My Father's Dragon (1997 film)

My Father's Dragon (エルマーの冒険) 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
 * 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

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