The Santa Claus of Summer

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| **OVA The Santa Claus of Summer** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Santa Claus of Summer |
| Japanese Title: | 夏のサンタクロース   (Natsu no Santa Kurōsu) |
| Original airdate: | March 17, 1999[](#cite_note-1) |
| Manga source: | [Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories: The Santa Claus of Summer](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_Collection_of_Short_Stories#The_Santa_Claus_of_Summer "Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | Keisuke Hara   Gray   Asuka Anzai   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Osamu Nabeshima](/wiki/index.php?title=Osamu_Nabeshima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Osamu Nabeshima (page does not exist)") |
| Screenplay: | [Kazunari Kouchi](/wiki/Kazunari_Kouchi "Kazunari Kouchi") |
| Storyboard: | [Osamu Nabeshima](/wiki/index.php?title=Osamu_Nabeshima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Osamu Nabeshima (page does not exist)")   [Hiroshi Matsuzono](/wiki/Hiroshi_Matsuzono "Hiroshi Matsuzono") |
| Technical Director: | [Osamu Nabeshima](/wiki/index.php?title=Osamu_Nabeshima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Osamu Nabeshima (page does not exist)") |
| Animation Director: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo") (chief)   [Yoshiharu Shimizu](/wiki/Yoshiharu_Shimizu "Yoshiharu Shimizu")   [Masahiko Itojima](/wiki/Masahiko_Itojima "Masahiko Itojima")   [Satoshi Ishino](/wiki/Satoshi_Ishino "Satoshi Ishino") |
| Character Design: | [Masahiko Itojima](/wiki/Masahiko_Itojima "Masahiko Itojima"), [Satoshi Ishino](/wiki/Satoshi_Ishino "Satoshi Ishino"), and [Yasuhiro Moriki](/wiki/Yasuhiro_Moriki "Yasuhiro Moriki") (design works) |
| | Voice cast: | | --- | | [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as Keisuke Hara   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as Asuka Anzai   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as Gray   [Takehiro Murozono](/wiki/index.php?title=Takehiro_Murozono&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takehiro Murozono (page does not exist)") as White   [Daiki Nakamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Daiki_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Daiki Nakamura (page does not exist)") as Silver   [Kae Araki](/wiki/index.php?title=Kae_Araki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kae Araki (page does not exist)") as Yoko   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as Director  [Keiichi Nanba](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiichi_Nanba&action=edit&redlink=1 "Keiichi Nanba (page does not exist)") as Man   [Toshihiko Nakajima](/wiki/Toshihiko_Nakajima "Toshihiko Nakajima") as Pilot   [Naoki Makishima](/wiki/Naoki_Makishima "Naoki Makishima") as Combatant   [Yumi Hikita](/wiki/Yumi_Hikita "Yumi Hikita") as Control room   [Mitsuki Saiga](/wiki/index.php?title=Mitsuki_Saiga&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mitsuki Saiga (page does not exist)") as Computer   [Mikiko Enomoto](/wiki/Mikiko_Enomoto "Mikiko Enomoto") as Female Student | | |
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Characters](#Characters)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 References](#References)
* [8 See also](#See_also)