Summer Wars (Anime Movie)

[Mystery Penguin]

Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ, Samā Wōzu?) is a 2009 anime science fiction film. The film focuses on a timid eleventh-grade math genius who has been falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world and, with the aid of an upper-classman's extensive family, must prevent the real and computer-simulated worlds from colliding. It was produced by the Japanese animation studio Madhouse and directed by Mamoru Hosoda.

The project was first announced without a title 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.[4] Two manga adaptations of the film were published ahead of the film's release in Japan. It was nominated for the 2009 Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival,[5] and won the 2010 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.[6]

The film was released in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray on March 3, 2010.[29][30] In its first week of release, the film became the top selling anime Blu-ray in Japan with an estimated 54,000 copies sold, surpassing the previous record holder, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone. To date, it is the second highest Japanese Blu-ray debut overall, following Michael Jackson's This Is It. Based on pre-orders, however, Summer Wars is expected to be eclipsed in sales by Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance on its release in May.[31] In addition, Summer Wars topped the Oricon Animation DVD charts with 55,375 copies sold in its first week.

What I am trying to say is that you NEED to watch this, period, no two ways about it. There are a multitude of groups that have fansubbed this, and it is easy enough to find a decent stream.

And yes, I did copy all of the above from a certain thread in another forum because I am too lazy to write my own review that expresses the same opinion as the above.

 

[OSVG]

Very well done movie, It moves a little slow, but that doesn't bother me I'd recommend this

 

[Mystery Penguin]

Bump for the Awesomeness

 

[Carmine]

Bump for the Awesomeness

Pity bump.