Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha

{{Short description|1986 television film directed by Tomoharu Katsumata}}

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| ja_kanji = セントエルモ・光の来訪者

| genre = Science fiction

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| type = tv film

| director = Tomoharu Katsumata

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| writer = Hiroyasu Yamaura

| music = Michiru Ōshima

| studio = Toei Animation

| network = Yomiuri TV

| released = April 1986

| runtime = 65 minutes

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{{nihongo|Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha|セントエルモ・光の来訪者|Saint Elmo – Apostle of Light}} is a 65-minute television special first originally 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_information/62384-Saint_Elmo_Hikari_No_Raihosha.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719233013/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_information/62384-Saint_Elmo_Hikari_No_Raihosha.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2012|title=Classic Cartoon: Saint Elmo Hikari No Raihosha}} It was later released on VHS format on November 21, 1987, by Pony Canyon.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/セントエルモ～光の訪問者～-VHS-勝間田具治/dp/B00005FWSV/|title=Amazon.co.jp: セントエルモ~光の訪問者~ [VHS]|accessdate=June 2, 2012|language=Japanese}}

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.