History Anime / SummerWars

* ABoyAndHisX: The family is close to Granny Sakae's dog, Hayate, and [[spoiler: they're even more so, after her death.]]

''Summer Wars'' is a 2009 anime ScienceFiction [[GenreBusting and]] SliceOfLife film. The film focuses on a timid eleventh grade math genius named Kenji Koiso (voiced by Ryunosuke Kamiki) who has been falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world and, with the aid of a classmate's extensive family, must prevent the real and computer simulated worlds from colliding. It was produced by the Japanese animation studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} and was directed by Creator/MamoruHosoda. The film also stars Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura and Sumiko Fuji.

''Summer Wars'' is a 2009 anime ScienceFiction [[GenreBusting and]] SliceOfLife film. The film focuses on a timid eleventh grade math genius named Kenji Koiso who has been falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world and, with the aid of a classmate's extensive family, must prevent the real and computer simulated worlds from colliding. It was produced by the Japanese animation studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} and was directed by Creator/MamoruHosoda.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The Jinnouchi family have strong vibes of this. [[spoiler: Especially in the ending with [[ShipperOnDeck encouraging Kenji and Natsuki to kiss.]]]] They even weaponise it, embarrassing Natsuki to the point where she bursts into hysterical tears and confesses everything.

** "[[Film/SevenSamurai You have to protect others, in order to protect yourselves.]]"

* NotSoStoic: Kazuma on two occasions; the first, when Shota causes Love Machine to get away again by frying the supercomputer they'd been using (resulting in Kazuma getting angry enough to ''punch Shota in the face''), the second when his final effort to try and take Love Machine down is thwarted, causing him to break down crying.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Grandma Sakae becomes this towards Japan by calling everyone and motivating then to stopping the chaos. Love Machine takes notice and is implied to cut her heart monitor, leading to hear death.]]

* OhCrap: There are several moments of the characters realizing they are in serious trouble.

It has a manga spin-off: ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/summer_wars_king_kazuma_vs_queen_ozu/ Summer Wars: King Kazma vs Queen Oz,]]'' a prequel which focuses on Kazuma.

* GoodWithNumbers: Kenji. In a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, Kenji [[spoiler:solves a 256-bit encryption IN HIS HEAD]].

* IWasQuiteALooker: Not explicitly stated, but we have a good look at a photo of the young Granny Sakae during her (first) CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* OhCrap: Done by several characters throughout the movie.

* {{Eagleland}}: Mixed overall. A fair share of Americans pitch in at the climax, just like everyone else. [[spoiler: However, the Department of Defense deliberately ''chose'' to unleash Love Machine on Oz as a test, making them directly responsible for everything that followed.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Kenji is shy and easily flustered.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Seriously, what kind of social network has the infrastructure to let you bet user accounts in a game against a botnet?

* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Family]]: The Jinnouchi family have strong vibes of this. [[spoiler: Especially in the ending with [[ShipperOnDeck encouraging Kenji and Natsuki to kiss.]]]] They even weaponise it, embarrassing Natsuki to the point where she bursts into hysterical tears and confesses everything.

* BoyishShortHair: Nana sports one.

** Natsuki's Hanafuda-playing skills

** To a lesser extent, ''every member'' of the extended family's respective skills.

* CoolBigBro: It's implied that Kenji becomes this to Kazuma by the end.

* CoolShades: Naomi wears one throughout the film.
* CryCute: Kazuma [[spoiler:after King Kazma is defeated by Love Machine the second time around.]]

* DarkIsEvil: [[spoiler: [[TheSwarm Love Machine's massive, multi-avatar body.]]]] Yet it ''still'' manages to invoke LightIsNotGood, with [[spoiler:the angelic wings that form OZ's main building on its back, and the Deva Halo Rings re-appearing when it absorbs King Kazma]]

* DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler:Grandma Sakae encourages key members of Japan and turns the tide of Love Machine's chaos. It's heavily implied that Love Machine noticed and indirectly killed her.]]

* {{Eagleland}}: Mixed overall. A fair share of Americans pitch in at the climax, just like everyone else. [[spoiler: However, the Department of Defense deliberately ''chose'' to unleash Love Machine on Oz as a test, making them almost directly responsible for everything that followed.]]
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: [[spoiler: Even the dead Granny Sakae's memorial photo.]]

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Grandpa Mansuke's avatar. Plus, it's a ''ninja''.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kenji is this with his friend, Sakuma.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Love Machine. Avatars that he has assimilated gain this quality.

* PostCyberPunk

* SeriousBusiness: Hanafuda, koi-koi version. [[spoiler:[[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with the final match since people's lives are depending on it.]]

* SpiritedYoungLady: Natsuki.

* UnluckyEverydude: Kenji.

** The storyline is similar to the 1983 film ''WarGames'': a young man takes up a challenge from a rogue AI, releases it upon a vast network of computers and almost brings about the destruction of the world. [[spoiler:Furthermore, the original creator of the rogue AI finally has the chance to repent for his sins]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The numerous mentions of the satellite.

* AlliterativeName: Kenji Koiso.

* BeautyMark: Nana and Kana both have one under their right eye.

* BigGood: Sakae is the matriarch and the cornerstone of the family. If Love Machine started a war with the Jinnouchi clan then she is the Commander in Chief. [[spoiler:This role arguably goes to Kenji after Sakae dies.]]

* BloodKnight: Love Machine loves competitions and takes on any challenger.

* CoolOldGuy: Mansuke, who taught his reclusive gaming grandson martial arts to protect him from bullies.

* TheDeterminator: "You can't solve an equation by giving up."

** It can detect evil [[spoiler:from orbit,]]. It also alerted the family about Granny Sakae while everyone was sleeping.

* {{Expy}}:
** Kenji resembles a gender-flipped [[Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime Makoto]].
** Love Machine is obviously based on Diablomon, and quite possibly the computer from WarGames as well.
** The movie itself is this to the aforementioned ''Digimon'' movie, which had a similar plot but different setting, characters, and the focus of the films are different, with ''Summer Wars'' being about the real characters and the other film being more about the digital aspect.

** [[spoiler: When Love Machine gets the upper hand in the Hanafuda battle and Natsuki does not has enough accounts to bet with. The whole world, who was watching the battle, starts sending their accounts to help her out.]]

* HappyBirthdayToYou: After the first fight with Love Machine, there's a cut where some of the family are practising this song. [[spoiler:After surviving family trauma, averting an cyber-apocalypse, and surviving the satellite equivalent of a nuclear bomb, the next day]], all of the family, [[spoiler: bar Wabisuke, and including Kenji]], sing this, with weird props, like plastic wands, party hats, a taiko drum, and even a puppet, to [[spoiler: the deceased]] Granny Sakae.

* HeroicBastard: Through the "heroic" part is a bit of a stretch [[spoiler: until the climax of the film,]] Wabisuke is the illegitimate son of Natsuki's great-grandfather, but was adopted by Sakae anyway.

* ABoyAndHisX: The family is close to Granny Sakae's dog, Hayate, and [[spoiler: they're even more so, after her death.]]

* [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]: It's implied that Kenji becomes this to Kazuma by the end.

* [[PassionateSportsGirl Passionate Sports Woman]]: {{Implied}} to be this to Yumi because of her Red Sox jersey and how she cheers on her pitcher son, Ryohei.

* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: After Kenji saves the day]] The whole family (sans Shota) literally pushes Kenji and Natsuki together and says they should be engaged for real.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The story is set in 2010 and supposedly by then a colossal virtual city full of corporate users is will be released and become widespread.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Mansaku lampshades this to Kenji: Since he's a "college man" (one of Natsuki's lies), he has certainly had sex.

''Summer Wars'' is a 2009 anime ScienceFiction [[GenreBusting and]] SliceOfLife film. The film focuses on a timid eleventh grade math genius named Kenji Koiso who has been falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world and, with the aid of a classmate's extensive family, must prevent the real and computer simulated worlds from colliding. It was produced by the Japanese animation studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} and was directed by ''Mamoru Hosoda.''

** Wabisuke gets one when he [[spoiler:he realizes that Love Machine inadvertently caused Sakae's death]].