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Steamboy, 2004

Starring: Anne Suzuki

Directed by: Katsuhiro Otomo

Written by: Katsuhiro Otomo

Language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese

Country: Japan

Runtime: 126 min

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Rating:6.9

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The mood of Steamboy is exciting, stylized, and atmospheric. The plot centers around technology gone awry, superheroes, and a master villain. It is an adventure, animation, and sci-fi movie. Stylistically, Steamboy anime and is epic. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It happens in the future and in the 19th century. Steamboy is especially suggested for a family outing and teens.

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Katsuhiro Otomo, the master Japanese anime director behind the international success AKIRA, scores again with STEAMBOY, the inventive story of a family of inventors from Manchester, England, that gets ripped apart by greed, pride, and power. Ray Steam (voice of Anne Suzuki) is a young boy following in the footsteps of his father, Eddy (Masane Tsukayama), and grandfather, Lloyd (Katsuo Nakamura), scientists dedicated to advancing technology through the use of steam. When Lloyd invents a steam ball that has unheard-of possibilities, everyone wants it--world leaders, wealthy industrialists, and even the government--but most of them want it for evil purposes. And so it is up to Ray to protect the fate of the earth while also choosing between his father and grandfather. The background paintings and 3-D CGI animation are gorgeous, creating a gray-and-white palette of gear-driven machines that melds perfectly with the story, which takes the main characters to a major science exhibition in Victorian-era London. In addition to the original subtitled Japanese version, there is an English-language edition featuring the voices of Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, and Patrick Stewart. STEAMBOY is an animated gem both kids and adults can enjoy.