Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play From the leader in anime Katsuhiro Otomo (Osamu Tezuka&s Metropolis Memories) 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 anime 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 & save London from destruction With more than 180000 drawings & 400 CG cuts Steamboy is one of the most elaborate animated features ever created Steamboy will be brought to life with an outstanding ensemble voiceover cast including Anna Paquin (X-Men) Patrick Stewart (X-Men) & Alfred Molina (Spider-man 2) Actors Alfred Molina; Anna Paquin; Patrick Stewart; Robin Atkin Downes; Kiyoshi Kodama; Manami Konishi Directors Katsuhiro Otomo Number of discs 1