Saint Elmo â€" Hikari no Raihousha (セントエルモ・光ã®æ¥è¨ªè€…, Saint Elmo â€" Apostle of Light) is a 65-minute television special first aired in April, 1986, in the Kansai region network Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. Although credited to Leiji Matsumoto, the show was originally created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Kansai Electric Power Company, who sponsored and produced the film. It was later released on VHS format in November 1987 by Pony Canyon.
The events of the story are centered on a Japanese solar power plant based in the planet Mercury called "Saint Elmo". Its name was based on the rare scientific phenomenon called St. Elmo's fire, named after Erasmus of Formiae. This phenomenon occurs in electrical weather at which high points (like masts on ships) will charge and give off a glow.
Plot
Japan builds a large space power plant called Saint Elmo in the planet Mercury. The plant supports Earth with its large solar energy supply, but, when there is an abnormality at the plant, Earth has to send several technicians to fix the problem.
Staff
- Director: Tomoharu Katsumata
- Script: Hiroyasu Yamaura
- Music: Michiru Oshima
- Animation: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
- Design: Katsumi Itahashi
Cast
- TÅru Furuya, as Issei YÅ«ki (有紀一星)
- Hideyuki Tanaka
- Kei Tomiyama
- Keiko Han
- KÅzÅ Shioya
- Leiji Matsumoto
- Masako Nozawa
- Reiko MutÅ
Theme songs
The show features two theme songs, "Prometheus Futatabi" and "Tomoshibi wa Eternity", both performed by YÅ«ko Ishikawa. The first was composed by Akihiro Yoshimi, while the second was composed by YÅ«hei Hanaoka. They were both arranged by Eiji Kawamura and the lyrics were written by Kayoko Fuyumori.
References
External links
- Leijiverse: Saint-Elmo Hikari no Raihôsha
- Saint Elmo â€" Hikari no Raihousha (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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