Steamboy

Steamboy
Japanese theatrical poster
Directed byKatsuhiro Otomo
Screenplay by
  • Sadayuki Murai
  • Katsuhiro Otomo
Story byKatsuhiro Otomo
Produced by
  • Shinji Komori
  • Hideyuki Tomioka
Starring
CinematographyMitsuhiro Satô
Edited byTakeshi Seyama
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 17, 2004 (2004-07-17) (Japan)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
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.