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Summer Wars

Name: Summer Wars
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Genre: Animation, Science Fiction
Released: 2009-08-01
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, Ayumu Saito

2009 · 1h 54m · Animation, Science Fiction

IMDb 7.4 Metacritic 63 RT 81%

Watch it tonight. Summer Wars is a visually stunning anime that perfectly blends heartfelt family drama with mind-bending sci-fi action, and it's become a modern classic for good reason—director Mamoru Hosoda crafts something genuinely special that works whether you're into anime or not.

Plot

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.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, Ayumu Saito

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