Good Night World

Good Night World (Japanese: グッド・ナイト・ワールド, Hepburn: Guddo Naito Wārudo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Uru Okabe [ja]. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday [ja] website and MangaOne [ja] service from December 2015 to January 2017, with its chapters collected into five tankōbon volumes.

Good Night World
First tankōbon volume cover
グッド・ナイト・ワールド (Guddo Naito Wārudo)
Manga
Written by	Uru Okabe [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Ura Sunday Comics
Magazine	Ura Sunday [ja] MangaOne [ja]
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 28, 2015 – January 8, 2017
Volumes	5
Manga
Good Night World End
Written by	Uru Okabe
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Ura Sunday Comics
Magazine	MangaOne
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 1, 2023 – May 21, 2024
Volumes	3
Original net animation
Directed by	Katsuya Kikuchi
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Music by	Takatsugu Wakabayashi [ja]
Studio	NAZ
Licensed by	Netflix
Released	October 12, 2023
Runtime	24–30 minutes
Episodes	12

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.

Characters

Taichirō Arima (有間 太一郎, Arima Taichirō) / Ichi (イチ)

Voiced by: Daisuke Hirose [ja]^[1] (Japanese); Nicolas Roye (English)

Asuma Arima (有間 明日真, Arima Asuma) / AAAAA (あああああ)

Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki^[1] (Japanese); Kieran Regan (English)

Kojirō Arima (有間 小次郎, Arima Kojirō) / Shirō (士郎, Shirō)

Voiced by: Akio Otsuka^[1] (Japanese); Christopher Swindle (English)

Sayaka Arima (有間 雅, Arima Sayaka) / May (メイ, Mei)

Voiced by: Aya Endō^[1] (Japanese); Erin Yvette (English)

Pico (ピコ, Piko)

Voiced by: Aoi Yūki^[1] (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado (English)

Leon (レオン, Reon)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura^[1] (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English)

Sasumata (サスマタ)

Voiced by: Hiroki Nanami^[1] (Japanese); Benjamin Diskin (English)

Shigatera (シガテラ)

Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda^[1] (Japanese); Ray Chase (English)

Hana Kamuro (神室 花, Kamuro Hana)

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi^[1] (Japanese); Carrie Keranen (English)

Aya Arima (有間 綾, Arima Aya)

Voiced by: Inori Minase^[1] (Japanese); Anne Yatco (English)

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Uru Okabe [ja], Good Night World was serialized in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday [ja] website and MangaOne [ja] service from December 28, 2015, to January 8, 2017. Five tankōbon volumes were published from April 2016 to March 2017.^[2][3]

A prequel series, titled Good Night World End (グッドナイト・ワールドエンド), was serialized on the MangaOne service from August 1, 2023,^[1] to May 21, 2024.^[4] The prequel's chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes published from October 2023 to August 2024.^[5][6]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	April 12, 2016[2]	978-4-09-127226-3
2	July 12, 2016[7]	978-4-09-127356-7
3	October 12, 2016[8]	978-4-09-127390-1
4	February 10, 2017[9]	978-4-09-127529-5
5	March 17, 2017[3]	978-4-09-127552-3

Good Night World End

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	October 12, 2023[5]	978-4-09-852873-8
2	March 19, 2024[10]	978-4-09-853170-7
3	August 8, 2024[6]	978-4-09-853384-8

Anime

An original net animation adaptation was announced on July 31, 2023.^[11] 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 Takatsugu Wakabayashi [ja]. The series premiered on Netflix on October 12, 2023. The opening theme song is "Black Crack" by VTuber Kuzuha [ja] of Nijisanji, while the ending theme song is "Salvia" by Nornis, a vocal unit composed of Nijisanji members Machita Chima and Inui Toko.^[1][12]

Episodes

No.	Title [a]	Directed by [b]	Storyboarded by [b]	Original release date
1	"Log In"	Katsuya Kikuchi	Katsuya Kikuchi	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
2	"Error"	Nana Fujiwara	Nana Fujiwara	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
3	"Install"	Takayuki Kuriyama	Katsuya Kikuchi	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
4	"Upgrade"	Takahiro Ono	Keiji Gotoh	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
5	"Virus"	Yūki Nagasawa	Ryūhei Aoyagi	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
6	"Remove"	Katsuya Kikuchi	Katsuya Kikuchi	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
7	"Ban"	Masaharu Tomoda & Yūki Nagasawa	Michio Fukuda & Hiroyuki Shimazu	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
8	"Reload"	Nana Fujiwara	Toshinori Watanabe	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
9	"AR"	Takayuki Kuriyama	Hiroyuki Shimazu	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
10	"Registry"	Takayuki Kuriyama & Yūki Nagasawa	Katsuya Kikuchi	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
11	"Debug"	Nana Fujiwara	Susumu Nishizawa	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
12	"Hello, World"	Katsuya Kikuchi	Katsuya Kikuchi	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)

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)

Notes

1. All English titles are taken from Netflix.
2. Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.

References

1. Cayanan, Joanna (July 31, 2023). "Uru Okabe's Good Night World Manga Gets Netflix Anime Adaptation on October 12". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
2. 【4月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 12, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
3. 【3月17日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 17, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
4. Cayanan, Joanna (May 7, 2024). "Uru Okabe's Good Night World End Prequel Manga Ends on May 21". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
5. 【10月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 12, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
6. 【8月8日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
7. 【7月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
8. 【10月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 12, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
9. 【2月10日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 10, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
10. 【3月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 19, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
11. Dempsey, Liam (July 31, 2023). "Good Night World Manga Logs onto Netflix for Anime Adaptation". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
12. 漫画『グッド・ナイト・ワールド』がアニメ化！ 廣瀬大介さん、島﨑信長さん、大塚明夫さんら声優陣発表│主題歌は「にじさんじ」所属の葛葉さんとNornisが担当. Animate Times (in Japanese). July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.

External links

• Official manga website at Ura Sunday (in Japanese)
• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Good Night World (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia