Steamboy
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“Victorian boy inherits mysterious steam ball, hunted by O'Hara Foundation across industrial Britain.”
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Victorian boy inherits mysterious steam ball, hunted by O'Hara Foundation across industrial Britain.
In the Victorian era, the British Empire is bustling with the energy of the steam-powered industrial revolution. Following in the footsteps of his famous family of inventors, James Ray Steam enjoys his youth in Manchester helping at local factories and stealing components for his own creations. One day, he receives a package containing a strange ball with an attached valve from his grandfather, who has been working in the United States alongside Ray's father. However, it is not long before people from the O'Hara Foundation storm into his house demanding he hand it over. Confused and afraid, Ray attempts to flee to the home of his grandfather's colleague, Robert Stephenson, with pursuers hot on his trail. While Ray seeks to piece together the secret of the ball and discover the power it contains, it seems practically everyone in the British Empire is ready to seize it from him.
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Community consensus
Derived from 30 sampled reviews
7.2/10
Score distribution
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σ 1.90 · split reception
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4.3 ptsRecommenders 8.3 · others 4.0
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0.83Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7/10 “Spectacular artwork and animation make this movie a visual feast, but the story and characters never reach the same heights. While enjoyable enough to watch, it ultimately falls short of the magic...”
- 7/10 “The machine aspect with its constant movement was the most engaging element, and focusing on the family of geniuses made it easier to root for the protagonist. However, despite being a good idea in...”
- 9/10 “This is a steampunk anime that delivers exactly what genre fans crave, serving as both entertainment and an accessible introduction to steampunk for the curious. Its main flaw is that it sticks to...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Steamboy begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-0531
- Format
- 1 × 126′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 2h 06m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jul 2004 – Jul 2004
- Summer 2004
- Source
- Movie
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-0531
- catalog