Japan Synopsis
サマーウォーズ
“Always protect your network.”
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Audience Engagement
840 audience reviews — more than 96% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Summer Wars. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedThe Animatrix
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedGhost in the Shell
★ 7.9 · Japan
3 sharedAccel World: Infinite Burst
★ 6.6 · Japan
3 sharedExpelled from Paradise
★ 6.4 · Japan
2 sharedSword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
Other Titles From Madhouse
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Summer Wars itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2008–2010 Japan Window
Summer Wars holds position #76 of 386 Japan films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Summer Wars premiered alongside 123 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other Japan films in 2009.
The 2224th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Summer Wars, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- card game · 5
- family holiday · 3
- artificial intelligence (a.i.) · 21
- virtual reality · 13
- hacker · 9
- computer · 6
- anime · 711
- adult animation · 101
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,169 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #910 of 2,532 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Kadokawa Shoten, D.N. Dream Partners, Warner Bros. Japan |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | August 1, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1474276 |