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Steamboy Details

2004

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Starring	Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anna Paquin
Director	Katsuhiro Otomo
Genres	Drama, Family

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	Production year: 2004 To Rent: DVD: 27 Mar 2006

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- One of the most anticipated anime epics of recent times, âAkiraâ creator Katsuhiro Otomoâs lovingly detailed... read more on Time Out
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  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 &#... read more »
  
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  - EricBlaum
  - Leicestershire
  - 27 May 2006 at 16:48
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  It was boring
  
  It....BORED....me. I love anime generally, but this was pretty kak.
  
  If you only want to watch awesome artwork coupled with lots of KA-BLOOEY! Then ... read more »
  
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- - Domzo
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  - 14 Nov 2011 at 20:34
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  I Love Anime...
  
  ...but I'm less likely to watch this one again! I much prefer Howls Moving castle, or spirited away to this!
  
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  - 26 May 2010 at 10:43
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  Disappointing
  
  Ten years to make and most expensive anime film of all time? They obviously spent all the money on the artists and ran out when it came to the voice over actors... read more »
  
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- - Bartez
  - North Wales
  - 09 Dec 2009 at 20:54
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  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 ...