Steamboy

Director: OTOMO Katsuhiro
2004, Animation Division, 126'
Jury Recommended Works, 8th Japan Media Arts Festival
© 2004 KATSUHIRO OTOMO, MASH ROOM / STEAMBOY COMMITTEE

The film, OTOMO's second major film following Akira, is set against the backdrop of the World Exposition in 1850s London; "Steamboy" is the story of Ray Steam, the youngest in a family of inventors who seek to transform Steam Power into a nearly limitless source of energy.