Steamboy

Steamboy
Japanese theatrical poster
Directed by	Katsuhiro Otomo
Screenplay by	Sadayuki Murai Katsuhiro Otomo[1]
Story by	Katsuhiro Otomo[1]
Produced by	Shinji Komori Hideyuki Tomioka[1]
Starring	Anne Suzuki Manami Konishi Katsuo Nakamura Masane Tsukayama
Cinematography	Mitsuhiro Satô
Edited by	Takeshi Seyama[2]
Music by	Steve Jablonsky
Production companies	Sunrise Bandai Visual[2]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	July 17, 2004 (2004-07-17) (Japan)
Running time	126 minutes[2]
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 produced by Sunrise and directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release as a director, following Akira (1988). The film was released in Japan by Toho on July 17, 2004.

Steamboy was the most expensive Japanese anime film up until then 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.