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Summer Wars

Summer Wars

Always protect your network.

2009•1h 54m•7.5/10
AnimationScience Fiction

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7.5/10(1K)

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.

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Production

Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, KADOKAWA Shoten, D.N. Dream Partners, Warner Bros. Japan, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, VAP, Studio Chizu

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Kenji Koiso (voice)

Hitomi Miyauchi

Hitomi Miyauchi

Natsuki Shinohara (voice)

Mitsuki Tanimura

Mitsuki Tanimura

Kazuma Ikezawa (voice)

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)

Ayumu Saito

Ayumu Saito

Wabisuke Jinnouchi (voice)

Takahiro Yokokawa

Takahiro Yokokawa

Takashi Sakuma (voice)

Kiyomi Tanigawa

Kiyomi Tanigawa

Yukiko Shinohara (voice)

Mutsumi Sasaki

Mutsumi Sasaki

Kazuo Shinohara (voice)

Mieko Nobusawa

Mieko Nobusawa

Mariko Jinnouchi (voice)

Takuya Kirimoto

Takuya Kirimoto

Riichi Jinnouchi (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Rika Jinnouchi (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Mansuke Jinnouchi (voice)

Takashi Kobayashi

Takashi Kobayashi

Tasuke Jinnouchi (voice)

Yutaka Shimizu

Yutaka Shimizu

Shota Jinnouchi (voice)

Kaori Yamagata

Kaori Yamagata

Naomi Miwa (voice)

Tagame Tamura

Tagame Tamura

Kiyomi Ikezawa (voice)

Tadashi Nakamura

Tadashi Nakamura

Mansaku Jinnouchi (voice)

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Yorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)

Hashiya Nakamura

Kunihiko Jinnouchi (voice)

Mitsutaka Itakura

Mitsutaka Itakura

Katsuhiko Jinnouchi (voice)

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