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75% Critic Match
Summer Wars
“Always protect your network.”
7.5 / 10• 2009• 1h 54m•PG• Japanese
AnimationScience Fiction
Storyline
Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.
Cast & Crew
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Kenji Koiso (voice)
Lead
Hitomi Miyauchi
Natsuki Shinohara (voice)
Mitsuki Tanimura
Kazuma Ikezawa (voice)
Sumiko Fuji
Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)
Ayumu Saito
Wabisuke Jinnouchi (voice)
Takahiro Yokokawa
Takashi Sakuma (voice)
Kiyomi Tanigawa
Yukiko Shinohara (voice)
Mutsumi Sasaki
Kazuo Shinohara (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mamoru Hosoda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Summer Wars is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
