On Children + KIDZ

The series is adapted from the Taiwanese novel .Your Children Are Not Your Children¡¯ and implies that children are not their parents¡¯ properties. In this science-fiction fable anthology, the helicopter parents control their children to follow the path paved to achieve academic and career success. On Children uses elements of scifi and horror to examine Asian family relationships, highlighting the severe stress of both responsibility and expectation, which echoes with the audience¡¯s personal experience in Japanese and Taiwanese society. The director hopes the feature-length drama will prevent the deteriorating parent/children relationship. If we expect our kids to be equipped and prepared, love and trust will be the answers to make their world a better place. PTS extended the concept and created an interactive online game, named KIDZ. The game successfully approached the young and got many positive reviews. From the gaming experience, players could be more immersive to the story and learn to cherish the healthy family values. Netflix acquired the streaming license of On Children and is showing it in over 190 countries. In Netflix Japan, it was top-ranked and became the most popular drama during the premiere week.