Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha

Saint Elmo - Hikari no Raihôsha (セントエルモ・光の来訪者) 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. It was first shown on television in 1987 and afterward was released on VHS.

Plot
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.

Staff
Director: Tomoharu Taksumata

Script: Hiroyasu Yamaura

Music: Michiru Oshima

Animation: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi

Design: Katsumi Itahashi

Theme songs
"Prometheus Futatabi" by Yuko Ishikawa

Lyrics: Kayoko Fuyumori

Composed: Akihiro Yoshimi

"Tomoshibi wa Eternity" by Yuko Ishikawa

Lyrics: Kayoko Fuyumori

Composed: Yûhei Hanaoka

Cast
Tohru Furuya, Hideyuki Tanaka, Kei Tomiyama, Keiko Han, Kôzô Shioya, Leiji Matsumoto, Masako Nozawa, and Reiko Mutoh.

Trivia
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.