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Steamboy (movie)

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Related anime:
    Steamboy 2 (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
La Máquina de Vapor (Spanish)
スチームボーイ (Japanese)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Ray is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the first ever Great Exhibition, a marvelous invention called the "Steam Ball," behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Lloid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious O'Hara Foundation has sent men to aquire the Steam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends.
Video:
User Ratings: 1175 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 92 votes (sub:43, dub:43, edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 227 votes (dub:107, sub:106, Spa.sub:3, Dut.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Swe.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, raw:1, Fre.dub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 318 votes (sub:166, dub:137, Spa.dub:4, Spa.sub:4, raw:2, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, ?:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Good: 276 votes (sub:138, dub:108, Spa.dub:5, edit.dub:3, Ger.dub:3, raw:3, Fre.sub:3, Por.sub:2, Dut.sub:2, Ita.dub:2, Ger.sub:2, Swe.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, ?:1, Ita.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Fre.dub:0)
 Decent: 125 votes (sub:81, dub:32, Fre.sub:2, Fre.dub:2, Spa.sub:2, Ger.dub:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:0, Pol.sub:0)
 So-so: 59 votes (sub:28, dub:26, ?:2, Fre.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Dan.sub:1)
 Not really good: 32 votes (sub:21, dub:10, Dut.sub:1)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:18, dub:7, Ger.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:5, dub:4, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1922 users, rank: #300
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.4373 (Good+.43), std. dev.: 1.719, rank: #1052
Weighted mean: 7.3519 (Good+.35), rank: #948
Bayesian estimate: 7.35342 (Good+.35), rank: #764
Running time:
106 minutes
126 minutes
Production cost: ¥2,400,000,000
Vintage:
2004-07-17
2005-08-24 (Brazil - DVD)
2007-02 (Superland Latin America)
2007-09-22 (Cadena Tres Mexico)
Premiere date:
2004-07-17 (Japan)
2005-01-20 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2005-03-18 (USA)
Releases: We have 3
Ending Theme:
"Ray's Theme" by ???
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
The 126 minute version is the "directors cut." No English dub is available for the 126 minute version. 
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Related releases:
    Steamboy - Motion Picture CD Soundtrack (DVD) 2005-03-08 (from $14.98)
    Steamboy - Director's Cut (DVD) 2005-07-26 (from $11.74)
    Steamboy - Gift Set (DVD) 2005-07-26
    Steamboy Box Set with Memories (DVD) 2005-07-26 (from $31.99)
    Steamboy - Ani-Manga (GN 1) 2005-11-01 (from $14.99)
    Steamboy - Ani-Manga (GN 2) 2006-03-14 (from $14.99)
    Steamboy (Novel 1) 2005-12-06 (from $13.49)
    Steamboy Director's Cut (UMD) 2005-07-26 (from $13.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Script: Katsuhiro Otomo

Screenplay: Sadayuki Murai

Music: Steve Jablonsky

Original creator: Katsuhiro Otomo

Art director: Shinji Kimura

Animation director: Shinji Takagi

Mechanical design: Makoto Kobayashi

Sound director: Keiichi Momose

Cgi director: Hiroaki Ando

Executive producer: Shigeru Watanabe

Chief Key-Animation Supervisor: Tatsuya Tomaru

Digital Composite Chief: Mitsuhiro Sato

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

Effect Key-Animation Supervisor: Takashi Hashimoto

Key Animation: Sushio

Technical director: Shinichi Matsumi

 

Anne Suzuki as Ray Steam

Katsuo Nakamura as Lloyd Steam (Ray's Grand Father)

Manami Konishi as Scarlett O'Hara

Masane Tsukayama as Eddie Steam (Ray's Father)

Ikki Sawamura as Dave

Kiyoshi Kodama as Robert Stephnson

Susumu Terajima as Fredy

Yumiko Kobayashi as Alex

Sanae Kobayashi

Japanese companies 

Animation: Studio 4°C

Distributor: TOHO

Production:
Studio 4°C (Pilot Film)
Sunrise

English staff 
English cast 

Voice Direction: Rick Zieff

 

Anna Paquin as Ray Steam

Alfred Molina as Eddie Steam

Kari Wahlgren as Scarlett O'Hara

Patrick Stewart as Lloyd Steam

David Lee as Jason

Kim Thompson as Mother

Kim Thomson as John

Mark Bramhall as Alfred

Moira Quirk as
Alex
Thomas

Oliver Cotton as Stephenson

Oliver Muirhead as Admiral

Paula Jane Newman as
Emma
Henry

Rick Zieff as Simon

Robin Atkin Downes as David

English companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Asia

Licensed by:
Domo Records (Soundtrack)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Viz Media (novelization)

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Mathias Kozlowski

 

Maxime Nivet as James Ray Steam

Camille Donda as Scarlett O'Hara St Johns

Pierre Baton as Lloyd Steam

Pierre Dourlens as Edward Steam

Adeline Chetail as Emma

Guillaume Lebon as David

Marc Alfos as Peter

Maxime Baudoin as Thomas

Michel Favory as Alfred

Michel Tugot-Doris as Archibald Simon

Philippe Dumond as Robert Stephenson

Rosine Cadoret as Mme Steam

Vincent Grass as M. Kerrigan

William Sabatier as Roi d'Angleterre

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Canal +
CinéFamiz (from 16 December 2007)
TPS Star (from July 2007)
Virgin 17

Distributor: Columbia Tristar Film Distributors International (France)

Dubbing: Ubik Films

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Angel de Gracia as Ray Steam (Spain dub)

Adrià Frías as Lloyd Steam (Spain dub)

Ricky Coello as Eddie Steam (Spain dub)

Alberto Mieza as David (Spain dub)

Claudio Velazquez as James Ray Steam

Enric Isasi-Isasmeni as Sr. Kerrigan (Spain dub) 

Irwin Daayan as david

Jordi Royo as Jason (Spain dub)

Juana Beuter as Ray's Mother (Spain dub)

Paco Gázquez as Robert Stephenson (Spain dub)

Vicky Martínez as
Cliff (Spain dub)
Queen of England (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Cadena Tres (Mexico)
Superland (Latin America)

Distributor:
LK-TEL (Chile | DVD)
Sony Pictures Mexico (Mexico)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Vittorio De Angelis

Dialogues: Vittorio De Angelis

Dubbing Assistant: Silvia Alpi

 

Flavio Aquilone as Ray Steam

Angelo Nicotra as Eddie Steam

Giorgio Lopez as Lloyd Steam

Maria Letizia Scifoni as Scarlett

Roberto Chevalier as David

Sandro Jovino as Robert Stevenson

Italian companies 

Distributor: Columbia Tristar

Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Tim Schwarzmaier as Ray Steam

Christian Tramitz as Eddie Steam

Gabriele Pietermann as Scarlett O'Hara

Philipp Brammer as David

Walter von Hauff as Robert Stevenson

Thomas Fritsch as James Lloyd Steam

German companies 

Distributor: Columbia/Tristar Home Entertaiment


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Dutch cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: MC Entertainment

Russian cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Imperial CinePix

Polish cast 
(none)

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 
(none)

Gustavo Pereira as Ray Steam

Elcio Romar as Edward Steam

Isac Bardavid as Lloyd Steam

Lina Mendes as Scarlett O'Hara

Clécio Souto as David

Jorge Vasconcellos as Robert Stephenson

Mauro Ramos as Simon

Portuguese companies 

Dubbing Studio: Cinevídeo

 
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