Steamboy
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| Directed by | Katsuhiro Otomo |
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| Story by | Katsuhiro Otomo |
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| Cinematography | Mitsuhiro Satô |
| Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
| Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥2.4 billion ($26 million) |
| Box office | $18.9 million |
Steamboy (Japanese: スチームボーイ, Hepburn: Suchīmubōi) is a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk action film directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Sunrise, it is his second major anime as a director, following Akira (1988). The film was released in Japan by Toho on July 17, 2004.
Steamboy was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced, with a ¥2.4 billion ($26 million) production budget, having been in production for ten years and utilizing more than 180,000 drawings and 440 CG cuts.