Related anime:
Steamboy 2 (movie)
(sequel)
Alternative title:
La Maquina de Vapor (Spanish)
スチ?ムボ?イ (Japanese)
Genres:
adventure
,
drama
,
science fiction
Themes:
Historical
,
Military
,
Steampunk
Age rating:
Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary:
Ray is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19
th
century. Shortly before the first ever Great Exhibition, a marvelous invention called the "Steam Ball," behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Lloid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious O'Hara Foundation has sent men to aquire the Steam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends.
Video:
User Ratings:
1053 ratings have been given [
details
]
Masterpiece: 83 votes
(sub:40, dub:38, edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
Excellent: 211 votes
(dub:103, sub:94, Spa.sub:3, Dut.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Swe.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, raw:1, Fre.dub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1)
Very good: 282 votes
(sub:147, dub:122, Spa.dub:4, raw:2, Spa.sub:2, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, ?:1, Fre.dub:1)
Good: 246 votes
(sub:123, dub:97, Ger.dub:3, raw:3, Fre.sub:3, Spa.dub:3, edit.dub:2, Por.sub:2, Dut.sub:2, Ita.dub:2, Ger.sub:2, Swe.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, ?:1, Spa.sub:1, Fre.dub:0)
Decent: 114 votes
(sub:73, dub:30, Fre.sub:2, Fre.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, raw:0, Pol.sub:0)
So-so: 51 votes
(sub:25, dub:21, ?:2, Fre.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Dan.sub:1)
Not really good: 31 votes
(sub:20, dub:10, Dut.sub:1)
Weak: 21 votes
(sub:17, dub:2, Ger.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
Bad: 11 votes
(dub:3, sub:3, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, Ita.dub:1)
Awful: 2 votes
(sub:1, dub:1)
Worst ever: 1 vote
(sub:1)
Seen
in part or in whole by 1737 users, rank: #291
Median rating:
Very good
Arithmetic mean:
7.4788 (Good+.47), std. dev.: 1.6796, rank: #987
Weighted mean:
7.3912 (Good+.39), rank: #887
Bayesian estimate:
7.39224 (Good+.39), rank: #682
Running time:
106 minutes
126 minutes
Production cost:
￥2,400,000,000
Vintage:
2004-07-17
2005-08-24 (Brazil - DVD)
2007-02 (Superland Latin America)
2007-09-22 (Cadena Tres Mexico)
Premiere date:
2004-07-17 (Japan)
2005-01-20 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2005-03-18 (USA)
Ending Theme:
"Ray's Theme" by ???
Comment:
The 126 minute version is the "directors cut." No English dub is available for the 126 minute version.
Related reviews:
Steamboy
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