

There is also a letter instructing Ray to guard it and get it to Robert Stephenson. Inside the package is the metallic ball from the accident, accompanied by its schematics.

Ray's life is disrupted by the arrival of a package from his grandfather. At home, where he lives with his mother, he also works on a personal steam-powered monowheel. Three years later in Manchester, Edward's son Ray is an avid inventor who works at a textile mill as a maintenance boy. A strange ball-like apparatus is also seen being "born" from the destruction. An experiment in Russian Alaska goes horribly wrong, and Edward is engulfed in freezing gas. The story opens in 1863, where Lloyd and Edward Steam have discovered a pure mineral water that they believe can be harnessed and used as an ultimate power source in steam engines. Steamboy is set in 19th century England, but employs an alternate history. The film was finally released to Japanese theaters on July 17, 2004, and was released in the United States on March 18, 2005. The film was in production for 10 years and utilized more than 180,000 drawings and 440 CG cuts. Steamboy is a film directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo.
