Steamboy (Suchîmubôi) (2004)

Posted : 2 months, 2 weeks ago at Sep 11 0:35

Katsuhiro Ōtomo's follow-up to his landmark feature, Akira. Some of the tightest integration between CGI & 2-D animation on film. The detail in this movie is just about about perfect, and it's English language version was treated exceptionally well, so that the dialogue flows alot more smoothly than the translations that are found in most other anime films. Multiple viewings are required to just capture & appreciate all the beautifully intricate designs. Plus, one of my favorite things about Steamboy, is the way that, even though the human figures are still drawn in the typical manga style, there's still a strong more western "realism" to the caricature element to their design, that it adds alot more weight to their forms. The end result is that it allows them to integrate into the ...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago at Jun 12 6:06

You know, I rented it because I just thought it was something I had to see. I am pretty sure there is some deep meaning and undertone to the whole thing, but I never really catch those, and if I do I dont really care. It was a pretty awesome movie, but it was more oriented towards a younger audience, so it had a few things that just bored me. Some of the effects looked like a combination between animation and CGI, or the whole movie was done in CGI (Which would mean it was very good CGI). And the effects themselves where amamzing, with lots of action, backstabing, family quarrels, and explosions. The only issue I really had is that some of the machines where not all that amazing. Yeah, this was set in the late 1800s and it was steam powered, but you can come up with something better that w...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 9 months ago at Feb 21 14:11

If Jerry Bruckheimer produced anime this is what it would be like. The animation was visually stunning at times, but this thing is cheesier than the fifteen year old sock I just found under my bed.


Rating : 1/10