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Summer Wars

Summer Wars

Alternative Titles

Japanese: サマーウォーズ

Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 1, 2009
Producers: Madhouse Studios
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.531 (scored by 2092 users)
Ranked: #622
Popularity: #793
Members: 5,836
Favorites: 73
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Synopsis

When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job, he agrees without hesitation. Natsuki's family, the Jinnouchi clan, dates back to the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573), and they've all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance and dance with her at the birthday celebration. As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki's act around her family, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving. As it turns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes a bizarre parallel world to collide with Earth, and it's up to Kenji and his new fake family to put reality back in order.
(Source: twitchfilm.net)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Summer Wars

Characters & Voice Actors

Ikezawa, Kazuma
Ikezawa, Kazuma
Main
Tanimura, Mitsuki
Japanese
Tanimura, Mitsuki
Jinnouchi, Sakae
Jinnouchi, Sakae
Main
 
Koiso, Kenji
Koiso, Kenji
Main
Kamiki, Ryunosuke
Japanese
Kamiki, Ryunosuke
Shinohara, Natsuki
Shinohara, Natsuki
Main
Sakuraba, Nanami
Japanese
Sakuraba, Nanami

Staff

Hosoda, Mamoru
Director
Tate, Naoki
Key Animation
Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki
Character Design


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Nov 30, 2009
Archaeon
As far as visual family entertainment goes, anime is rarely high on the agenda, especially given the numerous offerings from Disney, Dreamworks, and other such movie studios. Generally these movies appeal to children and adults alike, and in order to compete with them the anime studios have had to shake off their habitual approach, and have had to focus on making films that are more accessable to Western markets. The undisputed king of this is Miyazaki Hayao, however there have been several challengers to his throne, the latest being Hosoda Mamoru.

Now, those of you who have watched Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl who read more
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Nov 30, 2009
Splitter
It's been quite a decade for director Mamoru Hosoda. Making a splash in 1999 and 2000 with his directorial debut with the first two Digimon movies, Hosoda honed his skills over the course of the next decade. Now ten years from his debut, Hosoda has returned to his humble beginnings, invoking his second work "Bokura no War Game" to give the world "Summer Wars"; a surreal cyberspace adventure about the power of family and the things that power can accomplish.

"Summer Wars" already gets a notch off because it really is a complete rehashing of "Bokura no War Game". From the growth of the Love Machine read more
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Recommendations

More obvious reasons would be same director, dynamic pace and art while less obvious both mix typical scfi elements with adolescent slice of life.
Same director, similar settings. The cyber world is compromised and causes great effects on the real world as well. The characters battle the villain that caused the attack to recover control over the network.

Opening Theme

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Ending Theme

"Bokura no Natsu no Yume" by Tatsuro Yamashita.

Recent News

Summer Wars Wins 64th Mainichi Film Award
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12-20-09, 8:59 AM

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