My Father's Dragon (1997 film)

is a 1997 Japanese animated film based on the My Father's Dragon children's books by Ruth Stiles Gannett and their illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett.

Cast

• Elmer Elevator: Yu-ki (TRF)
• Boris the Dragon: Megumi Hayashibara
• Cat: Jōji Yanami
• Male Gorilla: Daisuke Gōri
• Nearsighted Rat: Masako Nozawa
• Lion: Katsuhisa Namase
• Lioness: Sumiko Sakamoto
• Elmer's Mother: Maiko Kikuchi
• Elmer's Father: Masahiro Takashima
• Seagull: Naoki Tatsuta
• Wild Boars: Kazuki Yao, Bin Shimada
• Rhino: Yusaku Yara
• Tigers: Banjō Ginga, Ikuya Sawaki, Masaharu Satō, Kōzō Shioya, Kenyu Horiuchi
• RōjÄ«: Chiaki
• Rōdā: Ikuko Takeuchi
• Female Gorilla: Hiroko Emori
• Alligators: Masato Amada, Hirohiko Kakegawa
• Store Owner: Kazumi Tanaka
• Rachel: Junichi Sugawara
• Roberta: Takumi Yamazaki
• Lucy: Makiko Ōmoto

Staff

• Distribution: Shochiku
• Director: Masami Hata
• Executive Producer: Shunji Yoshida
• Production Heads: Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Masatoshi Sakai
• Producers: Satoshi Nagashima, Minami Kishimoto
• Original Story: Ruth Stiles Gannett
• Screenplay: Kenji Terada
• Planning: YÅ«ji Tanitabe, Hideki Higuchi, Fumio Sameshima
• Supervising Animation Director: Yutaka Arai
• Character Design: ShÅ«ichi Seki
• Cinematography: Hideki Imaizumi
• Special Effects: Yoshio Kihara
• Art Director: Minoru Nishida
• Editor: Hajime Okayasu
• Music: Naoto Kine
• Music Supervisor: Tetsuya Komuro

Theme songs

Dragons' Dance:Opening theme by Yu-ki

Lyrics by Tetsuya Komuro, Marc

Composed by Tetsuya Komuro

If You Wish…:Ending theme by Takashi Utsunomiya

Lyrics by Marc

Composed by Tetsuya Komuro

Releases

Albums

Elmer no Bōken Original Soundtrack:Released 1997-07-21, 34 tracks, CD, Sony Music Entertainment

Video

Elmer no Bōken:Released 1998-12-05 (both limited and regular), color, VHS (NTSC), Shochiku

See also

• List of animated feature-length films

External links

• at Shochiku Films
• Indies