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Topic	Tazzy Ranks 101 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups
tazzyboyishere 04/25/18 11:08:48 PM #383:	32. Summer Wars (2009) Raka (2/5) The first of three Hosoda flicks nominated to fall, Summer Wars is the story of a young dude who inadvertently cracks the security code for a massive global social network, allowing a virus to take control of essentially every electronic. He does all this while being thrown into a situation where he must pretend to be a classmate's fiance, for kind of dumb reasons. Of the four big motion pictures Hosoda directed, this is my least favorite, mainly because I don't have any emotional attachment to it. That being said, I obviously still think quite highly of it! The cool thing about Summer Wars is how well it weaves this sci-fi narrative into a slice of life about familial bonds. It does a lot of cool things when combining the two as well. Like, for example, I love how the baseball games through the TV match the current going-ons in the web in tone and emotion. They also present hanafuda as this really silly, old game with confusing rules, but that ends up being what leads them to defeating the virus. It does a lot of really cool things, and all that can be attributed to excellent writing and direction. While the main conflict centers around cyberspace, you constantly see this family experiencing their own conflict, and the two end up joining together in the end for something really beautiful. I was never all that close to my extended family, so it didn't really hit me hard, but damn if it wasn't really cool to see everyone risk death by sticking together to provide moral support for Kenji as he saved their home. A lot of people compare this to Bokura no War Game, which I'd say is fair due to the concept of a virus trying to destroy the world, but Summer Wars is so much more involved in telling a complete story, while Bokura no War Game was a ~~very good~~ offshoot of an established franchise. I don't know the history, but I wouldn't be surprised if Summer Wars is how Hosoda initially envisioned the plot, but he had to work it into the Digimon universe, so it's potential didn't foster until he got the opportunity to work on this. Either way, Summer Wars is a great time, even if the romance angle kinda blows. You should totally watch this, and also watch Bokura no War Game, because that's pretty good too. Also just watch everything Hosoda's done, including Boy and the Beast, which nobody nominated smh. --- http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan <cite>tazzyboyishere posted [p:900313712] in Tazzy Rank... [t:76442986]...</cite> <quote>32. Summer Wars (2009) Raka (2/5) The first of three Hosoda flicks nominated to fall, Summer Wars is the story of a young dude who inadvertently cracks the security code for a massive global social network, allowing a virus to take control of essentially every electronic. He does all this while being thrown into a situation where he must pretend to be a classmate's fiance, for kind of dumb reasons. Of the four big motion pictures Hosoda directed, this is my least favorite, mainly because I don't have any emotional attachment to it. That being said, I obviously still think quite highly of it! The cool thing about Summer Wars is how well it weaves this sci-fi narrative into a slice of life about familial bonds. It does a lot of cool things when combining the two as well. Like, for example, I love how the baseball games through the TV match the current going-ons in the web in tone and emotion. They also present hanafuda as this really silly, old game with confusing rules, but that ends up being what leads them to defeating the virus. It does a lot of really cool things, and all that can be attributed to excellent writing and direction. While the main conflict centers around cyberspace, you constantly see this family experiencing their own conflict, and the two end up joining together in the end for something really beautiful. I was never all that close to my extended family, so it didn't really hit me hard, but damn if it wasn't really cool to see everyone risk death by sticking together to provide moral support for Kenji as he saved their home. A lot of people compare this to Bokura no War Game, which I'd say is fair due to the concept of a virus trying to destroy the world, but Summer Wars is so much more involved in telling a complete story, while Bokura no War Game was a very good offshoot of an established franchise. I don't know the history, but I wouldn't be surprised if Summer Wars is how Hosoda initially envisioned the plot, but he had to work it into the Digimon universe, so it's potential didn't foster until he got the opportunity to work on this. Either way, Summer Wars is a great time, even if the romance angle kinda blows. You should totally watch this, and also watch Bokura no War Game, because that's pretty good too. Also just watch everything Hosoda's done, including Boy and the Beast, which nobody nominated smh. --- http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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