The production team for the Good Night World anime series has revealed a new visual featuring the main character Taichirou Arima/Ichi. Netflix is now streaming all 12 episodes of the anime adaptation on its platform.
Katsuya Kikuchi (Sengoku Night Blood, The Royal Tutor) is working as director for the series, with Michiko Yokote (Call of the Night) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter, and Suzuna Okuyama (The Royal Tutor) as character designer. NAZ is the animation production company for the anime.
Meanwhile, the voice cast includes Daisuke Hirose as Taichirou Arima/Ichi, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Asuma Arima/AAAAA, Akio Ootsuka as Kojirou Arima/Shirou Akabane, and Aya Endou as Sayaka Arima/May.
Other cast members include Aoi Yukki as Pico, Ryouhei Kimura as Leon, Hiroki Nanami as Sasumata, Kenjirou Tsuda as Shigatera, Rie Takahashi as Hana Kamuro, and Inori Minase as Aya Arima.
The original manga by Uru Okabe ran in Shogakukan’s Ura Sunday and MangaONE from December 28, 2015 to January 8, 2017. A total of five tankoubon volumes were released in total. A prequel manga titled Good Night World End was released on August 1, 2023.
Netflix describes the story of Good Night World as:
A shut-in older brother. A high-achieving younger brother. A father who is not respected by his own children.A mother who neglects her own household. This is a broken family, and none of its members know that they are all players in an online game.
