Short answers, pulled from the story.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light follows a software engineer named Akio Inaba who uses the online game Final Fantasy XIV to reconnect with his retired father Hirotaro Inaba. The eight-part drama premiered on the 17th of April 2017 on MBS and TBS to explore how a digital fantasy could bridge a generational chasm that real life could not.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light premiered on the 17th of April 2017 on MBS and TBS. The series was later released internationally on Netflix on the 1st of September 2017.
Director Kiyofumi Yamamoto led the production team for Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light. Yamamoto made a radical decision to avoid computer-generated imagery for the game footage and insisted on using actual gameplay footage recorded from a public server.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light featured Ren Osugi as the father Hirotaro and Yudai Chiba as the son Akio. The show also included voice actors such as Aoi Yūki and Kaede Yuasa who provided the in-game voices for the characters.
The feature film adaptation titled Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV was released on the 21st of June 2019. The film expanded on the original story and explored the relationship between the father and son in greater detail.