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Cast

Michael Sinterniklaas
as Kenji

Brina Palencia
as Natsuki

Pam Dougherty
as Sakae

Todd Haberkorn
as Sakuma

J. Michael Tatum
as Wabisuke

Maxey Whitehead
as Kazuma

John Swasey
as Mansuke

Shelley Calene-Black
as Mariko

Lydia Mackay
as Naomi

Mike McFarland
as Shota

Monica Rial
as Yumi

Barry Yandell
as Mansaku

Chuck Huber
as Riichi

Cynthia Cranz
as Rika

John Burgmeier
as Tasuke

Christopher Sabat
as Katsuhiko

Christopher R. Sabat
as Katsuhiko

Robert McCollum
as Yorihiko

Rob McCollum
as Yorihiko

Brittney Karbowski
as Yuhei

Alison Viktorin
as Shingo

Patrick Seitz
as Kunihiko

Colleen Clinkenbeard
as Noriko

Jennifer Seman
as Kiyomi

Cherami Leigh
as Mao

Caitlin Glass
as Nana

Bill Jenkins
as Kazuo

Anastasia Munoz
as Yukiko

Jason Liebrecht
as Ryohei

Tia Ballard
as Kana

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Critic Reviews for Summer Wars (Sama Wozu)

Audience Reviews for Summer Wars (Sama Wozu)

• Nov 01, 2013

  A rogue artificial intelligence wrecks havoc on "Oz," an omnipresent virtual reality network of the near future, seizing control of most of the world's computers; a young math genius is the only hope to save the infrastructure. Decent juvenilia with outstanding psychedelic animations in the nonsensical but beautiful cyberspace battle scenes.
  Greg S Super Reviewer
• Feb 02, 2012

  In "Summer Wars," Kenji works as a part-time programmer with his friend Sakuma for OZ, a worldwide operating system/social network. He takes a break when he is invited by Natsuki to attend her great-grandmother's 90th birthday party. But he is horrified when she tries to pass him off as her fiance.(On the plus side, he turns an adorable shade of red.) That's not the worst thing that happens to him that weekend as OZ is corrupted and crashed by an outside source that is traced to him. So, he does the one thing he is supposed to when confronted by a computer problem which is to find the nearest kid to explain it to him. Even with its share of banalities and contrivances, "Summer Wars" is still an enjoyable animated film. While the sequences inside OZ are much more impressive than the ones set in the real world(and it would have been fun to have explored OZ a little more), the emotional core of the film is the extended Jinnouchi family that has more than its share of members employed in public service with the movie definitely in favor of collective action. In this way, you could say that Japan is not only a country that respects its traditions(as one family member recounts the family's military battles) but one that also looks towards the future. Just don't keep all of your eggs in one basket.
  Walter M Super Reviewer
• Jun 18, 2011

  Japanese animation with a boy-girl romance, a wacky extended family , virtual reality all mixed up into one. I usually find these kind of plots a bit tedious, and I lazily watched it in an American dub too, which rarely does these kind of films any favours. But it definitely had a charm, a colourful alternative reality and some nice little human interactions before the big-chase-to-save-the-world-before-it-blows-up kicks in for the action junkies. .
  Lesley N Super Reviewer
• May 09, 2011

  From the people who brought us The girl who lept through time, which i loved, another slice of beautiful animation, and at its core, a relevent story of todays age. the perils of online living, here the world is connected to one online system, everything is on there, and when a code is broken unknowingly, it allows a hacker to mess with the system and cause destruction at highest order if not stopped, all this done through online consumers and acounts. certainly a warning of todays age, while in the system, avatars take control and the fight continues. wonderful animation, and engageing story, it makes sence when watched, as the hacked system causes mayhem on outside world, while digital world inside is very sci fi. a entertaining blend of anime
  scott g Super Reviewer

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