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	Steamboy - Review - Anime News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Steamboy outclasses all of Otomo's other films and most of his competitors' films; this is an instant classic, something to be loved and remembered by audiences of every shape and size.
		Steamboy could easily lose 10 minutes or so off the end, but those 10 minutes don't cripple the film in any significant way; the fact that this is the film's lone flaw says more in its favor than against it.
		Steamboy is a masterpiece, something that should be celebrated in theaters, loved by anime fans, non-fans and families alike; don't miss this, not for the world.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /review/steamboy (1504 words)

	Steamboy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Steamboy (2004), is director Katsuhiro Otomo's second major (anime) release, following Akira.
		As evidenced by one of the early production sketches, Steamboy was envisioned as an amalgam between a Frank Reade Scientific Romance; a swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks cliffhanger (similar to The Rocketeer); and a Republic Pictures serial (similar to The Wild Wild West and Indiana Jones).
		The next day, two Steamboys are saving the zeppelin airships from destruction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steamboy (3300 words)

	village voice > film > Steamboy by J. Hoberman
		Steamboy's world is no less techno-driven; indeed, its sense of industrialized nature may be even more redolent of what Frederic Jameson termed the Hysterical Sublime, except that soot is the new (or rather old) neon.
		Steamboy's narrative, such as it is, has something to do with the O'Haras, a gang of WMD-building, war-profiteering capitalists conspiring to exploit a rival gang of technologically advanced anti-capitalists (you couldn't really call them socialists), including old man Lloyd.
		Steamboy doesn't have the deep melancholia or the visionary élan of last year's Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
	www.villagevoice.com /film/0511,hoberman1,62098,20.html (691 words)

	Midnight Eye review: Steamboy (Katsuhiro OTOMO - 2004)
		The resulting film is a succession of action set pieces that grow increasingly spectacular and increasingly noisy as the film progresses, culminating in a ridiculously drawn-out, 45-minute climax that packs in so many explosions that the viewer quickly grows annoyed at first and bored soon after.
		To be fair, the visual design of Steamboy is very impressive in its minute attention to details in both the backgrounds and the actual animated objects.
		If only they had spent a fraction of that time on the script, because now Steamboy is nothing more than the work of a few great craftsmen wasted on a cookie-cutter story padded out to two hours with lots of explosions.
	www.midnighteye.com /reviews/steamboy.shtml (562 words)

	Suchîmubôi (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Steamboy has such a rare quality of production values that it almost merits a viewing for the aesthetics alone.
		But there is a story to the film; and although the hardcore fans of Otomo may have been expecting something a little deeper, and although the pacing and characterization is notably flawed, it still stands as an extremely fun yarn with no shortage of what you'd expect from a classic action/adventure flick.
		Essentially, Steamboy crams too many action set pieces and grand ideas into a story too lightweight to fully support them, and the plot suffers because of it.
	imdb.com /title/tt0348121 (561 words)

	Steamboy (2005): Reviews
		Steamboy doesn't have the deep melancholia or the visionary élan of last year's Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
		Steamboy adds a touch of innocent wonder to the formula through Ray's eyes, resulting in Otomo's most human film to date, but humanity rarely seems to be among Otomo's priorities.
		Much of Steamboy is actually reminiscent of "Wild Wild West," with a giant moving tower substituting for the giant spider, and the personalities of Will Smith and Kevin Kline being replaced by.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/steamboy (950 words)

	Japanese Movie Review \| Steamboy (2004) Katsuhiro Ôtomo
		"Steamboy" is supposedly the culmination of almost a decade of work by Otomo and his production crew, and the result has the feel of a movie that's been tinkered and meddled with for far too long, like a certain prequel trilogy you might have heard about.
		While "Steamboy" is not terrible, it feels safe and generic, offering no surprises and playing out exactly as you'd expect.
		"Steamboy" is just another cautionary tale of the dangers inherent in scientific advances, with the steam ball obviously filling in for nuclear energy, genetic research, etc.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/steamboy.htm (928 words)

	Steamboy: Director's Cut Gift Set (2005)
		Steamboy will be brought to life with an outstanding ensemble voiceover cast including Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, and Alfred Molina.
		One could gripe that the Steamboy character himself has little to do — he doesn’t appear until the last quarter of the flick — but the movie sets him up well and gives us more than enough distractions until that point.
		Steamboy appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /steamboy.shtml (2238 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Steamboy [2004]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		But it was not until 2004 that Ôtomo helmed "Steamboy" and left himself open to the inevitable comparisons of this two-hour anime with the classics in the field in which he had a major hand.
		That alone justifies a different look to "Steamboy," and the chief attraction for this anime are the hand-drawn animation, enhanced by computers, of the massive machines of gears and pistons.
		But there is another interesting consequences to the setting of "Steamboy," which is that for the first time with a Japanese anime I am recommending that you listen to the English audio track rather than the Japanese.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007XMLSY (1819 words)

	Striking visuals power 'Steamboy' - The Boston Globe
		But ''Steamboy" is no less frenzied or technology-obsessed than ''Akira." If anything, it's even noisier: trains crash, gears clash, and a humongous climactic battle of future weaponry erupts in central London.
		The problem with ''Steamboy" -- and it's a big one -- is that it fetishizes what it rails against, in the same way boys playing war shy away from a real fight while inventing ever more baroque scenarios of belligerence.
		That playground chauvinism also surfaces in Scarlett (Manami Konishi/Kari Wahlgren), the spoiled young heiress of the O'Hara millions and the one notable female character in ''Steamboy." She is, not to put too fine a point on it, absolutely horrid, and she'll leave girls in the audience with no way into the tale.
	www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2005/03/18/striking_visuals_power_steamboy (827 words)

	Steamboy: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Scientific romance is an archaic name for what is now known as the science fiction genre....
		Steamboy was spoofed in an Ed, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Ray becomes Steamboy and he goes there to fight Edward.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/steamboy.htm (3084 words)

	Steamboy Movie Review at Hollywood Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Written by Sadayuki Muri (Cowboy Bebop), Steamboy is fairly bursting at the seams with narrative elements: father-son conflicts, warnings about the dangers of capitalism run amuck, and intrigue galore.
		It doesn't help that Steamboy is also burdened with a grating heroine in bratty Scarlett O'Hara (yes, that's her name), the foundation heiress who becomes Ray's ally.
		Equally impressive is the array of weaponry he has invented for the occasion: mechanical soldiers, tanks, deadly dirigibles, and other flying machinery, and the steam castle itself, which like Hayao Miyazaki's recent Howl's Moving Castle, is no ordinary building tethered to the ground.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=140458 (1633 words)

	Amazon.com: Steamboy (UMD Mini For PSP): DVD: Steamboy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Steamboy is being released in a dubbed version that's been shortened by 20 minutes, and a more satisfying subtitled version that preserves Otomo's original pacing.
		Steamboy is the first movie directed by a giant from Japanese anime Katsuhiro Otomo since his ground breaking movie Akira from 16 years ago.
		Steamboy presents a fascinating intersection of history and sci-fi as its backdrop.
	www.amazon.com /Steamboy-UMD-Mini-PSP/dp/B0009P42TG (3762 words)

	Steamboy
		I write this review of Steamboy based off of the theatrical dub version, which is missing 20 minutes of footage.
		Steamboy requires nothing from the audience, and the only philosophical concept running through the film is "war is a bad use of good science," which is really only a token expression of anything meaningful.
		Though Steamboy took nearly ten years to reach the silver screen, the time it spent in limbo should have contributed more to its weight.
	www.theanimereview.com /reviews/steamboy.html (1390 words)

	Suchîmubôi (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		'Steamboy', the groundbreaking new film from the makers of 'Akira' represents the new benchmark in Japanese animation.
		While the underlying story that science should be used to benefit mankind and not to wage war is somewhat bland, it is the animation that captivates.
		This is the highlight of 'Steamboy', the world is alive and so detailed.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0348121 (476 words)

	Steamboy
		The PR machine is gushing about Steamboy’s ten year timeline and a squillion dollar budget, (which honestly suggests a juggernaut rather than proof of concept).
		Steamboy’s particularly fat back-end halts any character development in favour of spectacle, and although truly impressive, it is paradoxically hard to maintain interest.
		Steamboy is an action adventure in which the term ‘rollicking’ and ‘rollercoaster’ seem easily grafted.
	www.heroic-cinema.com /reviews/steamboy (466 words)

	Steamboy - Movie Review - Stylus Magazine
		With the release of Steamboy Otomo returns to direction with his first feature film in seventeen years.
		Steamboy’s fate may not be as grim as that considering its chances as a commercial breakthrough were slim anyway, but that doesn’t stop it from being a largely entertaining film.
		In fact, a lot of the themes explored in Steamboy are less complex reworkings of ideas first presented in Akira: men going mad with power, technology advancing beyond human control.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=1536 (828 words)

	Steamboy movie,trailer,review,pics,pictures,poster,news,DVD at The Z Review
		Steamboy will be released in the U.K. on R2 DVD on the 27th July 2005.
		Steamboy will be released in the U.K. on R2 DVD on the 25th July 2005.
		Steamboy tells the story of a young inventor who receives a mysterious "steam ball" from his American grandfather - and discovers its devastating power.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/s/steamboy.htm (482 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Steamboy (also w/gift set)
		The one that fascinated me the most is the "Re-voicing Steamboy" feature since it's like the Disney ones that has the actors talking about coming into something that they either knew about previously or not.
		For some reason I never ended up catching Steamboy in the theater since practically all the films that are released theatrically in regards to anime end up in the Boston area at some point.
		Steamboy is a film that runs just a bit too long for my tastes but has some really nice ideas inside of it but at the end really doesn't present anything new to the table.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/4269.php (2072 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- STEAMBOY
		At the center of the story is the youngest family member, James Ray Steam, who carries on the family legacy of harnessing the power of steam began by his grandfather Lloyd and continued by his father Eddie.
		STEAMBOY is an impressive sight to behold with its mixture of traditional cell and 3D animated styles.
		STEAMBOY is one of those DVDs that is certain to give one’s home theater system a genuine workout, as the sound design brings to life all of the outlying channels, starting with the film’s opening moments and it doesn’t let up until STEAMBOY is finished unspooling.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2005/sb-dc-gs-dvd.htm (836 words)

	Animation Nation Bulletin Board: Steamboy - Incredible Boys Own Adventure!
		Steamboy represents, to me, one of the best animated adventure movies I've ever seen, well over recent attempts like the laudable Sinbad (I enjoyed it) and the unfortunate Disney misfires Treasure Planet and Atlantis.
		Otomo might have snuck a moment or two of philosophy into the picture, but for the most part he shoved intellectual discussion into the background and brought passion and action to the foreground.
		I enjoyed Steamboy, and wondered if his wheel-mobile was actually possible.
	www.animationnation.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=010421 (1193 words)

	Steamboy
		He spent nearly a decade on Steamboy, and unfortunately, while the visuals are stunning, there needs to be a lot more work on the story.
		Steamboy takes place in the late 1800s, as England is beginning to industrialize.
		It all boils down to good guy versus bad guy, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but when Otomo is reaching for higher aspirations, something this simple does not work.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/steamboy.html (584 words)

	Amazon.ca: Steamboy - Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Katsuhiro Otomo,Rosalind Ayres,Oliver Cotton,William ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Steamboy takes a science fiction look at the birth of the steam age, heavy-handedly casting this revolutionary source of power in the light of today's conflict over nuclear energy.
		Steamboy's aforementioned themes about scientific ethics generate a lot of dialogue between its characters, and it appears that Otomo tries to balance all this talk with lengthy action sequences.
		Perhaps Steamboy would be less of a disappointment if its creator wasn't considered by many to be one of the most important names in anime.
	www.amazon.ca /Steamboy-Directors-Widescreen-Katsuhiro-Otomo/dp/B0009P42S2 (2053 words)

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		Katsuhiro Otomo, who wrote and directed the anime Steamboy, is best-known for having written and directed the seminal anime film Akira, which was based on Otomo's manga of the same name.
		Akira was amazing to look at and certainly an eye-opener for anyone who had never seen anime before, but the plot was stupid when it wasn't vacuous, the dialogue was functional at best, and it was impossible to like or care about any of the characters.
		Steamboy, which has even better and more visually astonishing animation and art design than Akira, suffers from the exact same problems with story, dialogue, and characterization.
	www.greenmanreview.com /film/film_steamboy.html (664 words)

	Home Theater & Sound -- Steamboy - ***
		Steamboy isn't a typical animé -- there are no ninjas, no short-skirted schoolgirls, and no giant fighting robots.
		Director Katsuhiro says in an interview that he hopes the Steamboy team will make sequels without him, and under the credits we get what may be the blueprints for those sequels: static scenes from the characters' future lives.
		Steamboy was not very well received by animé fans, possibly because they were expecting another Akira.
	www.hometheatersound.com /dvd/steamboy.htm (1053 words)

	Sound Space: Science Fiction Audio Reviews
		Steamboy is a fast-paced science-fiction adventure based on a classic comic-book story by Sadayuki Murai.
		Steamboy is his sophomore solo effort, after the remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
		Steamboy isn't a psychedelic romp, however, and this first cue soon shifts gears and gets more exciting and intense, with the strings syncopated against pulsing percussion.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue411/sound.html (648 words)

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