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Number of Episodes5

Language Options English/Japanese/English Subtitles

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- Production Sketches

- Japanese Credit Opening

- Series Trailer

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Steam Detectives Case 2 (DVD)

Orphaned boy detective Narutaki finds himself up against a tour-de-force of thieves, tyrants, and an arch-enemy who may yet prove more than his match! With the city overrun by crooks and villains of all breeds and creeds, Narutaki must protect Steam City at any cost from those who would destroy it with their nefarious desires.

Squaring off against the dastardly schemes of Crimson Scorpion, Machine Baron, Le Bled, Night Phantom, and Dr. Guilty, Narutaki must thwart evil and unravel the mysteries of each crime, before it can happen!

Part gothic, part mystery noir, part industrial-age mechanical mayhem, Steam Detectives is one-way ticket on the adventure express!

Disc 2 of Steam Detectives brings with it another round of retro anime: so that means another round of mayhem with villains who always get away once their plots are foiled. Let’s dive in.

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Episode 06: The Seven Changes Of The Crimson Scorpion

The Crimson Scorpion is on a thieving rampage! She is using disguises fluidly and stealing all sorts of jewelry, but she keeps being disrupted by Narutaki and she ends up getting away with nothing. However, the Crimson Scorpion has set her sights on the most important piece of the Kebecks Royal Jewels – the Blue Teardrop. This necklace is worn around the neck of the reigning female royalty, and the

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Royal Princess of Kebecks is going to be wearing it during a ceremony when her engagement to the Steam City Prince is announced. Can Narutaki stop this criminal from stealing this important piece of jewelry?

Episode 07: Emergency Orders! Arrest Goriki!

Narutaki’s good nature becomes his downfall as he escorts a scared young lady home and is subsequently gassed and knocked out. During the night, a local bank is robbed by a megamaton that looks like Goriki. When Narutaki wakes up, he makes his way home only to have the chief detective of the police waiting for him… they want to arrest Narutaki and remove Goriki’s coal. How is Narutaki going to prove their innocence?

Episode 08: From Whom Do You Run?

The mastermind villain Le Bled shows up at Narutaki’s home and suggests a competition: if Narutaki can find the 3 great treasures of Steam City in an 18 hour period, Le Bled offers to surrender to police, but if he cannot, Narutaki agrees to stay out of Le Bled’s affairs. The competition becomes even more intense once Narutaki discovers that the treasures are in fact bombs and are set to go off at the deadline…

Episode 09: Phantom, The Vengeful Man

Narutaki meets with a scientist associate whom he helped earlier. Apparently scientists in the field of energy research have been disappearing then reappearing for a few days at a time. Narutaki starts to do some ground work on this mystery until Ling-Ling is attacked while trying to stop a masked man from kidnapping two prominent scientists. The masked man is the Phantom… and he made off with the scientists, but not before Ling-Ling managed to put a tracer on him. Will Narutaki face this foe?

Episode 10: Goriki In A Pinch! The Big Capital Tornado

In Steam City’s coal mine, an excavation was stopped due to a cave in. However, one of the miners believes that the cave in was caused by a giant mole creature. Narutaki joins the local police on the site, and another mineshaft comes across a new cavern that has been recently dug. Narutaki takes Goriki with him, and while in the cavern, they come across Dr. Guilty’s latest creation: Shadowbolt Mark II. After a quick fight, Shadowbolt II escapes, but our heroes are caught up in a cave-in. Making matters worse, Dr. Guilty brings his creation downtown and begins tearing up the city. Will our heroes escape the cave-in and will they be able to fight?

This second disc of Steam Detectives has started to show glimpses at the bigger picture of the main plotline, however, the series is still very episodic and campy. Not that it is necessarily a bad thing, if you know what you’re getting into.

- Tazman

(July 15, 2004)

“Aww geez. My duodenum is acting up.”

- Peter (The Family Guy)

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