SMITHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT (SMIP-ZED)

Title:

Summer wars [videorecording] / NTV ... [et al.] ; animation production, Madhouse ; screenplay by Satoko Okudera ; directed by Mamoru Hosoda.

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Edition:

[DVD].

Publisher, Date:

[S.l.] : Encore Films ; [Fort Worth, Tex.] : FUNimation [distributor], [2011].

Description:

2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has - until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI"--Container.

Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG; for action violence, some suggestive content, language, mild thematic material and incidental smoking.

System details:

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.

Performer:

Voices: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Yukihiro Masumoto ; art director, Youji Takeshige ; animation director, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Shigeru Fujita, Kunihiko Hamada, Kazutaka Ozaki ; action animation director, Tatsuzo Nishita ; character design, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ; OZ character design, Takashi Okazaki, Mina Okazaki, Masaru Hamada ; editor, Shigeru Nishiyama ; music, Akihiko Matsumoto.

Language:

In English or Japanese, with optional subtitles in English.

Subjects:

Cyberspace -- Drama.

Families -- Drama.

Animated films -- Japan.

Japanese language materials.

Genre:

Animated films.

Science fiction films.

Fiction films.

DVDs.