It would have done the movie a lot of good to have cut away and had a section about science being used for good because while Ray's grandfather was certainly supposed to be the 'good guy' opposing the creation of war machines/the war economy, it came off as incredibly goofy for it to turn out that his grand vision be a type of amusement park. I did like the angle that both of the 'sides' were basically after the same thing with the SteamBalls, but it felt like it was only that way in order to set up that huge battle towards the end. Basically every single character was the same at the end as where they started which wasn't really compelling to me. Scarlett I guess was supposed to grow but given that her introduction involved punching her dog (TWICE!!) and that she only just got a little nicer to Ray as the movie went along while still upholding her snobby rich attitude the entire time, she didn't grow at all either. Ray came to the conclusion that war is bad about around the halfway point (I think, I wasn't really keeping track of the time) but didn't exactly grow as a character at all aside from that. None of the characters went through much character development if at all in some cases. Not that it was hard to follow (not at all), but that it just wasn't very good. Without a doubt that was incredibly fun to watch, but the art and sound definitely held this one up though, instead of the story. Critics at the film festivals didn't care much for the story but were amazed at the animation production value citing it as some of the most impressive they've ever seen.ĭiscussion - Once the movie is completed with your viewing it would be awesome of you to post what you think of the animation, art, soundtrack, characters and story! Thank you for participating! When it finally came out in theaters it only made $18.9 Million and was unable to get a widespread North American release, remaining trapped at film festivals. Steamboy consists of over 140,000 hand drawn images and 440 painstakingly cel-shaded CG cuts. Total of $30 Million dollars went into this movie. Steamboy is one of the most expensive anime ever made, with a production cost of $22 Million (USD) and an advertising campaign costing $8 Million(USD).

Music: Steve Jablonsky ( Pearl Harbor, Metal Gear Solid 2, The Island)Īnimated by: SUNRISE (Gundam Unicorn, Code Geass, Patlabor) _ Studio 4*C (Animatrix, Memories, Spriggan)ĭUB: Not Available for free / rent.

Director : Katsuhiro Otomo ( Akira, Memories, Spriggan)

Steamboy anime