Should you watch Summer Wars?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Summer Wars
Anime · 2009
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.
The sides of Summer Wars
- A shy math whiz posing as a fake fiancé
- A huge family gathered in Nagano
- A rogue AI loose in a virtual world
Summer Wars is good for you if…
- you like a loud family of dozens rallying around their grandmother.
- you like the bright virtual world of OZ next to an old country house.
- you like the race to stop a falling satellite, down to a game of cards.
Summer Wars is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
About: family · technology · togetherness
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