Summer Wars

Kenji Koiso is a young student at Kuonji High School with a gift for mathematics and a part-time moderator in the massive computer-simulated virtual reality world OZ along with his friend Takashi Sakuma.

One day, Kenji is invited by fellow Kuonji student Natsuki Shinohara to participate in her great-grandmother Sakae Jinnouchi's 90th birthday. After traveling to Sakae's estate in Ueda, Nagano, Natsuki introduces Kenji as her fiancé to Sakae, surprising them both. Kenji meets several of Natsuki's relatives and discovers that the Jinnouchis are descendants of a samurai (vassal of the Takeda clan) who challenged the Tokugawa clan in 1615. He also meets Wabisuke Jinnouchi, Natsuki's half-great-uncle and a software engineer who has been living in the United States since stealing the family fortune 10 years ago.

MPAA Rating:PG
Genre:Action, Animation, Thriller, Sci Fi, Comedy, Romance
Country:Japan
Produced By:Justin Cook, Takuya ItÔ, Shin'IchirÔ Inoue, Seiji Okuda, Michael Harcourt, Gen Fukunaga, Yuichiro Sato, Mike Mcfarland, Nozomu Takahashi, Takafumi Watanabe, Carly Hunter
Directed By:Mamoru Hosoda
Written By:Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera, Patrick Seitz, John Burgmeier
Cast:Pam Dougherty, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Sumiko Fuji, Takuya Kirimoto, Chris Cason, Yûki Imai, Shelley Calene-Black, Phil Parsons, Chris Ayres, Brittney Karbowski, Clarine Harp, Todd Haberkorn, Monica Rial, Ichirô Nagai, John Gremillion, Trina Nishimura, Jason Liebrecht, Mutsumi Sasaki, Cynthia Cranz, Lydia Mackay, Alison Viktorin, Mitsutaka Itakura, Chigusa Takaku, John Burgmeier, Mike McFarland, Grant James, Caitlin Glass, Brina Palencia, Hashiya Nakamura, Maxey Whitehead, Mark Stoddard, Chuck Huber, Sumire Morohoshi, Mieko Nobusawa, Kara Edwards, Ayumu Saitô, Naoto Adachi, Kiyomi Tanigawa, Chris Burnett, Mary Morgan, Riisa Naka, R. Bruce Elliott, Michael Sinterniklaas, Jennifer Seman, Yutaka Shimizu, Stephanie Young, Eric Vale, Cherami Leigh, J. Michael Tatum, Tagame Tamura, Eiko Kanazawa, Bill Jenkins, Sakiko Tamagawa, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Christopher Sabat, Tadashi Nakamura, Bari Suzuki, Maeghan Albach, Joel McDonald, Shin'Ichi Hatori, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takashi Kobayashi, John Swasey, Nanami Sakuraba, Kaori Yamagata, Scott Freeman, Tia Lynn Ballard, Anthony Bowling, Takahiro Yokokawa, Robert McCollum, Alexis Tipton, Yôji Tanaka, Patrick Seitz, Tobias Diakow, Sonny Strait
In Theaters:Aug 01, 2009
Runtime:1 hour 54 minutes
Production:Madhouse, Nippon Television Network (NTV), Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., D.N. Dream Partners, Warner Bros.
Box Office:$326,033
Available On:Itunes
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