Summer Wars
Summer Wars | |||||
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Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | サマーウォーズ | ||||
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Directed by | Madhouse | ||||
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||||
Release date |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese | ||||
Box office | US$18.4 million[2] |
Summer Wars (
After producing The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Madhouse was asked to produce something new. Hosoda and writer Satoko Okudera created a story about a social network and a stranger's connection with strange family. The real-life city of Ueda was chosen as the setting for Summer Wars as part of the territory was once governed by the Sanada clan and was close to Hosoda's birthplace in Toyama. Hosoda used the clan as the basis for the Jinnouchi family after visiting his then-fiancée's home in Ueda.
Production of Summer Wars commenced in 2006. Art director Youji Takeshige incorporated Japanese houses into his background designs. Hosoda also insisted that 80 family members were to be included as main characters. The project was first announced at the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair and the first trailer of the film was released in April 2009. Audience interest was fueled primarily through word of mouth and Internet publicity.[3] A manga adaptation of the film was written by Iqura Sugimoto and began its serialization in July 2009.
Summer Wars premiered in Japan on August 1, 2009. It grossed over US$1 million in its opening weekend in 127 theaters and ranked No. 7 at the box office. The film was well-received by critics and the general audience and was financially successful, earning $18 million worldwide. It won several awards such as the 2010
Plot
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
Kenji receives an e-mail with a mathematical code and cracks it. However his actions inadvertently cause OZ's Love Machine to use Kenji's
Sakae calls associates in important positions in Japanese society and relatives who work in emergency services, encouraging them to work their hardest to reduce chaos and damage, comparing the situation to war. Kenji is able to return control of the mainframe to the moderators and engineers while Sakuma discovers that Kenji actually misspelled one part of the code. Wabisuke reveals that he invented the program and sold it to the United States Armed Forces for a test run and expanding it into a virtual intelligence. Sakae later encourages Kenji to take care of Natsuki during a Koi-Koi match.
The next morning, Sakae is discovered dead by Kenji and the Jinnouchis. Her youngest son Mansaku explains that she had
Kenji, along with Sakuma and the others, capture Love Machine, but Shota carries the ice blocks to Sakae's body, overheating the supercomputer. Love Machine absorbs King Kazma and redirects the Arawashi Asteroid Probe onto a collision course with a
However, OZ users worldwide enter their own accounts into the wager on Natsuki's side, prompting the guardian programs of OZ—the blue and red whales known as John and Yoko—to upgrade Natsuki's account. Natsuki wagers the 150 million avatars given to her in a single hand and critically injures Love Machine, prompting it to redirect the Arawashi towards Sakae's estate. Kenji repeatedly tries breaking into the probe's GPS, while Wabisuke disables Love Machine's defenses. After being revived and assisted by several of the Jinnouchi family's avatars, King Kazma destroys Love Machine. Kenji infiltrates the GPS to redirect the Arawashi away from the estate, destroying the estate's entrance and causing a geyser to erupt. In the aftermath, the Jinnouchi family, celebrating their victory as well as Sakae's birthday, has Natsuki kiss Kenji after they confess their love to each other.
Voice cast
Character | Japanese[6] | English[7] | |
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Kenji Koiso (小磯 健二, Koiso Kenji) | Ryunosuke Kamiki | Michael Sinterniklaas | |
A teenager and a moderator of the interactive computer world OZ along with his close friend Takashi Sakuma. Kenji is less skilled in dealing with people. Kenji is invited by his friend Natsuki Shinohara for Sakae Jinnouchi's 90th birthday. After receiving a cryptic code on his cell phone and cracking it, he becomes a primary suspect for hacking into OZ. | |||
Natsuki Shinohara (篠原 夏希, Shinohara Natsuki) | Nanami Sakuraba | Brina Palencia | |
A spirited young woman and a close friend of Kenji Koiso. She hires Kenji to meet her large extended family for her great-grandmother Sakae Jinnouchi's 90th birthday. | |||
Kazuma Ikezawa (池沢 佳主馬, Ikezawa Kazuma) | Mitsuki Tanimura | Maxey Whitehead | |
A second cousin of Natsuki Shinohara. His avatar is King Kazma, a renowned program in OZ. Kazuma is also a hikikomori who seldom leaves his room and uses his talents to win every game in OZ. When he is not in his room he trains in Shorinji Kempo with his grandfather, Mansuke Jinnouchi. | |||
Sakae Jinnouchi (陣内 栄, Jinnouchi Sakae) | Sumiko Fuji | Pam Dougherty | |
The 89-year-old great grandmother of Natsuki Shinohara and indomitable head of the Jinnouchi family. Despite her advanced age she holds the family together. She also has connections in the highest ranks of political and financial circles. | |||
Wabisuke Jinnouchi (陣内 侘助, Jinnouchi Wabisuke) | Ayumu Saito | J. Michael Tatum | |
A handsome and sardonic 41-year-old computer expert, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and the half-granduncle of Natsuki Shinohara. Naomi Miwa refers to him as Natsuki's "first love." He is the illegitimate son of Natsuki's great-grandfather, Tokue. He was adopted by Sakae Jinnouchi, whom Wabisuke cares for deeply. | |||
Takashi Sakuma (佐久間 敬, Sakuma Takashi) | Takahiro Yokokawa | Todd Haberkorn | |
A 17-year-old fellow moderator of OZ and close friend of Kenji Koiso. | |||
Yukiko Shinohara (篠原 雪子, Shinohara Yukiko) | Kiyomi Tanigawa | Anastasia Muñoz | |
The 47-year-old mother of Natsuki Shinohara. | |||
Kazuo Shinohara (篠原 和雄, Shinohara Kazuo) | Mutsumi Sasaki | Bill Jenkins | |
The 55-year-old father of Natsuki Shinohara. Kazuo works as a member of Tokyo's water department. | |||
Mariko Jinnouchi (陣内 万理子, Jinnouchi Mariko) | Mieko Nobusawa | Shelley Calene-Black | |
The 71-year-old daughter of Sakae Jinnouchi who works as a housewife. | |||
Riichi Jinnouchi (陣内 理一, Jinnouchi Riichi) | Takuya Kirimoto | Chuck Huber | |
The 41-year-old son of Mariko Jinnouchi. Riichi is a member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and is stationed in Camp Ichigaya. | |||
Rika Jinnouchi (陣内 理香, Jinnouchi Rika) | Sakiko Tamagawa | Cynthia Cranz | |
The 42-year-old daughter of Mariko Jinnouchi. She works as an agent of the city's government. | |||
Mansuke Jinnouchi (陣内 万助, Jinnouchi Mansuke) | Ichirō Nagai | John Swasey | |
The 70-year-old middle son of Sakae Jinnouchi. Mansuke is an owner of a local fish market. Along with his grandson Kazuma Ikezawa, he trains in Shorinji Kempo. | |||
Tasuke Jinnouchi (陣内 太助, Jinnouchi Tasuke) | Takashi Kobayashi | John Burgmeier | |
The 45-year-old son of Mansuke Jinnouchi. Tasuke works as a shopkeeper of an electronics store. | |||
Shota Jinnouchi (陣内 翔太, Jinnouchi Shōta) | Yutaka Shimizu | Mike McFarland | |
The 21-year-old son of Tasuke Jinnouchi. Shota is a police officer who is extremely protective of Natsuki Shinohara. | |||
Naomi Miwa (三輪 直美, Miwa Naomi) | Kaori Yamagata |
Lydia Mackay | |
The 42-year-old eldest daughter of Mansuke Jinnouchi who is divorced. | |||
Kiyomi Ikezawa (池沢 聖美, Ikezawa Kiyomi) | Tagame Tamura | Jennifer Seman | |
The 39-year-old youngest daughter of Mansuke Jinnouchi and mother of Kazuma Ikezawa. Kiyomi is a care worker based in Nagoya. Throughout the film, she is pregnant with Kazuma's sister. | |||
Mansaku Jinnouchi (陣内 万作, Jinnouchi Mansaku) | Tadashi Nakamura | Barry Yandell | |
The 68-year-old youngest son of Sakae Jinnouchi. Mansaku monitors Sakae's health problems. | |||
Yorihiko Jinnouchi (陣内 頼彦, Jinnouchi Yorihiko) | Yoji Tanaka |
Robert McCollum | |
The 45-year-old eldest son of Mansaku Jinnouchi. Yorihiko works as an EMT in Matsumoto's fire department. | |||
Kunihiko Jinnouchi (陣内 邦彦, Jinnouchi Kunihiko) | Hashiya Nakamura | Patrick Seitz | |
The 42-year-old middle son of Mansaku Jinnouchi. Kunihiko works as a fire sergeant in Suwa's fire department. | |||
Katsuhiko Jinnouchi (陣内 克彦, Jinnouchi Katsuhiko) | Mitsutaka Itakura | Christopher Sabat | |
The 40-year-old youngest son of Mansaku Jinnouchi. Katsuhiko is a firefighter who is a member of Ueda's fire department and assists in the department's rescue squad. | |||
Noriko Jinnouchi (陣内 典子, Jinnouchi Noriko) | Eiko Kanazawa | Colleen Clinkenbeard | |
The 37-year-old wife of Yorihiko Jinnouchi. | |||
Nana Jinnouchi (陣内 奈々, Jinnouchi Nana) | Chigusa Takaku | Caitlin Glass | |
The 32-year-old wife of Kunihiko Jinnouchi. | |||
Yumi Jinnouchi (陣内 由美, Jinnouchi Yumi) | Riisa Naka | Monica Rial | |
The 38-year-old wife of Katsuhiko Jinnouchi. She is a fanatic when it comes to watching her son Ryouhei play baseball. | |||
Ryohei Jinnouchi (陣内 了平, Jinnouchi Ryōhei) | Naoto Adachi | Jason Liebrecht | |
The 17-year-old eldest son of Katsuhiko Jinnouchi. Ryohei plays in his local high school's baseball team. | |||
Yuhei Jinnouchi (陣内 祐平, Jinnouchi Yūhei) | Rikito Ota | Brittney Karbowski | |
The 7-year-old middle son of Katsuhiko Jinnouchi. | |||
Shingo Jinnouchi (陣内 真悟, Jinnouchi Shingo) | Yuki Imai | Alison Viktorin | |
The 6-year-old son of Yorihiko Jinnouchi. | |||
Mao Jinnouchi (陣内 真緒, Jinnouchi Mao) | Sumire Morohoshi | Cherami Leigh | |
The 9-year-old daughter of Yorihiko Jinnouchi. | |||
Kana Jinnouchi (陣内 加奈, Jinnouchi Kana) | Hinano Minagawa | Tia Ballard | |
The 2-year-old daughter of Kunihiko Jinnouchi. |
Production
Development
After the critical and commercial success of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,
Most of the film is set in the real-life city of
In addition to Hosoda, the team included writer Satoko Okudera and character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who previously worked with Hosoda on The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.[12] Hiroyuki Aoyama served as an animation director, while action animation direction was handled by Tatsuzo Nishida.[3][9] During production, Sadamoto based Wabisuke's design on those of actor Yūsaku Matsuda.[8] Aoyama was responsible for supervising the animation of the real world scenes, while Nishida supervised the animation for the digital world, using both traditional animation and computer animation techniques.[8] Digital animation studio Digital Frontier was responsible for creating the visuals of OZ and its avatars.[9] Youji Takeshige oversaw the art direction for Summer Wars.[12] While visiting Ueda, Hosoda thought that Takeshige, who has previously worked with Studio Ghibli, should draw traditional Japanese houses for the film.[9] The film also features the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, whose control center is located in the nearby city of Saku. Hosoda included the spacecraft to support Japan's contribution towards space exploration.[3]
The film was announced at the 2008
Music
Soundtrack
Akihiko Matsumoto composed the score for Summer Wars, with Randy Miller providing the additional music. The soundtrack of the film, titled Summer Wars Original Soundtrack (「サマーウォーズ」 オリジナル・サウンドトラック, Samā Wōzu Orijinaru Saundotorakku), was released by VAP on July 9, 2009. The release consists of 18 tracks. It remained on the Oricon music charts for four weeks and peaked at No. 112.[15]
Bokura no Natsu no Yume
The film's theme song, titled "Bokura no Natsu no Yume" (僕らの夏の夢, lit. 'Our Summer Dream'), was written and performed by Tatsuro Yamashita. It was released by Warner Music Japan as a maxi single on August 19, 2009. The single included two other songs by Yamashita that are unrelated to the film. The first two songs have corresponding karaoke versions, and the third song is recorded from a live performance. The single peaked at eighth place on the Oricon charts.[16]
Release
Marketing
A high level of anticipation surrounded Summer Wars before its release, due to the critical and popular success of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Iqura Sugimoto's
Screenings and release
Summer Wars premiered in Japan on August 1, 2009.[20] The film was distributed in South Korea by CJ Entertainment where it premiered on August 12.[31] Cathay Organisation released Summer Wars in Singapore on February 25, 2010. Mighty Media released the film in Taiwan on June 4, 2010.[32] The film was released by Eurozoom in France on June 9, 2010.[33]
Summer Wars had its North American premiere on February 26, 2010, as the opening night event of the annual
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Summer Wars, Studio Chizu announced in November 2019 that a 4DX version of the film would be shown in select theaters in Japan beginning on January 17, 2020.[39]
Television
Summer Wars aired on Adult Swim's Toonami block on December 14, 2013, with a rating of TV-14-LV. The film was watched by 1.36 million viewers.[40]
The movie aired again on Toonami on December 6, 2014, after the premiere of the ninth episode of
Reception
Critical response
On the
Mark Schilling of
Patrick W. Galbraith of Otaku2.com compared the design of OZ to
Rachel Saltz of The New York Times also gave a positive review of the film. Saltz praised Mamoru Hosoda's direction, and says it "matches the clean, classically composed images of his [Hosoda's] outer story." She further praised the visuals and themes, comparing it to those of director Yasujirō Ozu.[49] In his review for Variety critic Peter Debruge stated that Hosoda's direction "appeals to the hard-to-please teen crowd by taking mind-bending ideas and planting them within a relatable contempo context." He also praised the CG animation in the OZ sequences.[50] Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle praised Hosoda's style and said that it "adds enough dimensions to his characters and kinetic battles that the serene real world seems like a dream state." He also likened Hosoda's style to that of Hayao Miyazaki and Nintendo. Hartlaub complained that Kenji's character is "a bit too over-caffeinated in the first part" and concluded that the film is "the kind of fun and quirky film that you don't see very often in art houses this time of year."[51] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. He stated that "Summer Wars is most appealing in its hushed moments" and also praised Satoko Okudera's writing, stating that it "stakes a claim for the non-virtual world of history and of family ties that stretch back to Japan’s medieval era." He also praised the OZ animation sequences as "visually ravishing explorations of white-on-white cyberspace, but the hectic gaming action sequences feel curiously passé." Burr notes that in the film, "it's what's old that's made to seem refreshingly new."[52] Nicolas Rapold of The Village Voice also praised the film's visuals, and said that "it’s hard to appreciate things like the character detail amid the insufferably squealy voicing and arbitrary suspense."[53]
Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times praised the film's visuals, stating that "Summer Wars is awesome in its detailed depiction of Oz, which floats in space with an array of satellites, and earthly cityscapes visited by calamities." Thomas also said the film is "also a superb example of Japanese anime, balancing science fiction fantasy with a paean to the timeless value of family life." and called it "a sophisticated yet poignant family entertainment with an appeal beyond Japanese animation buffs."[54] Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. Merry criticized the film's plot, stating that it "ventures into territory both melodramatic and corny." Merry also said that the relationship between Natsuki and Kenji "unfolds as blandly as a Debra Messing rom-com."[55] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter stated that the "increasingly convoluted narrative may be too difficult to follow for younger viewers," but said that the film's "thematic ambition and dazzling visual style ultimately make it one of the more rewarding anime efforts to reach these [American] shores."[56]
Retrospective reviews of the film have largely confirmed its enduring popularity and reputation. Writing for
Box office performance
In Japan, Summer Wars ranked 7th in the box office, grossing an equivalent US$1,338,772 on 127 screens during its opening weekend,[20][60] and ending its run with a total gross of $17,425,019.[2] In South Korea, the film debuted in 8th place and earned an equivalent of US$369,156 on 118 screens[61] with a total gross of $783,850.[2] In Singapore, the film opened in 17th place and earned an equivalent of US$14,660 on 3 screens,[62] and later concluded its run with a total gross $29,785.[2] As of June 2010, the film went on to gross $18,353,560 worldwide.[2] During the film's limited release in the United States, it grossed $1,412 and opened 76th at the box office in its opening weekend, later concluding its run with a total gross of $80,678.[1]
Home media
Summer Wars was released in Japan on
Awards and nominations
Summer Wars was the first Japanese animated film to be included as a competitor at the
See also
- Postcyberpunk
- Metaverse
- Multi-agent system
- WarGames
- Digimon: The Movie
- Code Lyoko
- Napping Princess
- Ready Player One
- Hello World
- Free Guy
- Belle
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External links
- Summer Wars Film Partners site (in Japanese)
- Funimation site
- Manga Entertainment site
- Madman Entertainment site
- Summer Wars at GKIDS – with dubbed trailer and print-quality images
- Madhouse site (in Japanese)
- Vertical Inc. page: Summer Wars, Summer Wars Complete Edition
- Kodansha USA Publishing page: Summer Wars, Summer Wars Complete Edition
- Summer Wars (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Summer Wars at IMDb
- Summer Wars at Rotten Tomatoes
- Summer Wars at Box Office Mojo
- Summer Wars at AllMovie
- Article at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction