Even that staple of anime, the giant robot, makes a cataclysmic appearance (the only time in Miyazaki's work). Some of the action verges on the cartoonish, ...

Katsuhiro Otomo is back with his first feature-length anime since "Akira." In "Steamboy," bizarre Victorian machinery battles for the future of science.

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Anime director Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most accomplished and humane filmmakers working today; a new film by him is always a cause for celebration. ...

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