2005 Movies : Fantasy

With Katsuhiro Ôtomo • Sadayuki Murai • Susumu Terajima • Kiyoshi Kodama • Manami Konishi • Katsuo Nakamura • Ikki Sawamura • Anne Suzuki • Masatane Tsukayama • Kazumi Kawashiro

A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian England, Steam Boy features an inventor prodigy named Ra Stim who receives a mysterious metal ball containing a new form of energy capable of powering an entire nation. This young boy must use it to fight evil, redeem his family, and save London from destruction. The lush Victorian interiors and the elegance of the era's mechanical design allows Otomo to create dazzling visual backgrounds and machines for this film.