Lastly, most of the other characters in the film seem absolutely non-plussed with death. Suddenly he turns into this confused maniac. Just what does he actually wish to accomplish? If it's "to provide power to the world" like he indicates near the start of the war, then he doesn't partiularly go about it very well. Dr Edwards is also another annoying character, and highly confused.
Althroughout the film she goes on living in her own little world where she has everything done for her and done her way even when she's walking through the middle of a war! It's this extremity to her characters that makes you look away in disgust at how badly she has been designed for the movie. She is so annoying, so stuck up, and so deserving to get a grenade shoved down her throat that I cannot believe she represents the "heroine". But Scartlett - oh my god one of the worst female counterparts I have ever seen. The lead character is a nice enough dude, reminiscent of Pazu from Castle In The Sky. From confused, to annoying, to downright underdeveloped, it's a bit of a mishmosh. Lastly, although looking superb, this general story is far from original, and has appeared before in many films, in far more complicated and interesting ways. Another gripe with the story is the lack of explanation for what the Steam Ball actually does and the theories behind how it works. But the whole time I'm thinking "so what? What are you gonna do with a thing like that? It can't even shoot anything.". So why all the fuss over it being able to move about? It's creater Dr Edwards apparently just goes all insane over it for being this uber-sized machine that can move. But is it a weapon? Err, I don't think so. For one thing, there appears to be absolutely no point of the Steam Tower as anything other than a power provider, but the whole last hour of the film is dedicated to watching it move about and crash into things whilst implying that it's so important because of this mobility feature. The story is where the first of the major gripes come in. Believe me when I say that I would usually NEVER say this, but I think I wanna see this film with english-dubbed voices, simply because the whole feel of the film is as far from Japanese as possible.
The sound, whilst providing awesome sound effects and an even-more-awesome dramatic score to the film, have 2 minor flaws: firstly, the voice of Scarlett is absoultely one of the worst female voices ever and secondly, with such a rich english backdrop to the film, it feels almost wrong that the film is in Japanese. There is also some amusing resemblance of Akira characters in the looks of some of Steamboy's characters, whilst the Steam Tower and general feel remind me of Laputa from Castle In The Sky. Coupled with not-too-shoddy animation (noticibly improving as the film goes on however), the breathtaking rollercoaster action sequences and gloriously atmospheric settings (both inside the Steam Tower and out in London & Manchester), faulting the visuals is being pedantic. So much of the artwork dazzles you that at times there is simply TOO MUCH to take in. Starting with the visuals, I cannot emphasize enough the magnificent scale and grandieur. SIMILAR TO: (Laputa) Castle In The Sky Akira Generally if an original work (原作) credit is given, it will be to the studio, or director, or other members of the production team., science fiction Science fiction stories usually focus on how situations could be different in the future when we are more technologically advanced due to either our own achievements or having met with other civilizations whom we have learned from., steampunk Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery, especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century. It often contains a lot of shooting, explosions and fighting., new Not based on anything, the story is a new work, usually made up by the people involved in creating the anime. Action Action anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force.
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