Steamboy boils

I went to see Steamboy today which I enjoyed. It's a Jap-anime set in 19th century Britain with the central character being a teenage boy who is given a revolutionary power source.

I particularly liked the Victorian backgrounds of London, Northern factories & cottages. The mix of drawn cells and CGI. I was fortunate to see the uncut 123 minute version although I felt it to be a little long.

The scenes of "steam-punk" machinery were a joy.

One aspect I did not like was the extended moralising on the uses of science, including for warfare and the evils of captialism in its exploitation of science.

Apparently, Patrick Stewart and Alfred Molina are the star voice actors in the dubbed & cut US version.