Most expensive film anime

According to Official Guinness Records,

The budget for Katsuhiro Otomo's (Japan) Steamboy (Japan, 2004) anime is estimated to have reached 2.4 billion Yen ($20 million;£12 million), making it the most expensive animated movie in Japanese history. Set in Victorian England, Steamboy is a retro science fiction saga in which a powerful new energy source is released into the midst of the steam age.

For a complete list of 2004 records, please visit 2004 Guinness Records in Japan.

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