Rogue A.I., family troubles, and MMO-run civilizations, oh my!  To celebrate Japanese cinema, we’re joined by translator Daniel Huddleston for a discussion of Mamoru Hosoda’s 2009 film, Summer Wars.  You may be familiar with Hosoda’s other excellent work, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; Summer Wars is also an excellent work.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Spoiler Alert:  the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; if you wish to see the film without having it ruined for you, download this podcast and save it for later.

 

Download the episode here.

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Show notes (info about our contributors can be found on the about page):

* Summer Wars (IMDB)

* Mamoru Hosoda (IMDB)

* Daniel Huddleston’s translation work:

* Virus by Sakyo Komatsu

* Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Endo by Miyuki Miyabe

* Speculative Japan 3

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