For collectors, the Steamboy anime DVD/Blu-ray releases are prized for the "Otomo Interviews"—extensive documentaries where the director explains his obsession with drawing "the space between metal parts."
The movie begins with Ray Steam, a brilliant and resourceful young inventor who lives with his aunt, a kind and wise woman who has raised him since his parents' death. Ray's life takes a dramatic turn when he receives a letter from his estranged father, Dr. Archimedes Steam, a renowned scientist who has been working on a top-secret project. The letter leads Ray to a hidden laboratory beneath his home, where he discovers the Steam Boy, a steam-powered robotic engine that his father had been developing. steamboy anime