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2004

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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 complete dedication to every .. Read more

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

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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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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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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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  - 0
  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
  - 9 reviews
  - 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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- 894030
- - Teddybean
  - 18 reviews
  - Hampton
  - 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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  No Japanese Dialogue
  
  No Japanese dialogue and I cannot stomach dubbing so it got a 5 minute scan. Very European feel to it. Difficult to tell as an adult but seemed to fall into the... read more »
  
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  - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
  - 21 May 2009 at 12:32
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  Really Disappointing
  
  Where to start?
  
  The awful mockney accents? The really annoying children 'heroes' who you just want to shut up? The characters who have all ... read more »
  
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- 736025
- - Stormo
  - 2 reviews
  - Reading
  - 01 Apr 2009 at 10:44
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  The 10-Year Masterpiece
  
  Otomo's film strikes the eye immediately as a children's film,but the level of detail in every scene shows precisely why this film took ten years to ... read more »
  
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  - Stirling
  - 18 Feb 2009 at 14:40
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  Definitely not 'Akira' or anywhere close
  
  As you might expect from Katsuhiro Otomo, a visually impressive film, with nice evocations of what steam technology might have developed into in a parallel ... read more »
  
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  - Cheshire
  - 14 Oct 2008 at 22:03
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  Great animation, awful dub!
  
  Please, please, please... and i think i speak on behalf of nearly every reviewer before me... could LoveFilm please stock a DVD with the Japanese dub?? For the ... read more »
  
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- - lozenge
  - 4 reviews
  - Market Drayton
  - 25 Sep 2008 at 02:41
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  A visual feast
  
  It was a beautiful film but a little too long. Watch this if you enjoy anime.
  
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  - London
  - 14 Aug 2008 at 07:46
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  Wonderful
  
  Absolutely brilliant. If you don’t like this you’re either dead or old enough to remember Victoria’s Jubilee.
  
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- - William Brown
  - Edinburgh
  - 20 May 2008 at 11:53
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- - 16
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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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  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, ... read more »
  
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  - Newport
  - 01 Aug 2005 at 15:44
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  Not bad
  
  After Akira the prospect of watching another film by Katsuhiro Otomo was an exciting one. The animation of Steamboy is absolutely stunning and I love the whole... read more »
  
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- - technobabble
  - 37 reviews
  - Worcestershire, England
  - 10 May 2007 at 13:19
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  - 2
  They spent ten years making... this?
  
  I'm a big fan of Katsuhiro's Otomo's, so the only thing that saved me from openly weeping over this film was that he didn't write it. Had he ... read more »
  
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- 254101
- - andylondon
  - 63 reviews
  - London
  - 13 Jun 2006 at 15:29
- - 5
  - 1
  truly outstanding!!
  
  from the director of akira, this really is one fantastic piece of work. captivated me ( a 28 year old). amazing animation, great characters and top story.read more »
  
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  - over wyre, england
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 23:24
- - 4
  - 1
  Imaginative Stuff
  
  Ok so the accents are a bit dodgy but I have to say I really really enjoyed this film. There is loads of exciting action and the steam driven machines are ... read more »
  
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- - imran
  - 165 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Jul 2006 at 18:01
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  Great anime, terrible voice over
  
  If you enjoy anime then you will like this film. It has all the usual politics and brow beating.
  
  With this in mind the plot is a bit thin and the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Southampton
  - 26 May 2006 at 11:30
- - 2
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  An Amazing Manga Epic
  
  Steamboy is one of the best Manga films I have seen, I am a huge fan of Studio Ghibli, and wasn't sure that this would live up to my expectations.... It ... read more »
  
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  - South West, UK
  - 09 Jun 2006 at 00:38
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  jam buttys!
  
  terrible accents! but get over that and this film kicks! worth seeing for the intricate and imaginative steam machines alone. 4 stars well earned!
  
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- - peter stride
  - deon uk
  - 05 Jan 2007 at 22:59
- - 2
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  Wonderful
  
  Absolutely brilliant. If you don’t like this you’re either dead or old enough to remember Victoria’s Jubilee.
  
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- 566602
- - William Brown
  - Edinburgh
  - 20 May 2008 at 11:53

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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 ...