Summer wars [videorecording] Samā wōzu / Nippon Television Network Corporation ; Madhouse ; executive producer, Seiji Okuda ; producers, Nozumu Takahashi, Takuya Ito, Takashi Watanabe, Yuichiro Saito ; original story, Mamoru Hosoda ; Kadokawa Shoten Publishing ; screenplay, Satoko Okudera ; director, Mamoru Hosoda.

Burgmeier, John. (Screenwriter). Cook, Justin. (Producer). Dougherty, Pam, 1949- (Actor). Fuji, Sumiko. (Actor). Fukunaga, Gen. (Producer). Haberkorn, Todd, 1982- (Actor). Hosoda, Mamoru. (Director, Screenwriter). Hunter, Carly. (Producer). Ito, Takuya. (Producer). Kamiki, Ryūnosuke. (Actor). Matsumoto, Akihiko. (Composer). Matsumoto, Yukihiro. (Cinematographer). Nishiyama, Shigeru. (Film editor). Okuda, Seiji. (Producer). Okudera, Satoko, 1966- (Screenwriter). Palencia, Brina. (Actor). Saito, Yuichiro. (Producer). Sakuraba, Nanami. (Actor). Seitz, Patrick, 1978- (Screenwriter). Sinterniklaas, Michael. (Actor). Takahashi, Nozomu, 1960- (Producer). Takeshige, Yōji, 1964- (Artistic director). Tanimura, Mitsuki. (Actor). Tatum, J. Michael, 1976- (Actor). Watanabe, Takashi, 1957- (Added Author). Yokokawa, Takahiro. (Actor). D.N. Dream Partners (Firm) (Added Author). Encore Films. (Added Author). FUNimation Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Kadokawa Shoten. (Added Author). Madhouse. (Added Author). Nihon Terebi. (Added Author). VAP Inc. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (Japan) (Added Author). Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Voices: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa, Sumiko Fuji. Voices (English cast): Michael Sinterniklaas, Brina Palencia, Pam Dougherty, Todd Haberkorn, J. Michael Tatum. (Cast).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1421022621
ISBN: 9781421022628
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: [Singapore] : Encore Films ; 2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Additional production companies: Madhouse, Kadokawa Group Publishing Co., Ltd., D.N. Dreampartners, Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, YTV, VAP. DVD release of the 2009 motion picture. Special features: Disc 2: Interview with Rhynosuke Kamiki (Kenji Koiso); Interview with Nanami Sakuraba (Natsuki Shinohara); Interview with Mitsuki Tanimura (Kazuma Ikezawa); Interview with Ayumu Saito (Wabisuke Jinnouchi); Interview with Sumiko Fuji (Sakae Jinnouchi); Interview with Mamoru Hosoda (director); Teaser trailers; Teaser TV spot; Original trailer; TV spots.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Feature film (115 min.) -- Disc 2. Extra features (40 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Akihiko Matsumoto ; film editing, Shigeru Nishiyama ; director of photography, Yukihiro Matsumoto ; art director, Youji Takeshige ; character design, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ; OZ character design, Takashi Okazaki, Mina Okazaki, Masaru Hamada ; animation directors, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Shigeru Fujita, Kunihiko Hamada, Kazutaka Ozaki ; action animation director, Tatsuzo Nishita. English version: executive producer, Gen Fukunaga ; producers, Carly Hunter, Justin Cook ; head writer, John Burgmeier ; script writer, Patrick Seitz.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voices: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa, Sumiko Fuji. Voices (English cast): Michael Sinterniklaas, Brina Palencia, Pam Dougherty, Todd Haberkorn, J. Michael Tatum.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG; for action violence, some suggestive content, language, mild thematic material and incidental smoking.
System Details Note:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
Language Note:	In English or Japanese, with optional subtitles in English.
Awards Note:	Best Animated Film, Japan Academy Prize ; Best Animated Film, Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia ; Audience Award, Best Animated Feature, Anaheim International Film Festival ; Official Selection, New York International Children's Film Festival ; Best Animated Film, Mainichi Film Concours.