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.
Contents
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