DVD
Steamboy = Suchīmubōi
Call Number
- DVD ANIMATION (CEN)
Edition
Director's cut. ; Widescreen version.
Languages
In dubbed English, Japanese, dubbed French, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed Portuguese; with optional English, French, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Japanese language voices: Anne Suzuki, Masane Tsukayama, Katsuo Nakamura.
Publication Information
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for action violence.
Summary
In 19th century England, young Ray Steam receives a Steam Ball, a mysterious, powerful device, from his inventor grandfather. Governments and businesses around the world covet Ray's Steam Ball, and he finds himself in a murderous conflict over its possession. He's also caught between his father, who builds terrible weapons for an American arms merchant, and his grandfather, who believes science should improve people's lives.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features: "Re-voicing 'Steamboy" featurette; interview with Katsuhiro Ōtomo; multi-screen landscape study; ending montage; production drawings; animation onion skins.
Subjects
- Technology > Moral and ethical aspects > Drama.
- Technological innovations > Drama.
- Boys > Drama.
- Conflict of generations > Drama.
- Fathers > Drama.
- Grandfathers > Drama.
- Weapons industry > Drama.
- Avarice > Drama.
- Criminal behavior > Drama.
- Animated films.
- Science fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.