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Summary:

"Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has - until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI"--Container.

Table of Contents:

• Disc 1. Feature film (115 min.)
• Disc 2. Extra features (40 min.).

Contributors:

Okuda, Seiji , producer

Takahashi, Nozomu, 1960- , producer

Ito, Takuya , producer

Watanabe, Takashi, 1957 July 22-

Saito, Yuichiro , producer

Hosoda, Mamoru, 1967- , director, screenwriter

Okudera, Satoko, 1966- , screenwriter

Matsumoto, Akihiko , composer

Nishiyama, Shigeru , film editor

Matsumoto, Yukihiro , cinematographer

Takeshige, Yōji, 1964- , artistic director

Fukunaga, Gen, 1962- , producer

Hunter, Carly , producer

Cook, Justin , producer

Burgmeier, John , screenwriter

Seitz, Patrick, 1978- , screenwriter

Kamiki, Ryūnosuke, 1993- , actor

Sakuraba, Nanami, 1992- , actor

Tanimura, Mitsuki, 1990- , actor

Yokokawa, Takahiro , actor

Fuji, Sumiko, 1945- , actor

Sinterniklaas, Michael , actor

Palencia, Brina, 1984- , actor

Dougherty, Pam, 1949- , actor

Haberkorn, Todd, 1982- , actor

Tatum, J. Michael, 1976- , actor

Nihon Terebi

Maddohausu, Kabushiki Kaisha

Kadokawa Shoten

D.N. Dream Partners (Firm)

Warner Bros. Pictures (Japan)

Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Kaisha

Bappu, Kabushiki Kaisha

Encore Films

FUNimation Entertainment (Firm)

Languages:

English
Japanese

Language Notes:

In English or Japanese, with optional subtitles in English.

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Summer wars
Title on container: Summer wars

Subjects:

Cyberterrorism — Drama

Avatars (Virtual reality) — Drama

False personation — Drama

Cyberspace — Drama

Teenagers — Japan — Drama

Families — Drama

Cyberterrorism

Avatars (Virtual reality)

False personation

Cyberspace

Teenagers

Families

Japan

Genres:

Animated films

Animated films — Japan

Science fiction films

Feature films

Feature films — Japan

Fiction films

Drama

System Details:

DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Performers:

Cast: Voices: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa, Sumiko Fuji. Voices (English cast): Michael Sinterniklaas, Brina Palencia, Pam Dougherty, Todd Haberkorn, J. Michael Tatum.

Production Credits:

Music, Akihiko Matsumoto ; film editing, Shigeru Nishiyama ; director of photography, Yukihiro Matsumoto ; art director, Youji Takeshige ; character design, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ; OZ character design, Takashi Okazaki, Mina Okazaki, Masaru Hamada ; animation directors, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Shigeru Fujita, Kunihiko Hamada, Kazutaka Ozaki ; action animation director, Tatsuzo Nishita. English version: executive producer, Gen Fukunaga ; producers, Carly Hunter, Justin Cook ; head writer, John Burgmeier ; script writer, Patrick Seitz.

General Notes:

Additional production companies: Madhouse, Kadokawa Group Publishing Co., Ltd., D.N. Dreampartners, Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, YTV, VAP.
DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
Special features: Disc 2: Interview with Rhynosuke Kamiki (Kenji Koiso); Interview with Nanami Sakuraba (Natsuki Shinohara); Interview with Mitsuki Tanimura (Kazuma Ikezawa); Interview with Ayumu Saito (Wabisuke Jinnouchi); Interview with Sumiko Fuji (Sakae Jinnouchi); Interview with Mamoru Hosoda (director); Teaser trailers; Teaser TV spot; Original trailer; TV spots.
Best Animated Film, Japan Academy Prize ; Best Animated Film, Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia ; Audience Award, Best Animated Feature, Anaheim International Film Festival ; Official Selection, New York International Children's Film Festival ; Best Animated Film, Mainichi Film Concours.

Audience:

MPAA rating: PG; for action violence, some suggestive content, language, mild thematic material and incidental smoking.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

SAM 2009 DVD

ISBNs:

9781421022628
1421022621

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 704400094804
Publisher Number, FUNimation: FN-09480

OCLC Numbers:

966132197
694086398 [Invalid]