Good Night World

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An original net animation (ONA) series adaptation by NAZ premiered in October 2023 on Netflix.

Synopsis

A dysfunctional family of four (consisting of shut-in gaming addict Taichiro Arima, his overachieving younger brother Asuma, their estranged and disregarded father Kojiro, and their disorganized and neglectful mother Sayaka) all cope with their real-world struggles by playing Planet, a virtual reality MMORPG that involves socializing with other players, forming teams, clashing with other guilds, having adventures, and fighting monsters all under the same end goal of being the first to overpower a final boss monster called the "Black Bird of Happiness". In doing so, the Arimas unknowingly form a simulated happy family unit in a team they call "The Akabane Family" with each other, a far more stable simulated family than their real-world counterparts for as long as they follow their one "family rule": no prying information on each other's offline lives. However, the borderline between online and reality begins to merge as the game eventually becomes part of the real world, the Arimas learn about each other's true identities could make or break their family bond in both realities as well as determine the fate and survival of themselves and others.

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Template:Ill, Good Night World was serialized in Shogakukan's Template:Ill website and Template:Ill service from December 28, 2015, to January 8, 2017. Five Template:Transliteration volumes were published from April 2016 to March 2017.

A prequel series, titled Template:Nihongo, was serialized on the MangaOne service from August 1, 2023, to May 21, 2024. The prequel's chapters have been collected into three Template:Transliteration volumes published from October 2023 to August 2024.

Anime

An original net animation adaptation was announced on July 31, 2023. It is produced by NAZ and directed by Katsuya Kikuchi, with scripts written by Michiko Yokote, character designs handled by Rena Okuyama, and music composed by Template:Ill. The series premiered on Netflix on October 12, 2023. The opening theme song is "Black Crack" by VTuber Template:Ill of Nijisanji, while the ending theme song is "Salvia" by Nornis, a vocal unit composed of Nijisanji members Machita Chima and Inui Toko.

See also

• Belle, a 2021 animated science fantasy film with a similar plot written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda
• Summer Wars, a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film with a similar plot directed by Mamoru Hosoda
• Wonder.land, a 2015 musical with a similar theme inspired by Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871)

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