Synopsis: From the visionary directory of THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2007 Japanese Academy Prize winner, Best Animated Feature) comes the story of an ordinary family going to extraordinary lengths to avert the impending cyber apocalypse! 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 fiance 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 intent on using the virtual word of OZ to destroy the real world, literarily. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new “family” set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit in this “near-perfect blend of social satire and science fiction

Thoughts: I have not been this excited to watch an anime film since my Junior year in High School. Anime just hasn’t had any main stream titles come out that appealed to me. I thought maybe I was just growing away from it, but this trailer for Summer Wars has lit that fire within. Totally loving this trailer for Summer Wars. The concept, the animation, and story are all great. I especially love the dependency on cyber space issue. Reminds me a bit of Ghost In The Shell.

Summer Wars is directed by Mamoru Hosoda. The films is showing in various film festivals across the United States. No details at this time regarding the film’s release.