Why "Summer Wars" is More Than Just a Rehash of "Our War Game!" to Me
©Akiyoshi Hongo・Toei Animation ©Toei・Toei Animation・Shueisha・Fuji TV・Bandai ©2009 SUMMER WARS FILM PARTNERS When I first saw Summer Wars some time in 2010, it was my second time seeing a Mamoru Hosoda film, as I had seen the Digimon film Our War Game! when it was shown on domestic TV some years before. Like many people who had seen both, of course I noticed the similarity of their plots; both of them involve a malevolent digital entity wreaking havoc on the real world by making internet-connected devices and services go haywire, and in the climax, the main characters attempting to stop it must race against time as it threaten to obliterate them with a deadly strike from the skies (a nuclear missile strike in Our War Game! , an asteroid probe collision in Summer Wars ). Those similarities have attracted various comparisons over the years, discussing the similarities, differences, and the merits of each film (take these articles and videos , just as some examples). What I would...