Summer Wars

Always protect your network.

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.

Animation · Science Fiction · Released on 2009-08-01

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puppybytes gave this a 7 on 2025-12-21

impenetrable cybersecurity in 2009 is so funny to look back on. This film is formulaic at times, the plot is predictable but also hard enough to keep track of that it kind of makes up for it. Several of these characters are transgender furries without knowing it, they plug flip phones into ethernet cables to play cards with demons. I won’t forgive that guy for killing the koi. (spoilers)

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