anime also largely contains stories exclusive to the adaptation and is 26 episodes long.Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1985