Summer Wars

Aug 1, 2009

1h 54m

★ 7.5

Always protect your network.

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Madhouse

Nippon Television Network Corporation

KADOKAWA Shoten

D.N. Dream Partners

Warner Bros. Japan

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

VAP

Studio Chizu

Summer Wars Trailers

Cast

Kenji Koiso (voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Natsuki Shinohara (voice)

Hitomi Miyauchi

Kazuma Ikezawa (voice)

Mitsuki Tanimura

Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)

Sumiko Fuji

Wabisuke Jinnouchi (voice)

Ayumu Saito

Takashi Sakuma (voice)

Takahiro Yokokawa

Yukiko Shinohara (voice)

Kiyomi Tanigawa

Kazuo Shinohara (voice)

Mutsumi Sasaki

Mariko Jinnouchi (voice)

Mieko Nobusawa

Riichi Jinnouchi (voice)

Takuya Kirimoto

Rika Jinnouchi (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Mansuke Jinnouchi (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

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