No sophomore slump for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time director Hosoda Mamoru, who works again with studio Madhouse to create a thoroughly charming sci-fi coming-of-age adventure. Summer Wars welcomes the digital age with the vision of an everyday Japan that's connected to a virtual reality world called OZ. People and institutions all have avatar counterparts in OZ, creating a sprawling online community that supports real interactions and transactions. So when something goes wrong in OZ, the real world goes down with it! Traditional values and artificial intelligence come to head through dazzling animation and delightful characters in Summer Wars, which has been nominated for Best Animation at the 33rd Japan Academy Awards.
Teen prodigy Kenji (voiced by Kamiki Ryunosuke) unwittingly throws humanity into peril when he cracks a math code from a mysterious sender. Next thing he knows, some hacker using his avatar is wreaking great havoc in the virtual and the real worlds. With the help of his crush Nanami (voiced by Shinohara Natsuki) and her large wacky family, Kenji embarks on a digital war to save the world!
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