My Father's Dragon (1997 film)

My Father's Dragon (エルマーの冒険, Erumā no Bōken, lit. "Elmer's adventure") 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.

My Father's Dragon
VHS cover
Directed by	Masami Hata
Written by	Kenji Terada (screenplay) Ruth Stiles Gannett (novel)
Music by	Naoto Kine
Production company	Aubec
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	July 5, 1997 (1997-07-05)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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
• Rōjī: 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: Yūji Tanitabe, Hideki Higuchi, Fumio Sameshima
• Supervising Animation Director: Yutaka Arai
• Character Design: Shūichi 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

• Official web page at Shochiku Films
• My Father's Dragon (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Elmer no Bōken at IMDb
• Indies (in Japanese)