Steamboy (2004)
Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
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What critics compared Steamboy to
That was the seminal Akira, a dystopian epic of cyber-punk futurism that merged out-of-control youthful rebellion with telekinetic, apocalyptic rage.
It's been 17 years since Katsuhiro ïtomo directed the apocalyptic animé classic "Akira," and his eye for dazzling animated detail is still strong with this adventure.
Now, after watching "Steamboy," Japanimation icon Katsuhiro ("Akira") Otomo's visually resplendent sci-fi adventure set in Victorian England and Korean director Moon Sang Kim's recent, futuristic "Sky Blue," I've figured out what that footage gets used for.
It's admittedly harder to treat steam power with the same degree of seriousness as, say, atomic energy, but director and co-writer Katsuhiro Otomo, best known for directing 1988's dazzling "Akira" and writing 2001's similarly brilliant "Metropolis," manages the task with impressive dexterity, taking an incremental approach to suspending audience disbelief rather than the usual anime practice of instantly plunging viewers into a strange or alien environment.