From the leader in animé Katsuhiro Otomo comes his first feature-length directorial project since his breakthrough film AKIRA. Ten years in the making, with a total budget of $22 million, STEAMBOY is the most expensive Japanese animé production ever. A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian England, STEAMBOY features an inventor prodigy named Ray Steam, who receives a mysterious metal ball containing a new form of energy capable of powering an entire nation, the Steam Ball. Young Ray Steam must use the Steam Ball to fight evil, redeem his family, and save London from destruction.