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Steamboy
2004
Katsuhiro Otomo's animation epic - a fusion of two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics, produced with full digital technology - is finally complete! Ten years in the making, with a total budget of $22 million, Steamboy is the most expensive Japanese anime production ever. The director's complete dedication to every .. Read more
| Starring | Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anna Paquin |
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| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Genres | Drama, Family |
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Steamboy
Katsuhiro Otomo's animation epic - a fusion of two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics, produced with full digital technology - is finally complete! Ten years in the making, with a total budget of $22 million, Steamboy is the most expensive Japanese anime production ever. The director's complete dedication to every detail of the project is evident throughout the film. A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian England, Steamboy features an inventor prodigy named Ray Steam who receives a mysterious metal ball containing a new form of energy capable of powering an entire nation. This young boy must use it to fight evil, redeem his family, and save London from destruction. The lush Victorian interiors and the elegance of the era's mechanical design allows Otomo to create dazzling visual backgrounds and machines for this film. With more than 180,000 drawing and 400 CG cuts, Steamboy is one of the most elaborate anImated features ever brought to life!
| Starring | Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anna Paquin |
|---|---|
| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Family |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 27 Mar 2006 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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One of the most anticipated anime epics of recent times, Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomos lovingly detailed... read more on Time Out
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15 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Dreamed
The kind of thing Fred Dibnah might have dreamed after being force fed cheese, while watching a Japanime marathon.
If you’ve always felt that ‘Akira’ could be improved with a cameo appearance from George Stevenson, or that the key element missing from the Great Exhibition was a display of steam powered robot warriors, then this might be the film for you.
I say ‘might’ advisedly. I’d have thought that a feature length steam-punk anime would not so much be right up my street, as clanking down the drive and hammering on the door with its soulless, piston-like arms, but I still found this strangely unloveable.
I dunno. Maybe it was the peculiar accents. Or the annoying American girl. Or the simplistic Victorian geo-politics. But something didn’t quite fit. Good, but not the industrial strength triumph I was expecting. -
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12 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Full steam ahead
Steamboy is a very enjoyable anime film from Katsuhiro Otomo, the director of Akira. However, do not rent this if you are expecting anything similar to Akira, this is far from it.
This is a wonderful tale set in 1860's England (which makes a nice change for an anime), set around a steam-driven industry. The hero of the story is a young boy, an inventor following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. When he receives a mysterious item from his grandfather, together with construction plans, our hero has to ensure the item does not fall in to the hands of the wrong people.
Steamboy is fast paced with beautiful animation (both traditional animation cell and 3D CGI). It has an interesting story teaching us how scientific advanced should be used. I don't want to spoil the story for you, but this movie is worth renting. -
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