Steamboy

Steamboy
Original Title	スチームボーイ (Suchīmubōi)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Todd-AO Studios Sound One Corp
Voice Director	Rick Zieff
Translation & Adaptation	Marc Handler
Recorded	2004
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	2004

Steamboy (スチームボーイ Suchīmubōi) is a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk action film produced by Sunrise, and directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira. The film was released in Japan on July 17, 2004. Steamboy is one of the most expensive Japanese animated movies made to date. Additionally, the film was in production for ten years and utilized more than 180,000 drawings and 440 CG cuts.

Synopsis Ray is a young wunderkind inventor living in Victorian England. His life is turned upside down when he receives a special package hailing from the United States, sent by his grandfather, Lloyd Steam. The package contains a device called a Steam Ball, a device so powerful that it can drive any machine that requires steam with a nearly limitless amount of energy. Ray is instructed to not let the Steam Ball fall into the wrong hands, which include the mighty O'Hara Foundation, who desperately want to bring the Steam Ball back into their control so they can achieve their less than noble goals. He will need to use every bit of his brilliance in order to dodge the countless goons that are sent to snatch the device from him. It will be a battle between good and evil, a battle for redemption, a battle for the future!

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	James Ray Steam	Anne Suzuki	Anna Paquin
	Lloyd Steam	Katsuo Nakamura	Patrick Stewart
	Edward "Eddy" Steam	Masane Tsukayama	Alfred Molina
	Scarlett O'Hara	Manami Konishi	Kari Wahlgren
	Robert Stephenson	Kiyoshi Kodama	Oliver Cotton
	Archibald Simon	Satoru Sato	Rick Zieff
	David	Ikki Sawamura	Robin Atkin Downes
	Emma	Sanae Kobayashi	Paula Jane Newman
	Thomas	Aiko Hibi	Moira Quirk
	Mrs. Steam	Keiko Aizawa	Kim Thomson
	Alfred	Susumu Terajima	Mark Bramhall
	Jason	Tetsu Inada	David S. Lee
	Admiral Woodcock	Osamu Saka	Oliver Muirhead

Additional Voices

• Rosalind Ayres
• Robin Atkin Downes
• Richard Fox - Factory Manager
• William Hootkins
• Peter Lavin
• Paula Jane Newman - Henry, Additional Voices
• Kevin Owers - Pete
• Moira Quirk - Alex, Cliff, Additional Voices
• Alan Shearman
• Julian Stone
• Kim Thomson - John, Additional Voices
• Rick Zieff

Notes

• When the film was released in American theaters, the English dubbed version was cut by 15 minutes. All home video releases restore the deleted scenes.
  • However, the home video release replaces the English end credits from the dubbed theatrical version with the original Japanese credits. Because of this, the voice cast is uncredited on the video releases.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2006	Encore Action	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	2005		1 NTSC	United States
Manga Entertainment	2017		B DVB-T	United Kingdom
Umbrella Entertainment	2019		0 DVB-T	Australia

External Links

• Steamboy at the Internet Movie Database
• Steamboy (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia