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| Written by | Kota Fukihara |
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| Cinematography | Hikaru Yasuda |
| Edited by | Takeshi Wada |
| Music by | Hideharu Mori |
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| Distributed by | Gaga Corporation |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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 Japanesecomedydrama film based on a Japanese television drama miniseriesFinal Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, which is based on blog postDad of Light written by Maidy.[1][2] The film starsKentaro Sakaguchi,Kōtarō Yoshida,Maika Yamamoto andNaomi Zaizen.
Original story author Maidy said that they were happy to help create a film 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 playFinal 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]
The film was released in Japan by Gaga on June 21, 2019, and 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 ofmassively 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]
TheSouth 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 of the film was done in Japan after Maidy, the story's original author, died from cancer.[7]
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