My Father's Dragon (1997)
Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon.
Director:
Masami Hata
Writer:
Kenji Terada
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YU-KI as Elmer Elevator (voice) |
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Megumi Hayashibara as Boris (voice) |
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Joji Yanami as Cat (Voice) |
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Daisuke Gori as Male Gorilla (voice) |
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Masako Nozawa as Nearsighted Rat (voice) |
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Katsuhisa Namase as Lion (voice) |
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Sumiko Sakamoto as Lioness (voice) |
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Maiko Kikuchi as Elmer's Mother (voice) |
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Masahiro Takashima as Elmer's Father (voice) |
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Naoki Tatsuta as Seagull (voice) |
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Yusaku Yara as Rhino (voice) |
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Chiaki as Rōjī (voice) |
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Hiroko Emori as Female Gorilla (voice) |
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Junichi Sugawara as Rachel (voice) |
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Takumi Yamazaki as Roberta (voice) |
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Makiko Ohmoto as Lucy (voice) |
| Production | Kazuyoshi Okuyama | Executive Producer |
| Production | Masatoshi Sakai | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Ruth Stiles Gannett | Novel |
| Writing | Ruth Chrisman Gannett | Novel |
| Sound | Naoto Kine | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Takashi Utsunomiya | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | YU-KI | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Tetsuya Komuro | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Minoru Nishida | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Shunji Yoshida | Animation Director |
| Writing | Kenji Terada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tetsuya Komuro | Lyricist |
| Writing | Marc Panther | Lyricist |
| Visual Effects | Yutaka Arai | Supervising Animation Director |
| Directing | Masami Hata | Director |
| Visual Effects | Shūichi Seki | Character Designer |
| Camera | Hideki Imaizumi | Director of Photography |