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Just watched Maroru Hosoda’s epic Summer Wars last night courtesy of FUNimation. It was absolutely amazing. Honestly, I think I liked it just as much as I’ve liked any Miyazaki film that I’ve seen, and that really says a lot. This film had a great story line that seems like it could be crazy realistic in the somewhat near future, given the current progression of our society. The characters were well developed and compelling. There was no point in the film that I felt was slow or boring. Plus, it had some great comedic moments in addition to some very poignant ones. The overall theme of family ties was what really made this film for me.
I would seriously place this in my top ten for films. I highly recommend everyone get a copy, and would really recommend seeing it in the theater if you’re one of the lucky few that got a screening in your city. I think this film was absolutely robbed of an oscar nomination this year.
As for dubbing vs. subbing. We watched the English dub and I have to say that I enjoyed it. Normally I’m a pretty hardcore fan of the original language and watching with subs, but FUNimation did a decent job with casting this time around.
Synopsis:
Kenji Koiso, an eleventh grade math genius, agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natuski. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of the family matriarch. His job is to pretend to be Natsuki’s fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world’s collision with earth.
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