![]() The late 19th century Victorian era Britain combined with the "steampunk" genre crafts a world that is unique, fantastic and nigh-believable at the same time. Steamboy is without a doubt one of the more impressively visual anime movies I have ever been privy to and every scene is as breathtaking as the next. I suppose you could compare it to a long time Star Wars fans initial reaction to Episode I and all its horridness, but I digress. Really it's an unfair comparison to put Steamboy and Akira on the same page, but considering they were both from the mind of Otomo one would hold hope the same quality would be consistent. Otomo's masterpiece Akira was the movie that first introduced me to anime and naturally it holds a lot of nostalgia value. I've wanted to see this film for a long time and while I wasn't totally disappointed with Steamboy, I have to admit that I wasn't very thrilled either. As many other projects have shown, hype can either make or break you because if expectations are too high you run the risk of the audience being inevitably disappointed. ![]() When a film has been in production for ten years and is being lead by a prominent director such as Katsuhiro Otomo, it naturally gains a lot of hype.
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