
Kenji Koiso
main character


When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job, he agrees without hesitation. Natsuki's family, the Jinnouchi clan, dates back to the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573), and they've all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance and dance with her at the birthday celebration. As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki's act around her family, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving. As it turns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes Oz, the program that controls nearly every aspect of life to be hacked into, it's up to Kenji and his new "family" to stop the hacker before it's too late. (Source: twitchfilm.net)
Summer Wars has been well received, with an average AniList score of 77/100 — 64% of 53,701 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
It ranks #58 most popular film of all time, and #7 highest-rated film of 2009, and #2 most popular film of 2009 on AniList.
Of the 79.5K AniList users who started it, 0.5% dropped it, so it is very rarely abandoned; 76.6K have finished it.
As a 114-minute film, it fits in a single evening.
Best for viewers who enjoy Action, Comedy, Drama — especially family life, virtual world, ensemble cast, rural.
A streaming link is not listed for this title yet.
Summer Wars runs 114 minutes (1 h 54 min).
Yes. Summer Wars has finished airing — the final episode aired August 1, 2009.
No. Summer Wars is an original anime story, not adapted from a manga or novel.
Summer Wars was animated by MADHOUSE and directed by Mamoru Hosoda.