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Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV (Japanese: 劇場版 ファイナルファンタジーXIV 光のお父さん, Hepburn: Gekijōban Fainaru Fantajī Fōtīn: Hikari no Otōsan, lit. "Final Fantasy XIV: The Movie: Dad of Light") is a 2019 Japanese comedy drama film based on a Japanese television drama miniseries Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, which is based on blog post Dad of Light written by Maidy.[1][2] The film stars Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kōtarō Yoshida, Maika Yamamoto and Naomi Zaizen.

Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Directed by	Teruo Noguchi Kiyoshi Yamamoto (game scenes)
Written by	Kota Fukihara
Based on	Final Fantasy XIV (video game) by Square Enix Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light (television drama miniseries) by Teruo Noguchi Kiyoshi Yamamoto Dad of Light (online diary) by Maidy
Produced by	Masahiro Honda Kazuya Naito Koji Shirasugi Kazuhiro Yokoyama Yanghwe Yoon
Starring	Kentaro Sakaguchi Kōtarō Yoshida Maika Yamamoto Naomi Zaizen
Cinematography	Hikaru Yasuda
Edited by	Takeshi Wada
Music by	Hideharu Mori
Production companies	Gambit Mainichi Broadcasting System Gaga Corporation VAP Square Enix Amata
Distributed by	Gaga Corporation
Release date	June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21) (Japan)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Kentaro Sakaguchi as Akio Iwamoto
• Kōtarō Yoshida as Akira Iwamoto
• Maika Yamamoto as Miki Iwamoto
• Naomi Zaizen as Yukiko Iwamoto
• Yui Sakuma as Satomi Ide
• Kou Maehara as Kensuke
• Yui Imaizumi as Kataoka
• Nonomura Hanano as Ogasawara
• Jundai Yamada as Kenichiro Mihara
• Masato Wada as Hidetaka Nakajima
• Ryuta Sato as Shintaro Yoshii
• Yoshino Nanjō as Maidy (voice)
• Minako Kotobuki as Aru-chan (voice)
• Aoi Yūki as Kirin (voice)

Production

Original story author Maidy stated that they were happy to help create a movie version of their story as there were still issues to explore not covered by the television series.[3] Differences from the television version of the story, Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, include the addition of a fourth sibling to the family.[3] Another change was to have other characters play Final Fantasy XIV not just father and son.[3] Square Enix also gave the filmmakers their own game server to control the time of day and weather in order to film exactly the kinds of shots they wished.[3]

With the production crew filming on a private server, crew members created characters and appeared in the background to make the world feel like the regular game.[3] Since the television series was released, many features were added to make characters more expressive including group poses and facial expressions.[3] Game footage was recorded at 120 frames per second to allow for the seamless use of slow motion effects.[3] Changes were also made to a key story moment where the son is turned around by his father in game, changing the televisions wholly in-game perspective to one showing the father and son playing the game and deciding what to do.[3]

Release and Reception

It was released in Japan by Gaga on June 21, 2019. It was released on Netflix Japan on July 21, 2020.[4]

Famitsu recommended the film, saying that viewers familiar with the television version of the story or fans of massively multiplayer online role-playing games will particularly love the story.[5] The film ranked first in Japanese survey app Pia for audience satisfaction for the weekend it released.[6]

The South China Morning Post gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, saying the project was like a “glorified commercial” as well as a touching melodrama.[1] A special screening was done of the movie in Japan after Maidy, the stories original author, died from cancer.[7]

References

External links

• Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV at IMDb

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