| Tsutsui Yukitaka is a freshman who moved out of his parents' home to live on his own, hoping to pursue a baseball team position at the new high school he's attending. When he arrived at his new apartment however, he discovered that someone else was already inside—a young man who claims to be an alien and is suffering from amnesia. Continue reading Level E [BD 1080p, Dual Audio] |
Plot Summary
Ray is a young inventor living in Great Britain in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the Great Exhibition, a marvellous invention called the Steam Ball, behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Lloyd in the United States. Meanwhile the nefarious Ohara Foundation has sent men to acquire the Steam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own nefarious ends.
Note: This is the most expensive animated film in Japanese history with a budget of some 2.4 billion yen (roughly $20 million). A retro science fiction film that has a very strong sense of design. The fall 2003 release date was pushed back until early 2004 due to Katsuhiro wanting the ending of the movie to be well done. Continue reading Steamboy [10-bit, BD 1080p | BD 720p]