| Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha | |
| セントエルモ・光の来訪者 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction |
| TV special | |
| Directed by | Tomoharu Taksumata |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network | Yomiuri TV |
| Released | April 1986 |
| Runtime | 64 minutes |
Saint Elmo - Hikari no Raihôsha (セントエルモ・光の来訪者 Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light) is a 64-minute television special that though credited to Leiji Matsumoto, it was originally created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Kansai Electric Company who sponsored and produced the film.[1] It was first shown on television in 1987 and afterward was released on VHS.
The name was based on the rare and strange scientific phenomenon called St. Elmo's fire, named after Erasmus of Formiae who is often called "Saint Elmo." The phenomenon occurs in electrical weather at which high points (like masts on ships) will charge and then give off a glow.
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Inside Mercury, Japan builds a large-sized solar space power plant. The plant supports Earth with its large solar energy supply but suddenly there is an abnormality at the Saint Elmo plant. To pinpoint the problem, Earth sends several technicians to fix it.
Director: Tomoharu Taksumata
Script: Hiroyasu Yamaura
Music: Michiru Oshima
Animation: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
Design: Katsumi Itahashi
"Prometheus Futatabi" by Yuko Ishikawa
Lyrics: Kayoko Fuyumori
Composed: Akihiro Yoshimi
"Tomoshibi wa Eternity" by Yuko Ishikawa
Lyrics: Kayoko Fuyumori
Composed: Yûhei Hanaoka
Tohru Furuya, Hideyuki Tanaka, Kei Tomiyama, Keiko Han, Kôzô Shioya, Leiji Matsumoto, Masako Nozawa, and Reiko Mutoh.