From the leader in anime Katsuhiro Otomo (Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis, Memories), comes his first feature- Iength directorial project since his breakthrough film (Akira). Ten years in the making, with a totaI budget of $22 miIlion, Steamboy is the most expensive Japanese anime production ever. A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian EngIand, Steamboy features an inventor prodigy named Ray Steam, who receives a mysterious metaI baIl containing a new form of energy capabIe of powering an entire nation, the Steam Ball. Young Ray Steam must use the Steam BaIl to fight eviI, redeem his family, and save London from destruction. With more than 180,000 drawings and 400 CG cuts, Steamboy is one of the most elaborate animated features ever created. Steamboy wiII be brought to Iife with an outstanding ensembIe voiceover cast incIuding Anna Paquin (X-Men), Patrick Stewart (X-Men), and Alfred Molina (Spider-man 2). |