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Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light is a 2017 Japanese drama miniseries in which a son named Akio Inaba uses the online game Final Fantasy XIV to reconnect with his retired and distant father Hirotaro. The show is eight episodes long and is based on a real Japanese blog written by a Final Fantasy XIV player who introduced the game to his elderly father.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light became available on Netflix worldwide on the 1st of September 2017. It had originally aired on MBS/TBS in Japan starting on the 17th of April 2017.
Director Kiyofumi Yamamoto filmed the in-game footage without computer graphic manipulation, using a real player on a public Final Fantasy XIV server. After two weeks of experimentation, he settled on 30 frames per second at 4K resolution.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light received a 100% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 6 reviews, with an average score of 6.6 out of 10.
Yes. The series was adapted into a feature film titled Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV, which was released on the 21st of June 2019.
The series stars Yudai Chiba as Akio Inaba, Ren Osugi as his father Hirotaro Inaba, and Mako Ishino as Kimiko Inaba. Yuriko Ohshima provides narration, and Yoshino Nanjō voices the in-game character Maidy.