It deals with the Industrial Revolution, and the creation of steam powered vehicles. This is a historical anime movie, set in and around Victoria Station in Manchester and Crystal Palace, London, at the turn of the 1860's. Hence, I will recommend it as being worth buying! Just don't expect "Akira" or anything similar. However, I thought I should warn you all, about something which isn't made clear, and is rather important.įirstly, I've only seen half of the movie, so far, but it's darn good. Katsuhiro Otomo's latest anime epic, "Steamboy", was released in the UK yesterday. Robert Roten can be reached via e-mail at. Reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder. You will be able to find background information on the film, the actors, and links to much more information. Type in the name of the movie in the search box and press enter. For more information on this film, click on this link to The Internet Movie Database. I suggest you shop at least two of these places before buying anything. It rates a C.Ĭlick here for links to places to buy or rent this movie in video and/or DVD format, or to buy the soundtrack, posters, books, even used videos, games, electronics and lots of other stuff. The artwork is impressive, but this film just doesn't know when to quit. This is very much like other Japanese animated films I've seen, only more so. Both the steam castle and Ziggurat are pretty much the same thing, a great big all-powerful Rube Goldberg device of the type that gets megalomaniacs obscenely excited. In the Japanese animated feature “Metropolis” the ultimate weapon was called a Ziggurat.
In this story, that weapon is called a steam castle. Also typical is the plot device of the ultimate weapon (a thinly disguised metaphor for the atomic bomb). It is very tough for Ray to figure out who to trust in this high-stakes power struggle. The difference between the good guys and the bad guys is blurred. The O'Hara Foundation is also a major international arms dealer.Īs is typical in Japanese animation. The insufferable, clueless young girl is the heir to the O'Hara Foundation which funds the steam experiments. A naive, obnoxious young girl is also a major part of the story. Ray himself is also a scientist and inventor who pursues science for the thrill of discovery and the satisfaction of problem-solving. On another side is a scientist who sees science as a means to make the lives of people better. On one side you have science without morality in the service of power-hungry politicians and capitalists. Lloyd Steam (voice by Patrick Stewart in the English version) who have radically differing agendas and views of science. Eddie Steam (voice by Alfred Molina in the English dubbed version) and grandfather, Dr. He is immediately pursued by two factions intent on possessing and using the new form of power for their own purposes, which, of course, include megalomaniacal fantasies. James Ray Steam (voice by Anna Paquin in the English dubbed version) mysteriously comes into possession of his grandfather's invention, a small globe of super high pressure steam. A family of inventors named Steam has invented a super-dense form of steam which can power all sorts of fantastic contraptions, including flying fortresses. Ma- “Steamboy” is an overlong Japanese animated story set in an alternate universe London around 1851. Steamboy (Suchîmubôi) An long feature anime about technological horrors by Robert Roten, Film Critic Laramie Movie Scope: Steamboy (Suchîmubôi) Laramie Movie Scope:
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