Fumihiko Takayama (高山文彦), né en 1953, est un réalisateur et scénariste japonais d'anime, travaillant souvent sur des œuvres mechas comme Gundam ou Patlabor.
, 1h32 Directed byArthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Fumihiko Takayama OriginUSA GenresComedy-drama, Fantasy, Animation ThemesFilms about animals, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about dragons, Political films, Children's films ActorsJohn Ritter, Nellie Bellflower, Bob McFadden, Victor Buono, Don Messick, James Earl Jones Rating76% The 'Green Wizard' Carolinus (Harry Morgan) discovers magic failing as humanity embraces science, and summons his brothers Lo Tae Zhao the Yellow Wizard (Don Messick); Solarius the Blue Wizard (Paul Frees); and Ommadon the Red Wizard (James Earl Jones), accompanied by their dragons Shen Tsu, Lunarian, and Bryagh (James Gregory), before whom he resolves to create a 'Last Realm of Magic' hidden from the rest of the world. Lo Tae Zhao and Solarius consent, but Ommadon instead proposes to take control of the world himself; whereupon the other wizards decide to seize Ommadon's crown, the source of his powers. Because the wizards are forbidden to fight among themselves, they volunteer Carolinus's dragon Gorbash (Bob McFadden when not Ritter-as-Peter) and the knight Sir Orrin Neville-Smythe (Bob McFadden), to do so, with Solarius giving a shield to deflect dark magic and Lo Tae Zhao giving a flute to lull dragons to sleep. Requiring a third protagonist, Carolinus summons Peter Dickinson (John Ritter), a board-game creator and polymath scientist. Having arrived in the past, Peter becomes enamoured of Princess Milisande (Alexandra Stoddart), Carolinus's ward.