TV series
GOOD NIGHT WORLD
Overview
Four miserable members of a dysfunctional household have no idea that they've formed a happy family unit in an immersive VR game — with each other.
Details
- First air date
- 2023-10-12
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- Netflix
- Production
- NAZ
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Daisuke Hirose as Ichi / Taichiro Arima (voice)
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as AAAAA / Asuma Arima (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as Shiro / Kojiro Arima (voice)
- Aya Endo as May / Miyabi Arima (voice)
- Aoi Yuuki as Pico (voice)
- Ryohei Kimura as Leon (voice)
- Hiroki Nanami as Sasumata (voice)
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Shigatera (voice)
- Rie Takahashi as Hana Kamuro (voice)
- Inori Minase as Aya Arima (voice)
Creators and crew
- Katsuya Kikuchi - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: LOG IN
In the immersive online game Planet, Ichi is a member of the formidable Akabane Family; but offline, his real life family is a dysfunctional mess.
Episode 2: ERROR
After receiving a Declaration of War from the Pirates, Shiro and his sons go into enemy territory to discuss the matter with the Pirate Captain herself.
Episode 3: INSTALL
There's something strange about the monster the Akabanes are fighting against. Sensing danger, Shiro orders the family to log out immediately.
Episode 4: UPGRADE
Pico makes an unexpected decision before breaking through the barrier and confronting Ichi. Then, a mysterious person pays Asuma a visit.
Episode 5: VIRUS
With players everywhere reeling, Shigatera reveals his true feelings and intentions. Then, Pico returns and demands an explanation.
Episode 6: REMOVE
Pico has been logging into Planet to escape her oppressively controlling mother. But then, Shiro tells her something that rocks her very foundation.
Episode 7: BAN
The Black Bird begins appearing in Shigatera's real life world. Taichiro and his mother visit Asuma in the hospital — and are shocked by what they find.
Episode 8: RELOAD
Taichiro and Asuma reveal some long-held secrets to each other. The mysterious woman appears again and warns Asuma not to log back into Planet.
Episode 9: AR
Hana tells Taichiro and Asuma about their father's involvement in Planet, Black Bird and more. Then, Taichiro tells Hana about his younger sister.
Episode 10: REGISTRY
The whole family has been infected and are now back in Planet, but this dark world is nothing like the sunny paradise they once escaped into.
Episode 11: DEBUG
Kojiro wants to see his family before they leave for a distant shelter, but Asuma tells him to stay away. Then, Sasumata asks Shiro a striking question.
Episode 12: Hello, World
As Ichi, Taichiro attacks a heartbroken and furious Leon. Meanwhile, Shiro tells Sasumata that he created them under a different name.
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