Steamboy (2004)

Original title

スチームボーイ

Directed by

Katsuhiro Otomo

Genre

science fiction film, steampunk film, adventure anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 497 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young inventor in 19th century England gets caught up in a conflict over a powerful steam device. He must protect the invention from a corporation that wants to use it for military purposes.

action-packedfast-pacedvisually stunninghistoricaladventurousintensespectacularfuturistic

What happens

Steamboy (Japanese: スチームボーイ, Hepburn: Suchīmubōi) is a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk action film directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Sunrise, it is his second major anime as a director, following Akira (1988). The film was released in Japan by Toho on July 17, 2004. Steamboy was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced, with a ¥2.4 billion ($26 million) production budget, having been in production for ten years and utilizing more than 180,000 drawings and 440 CG cuts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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