This is the finest animation I have ever seen. What totally gobsmacked me was the animation. Scarlett is my favorite character and is modeled from the Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Jones a 14 year old a who is the spoiled rotten, self possessed, chairman of the company that is sponsoring Lloyd Steams development of an advance steam engine. The story is about Lloyd Steam and his son Edward, and centers on Edwards son Ray. This genera can also be seen in Howl's Moving Castle. Steamboy takes place alternate Victorian UK where steam power technology has developed to a advanced level. The Japanese version, as usual, has scenes that have been edited out of the American release. I have seen the US release and I enjoyed it, the plot is not really remarkable it takes place in Victorian London at the time of the Great Exposition celebrated at the Crystal Palace starting in 1854. At the time it was the most expensive such anime ever made. I finally landed the Japanese (fan-sub English subtitles) Blu-Ray release of Steamboy (2004).

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