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FFXIV: One Japanese Man Will Be Living My Dream

For the first time, Final Fantasy will be the basis for a live action TV show. I know, strange that they haven't done that but then, why get real actors when you can just make a fully CG movie like Advent Children or Kingsglaive? The new show will be based off one Japanese fan's blog. The show, Final Fantasy XIV: Hikari no Otousan or Final Fantasy XIV: The Father of Light, will tell the story of one gamer's experience bonding with his 60 year-old-father while playing the Square Enix MMO.

As fellow BC writer Adi Tantimedh reminded me, MMOs are very big in Japan and manga, anime, and light novels (the Japanese version of YA novels) have a viable genre about people who play MMOs. After all, that is in fact the basis of the .Hack// and Sword Art Online series', among others. So, this isn't too much of a shocker for Japanese players. Personally, I'm shocked it took this long.

The father-son story will happen across a combination of live-action and in-game scenes with Ren Osugi as the father and Yudai Chiba taking the role of the son.

If they don't include one of the "the follow includes several cutscenes that should be viewed in order, so please set aside time to watch them all," warnings it will be a missed opportunity. Anyone who wants to know a bit more about FFXIV can check out the game's main site. But a brief rundown of the game is basically that the player character is called the "Warrior of Light" and as in so many JRPGS, must battle literal gods to save the world with the power of friendship – and crystals. Yes, you read that right, I said crystals. And this is a game I have devoted an absurd portion of my life to.

The series is set to debut on TV in Japan this April, just before Stormblood, Final Fantasy XIV 4.0 is set to hit. 

And before you ask, yes, I do wish this were my life. Sadly, my FFXIV experiences mostly include me harassing my friends into running raids with me at 2 in the morning, which would probably make for some boring television. Oh well, I'll just have to sit here and stew in my envy. And then immediately try and get my hands on a subtitled copy of the show. My Japanese is very, very limited.

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