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* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is potentially the best known example in anime, being loosely inspired by Creator/JulesVerne's ''"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"''. Everything fom the setting (1889 France), characters and costume designs, to oceanic travel aboard [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum powered]] submarines, and ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld, adheres to a 'Golden Age' aesthetic.
* The ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' anime has this sort of aesthetic mixed with SpaceWestern. This is due to the fact it is a planet settled by human colonists despite the fact it's one big desert with minimal resources. As a result, it has a lot of SchizoTech and people having reverted back to 19th century attitudes as well as dress despite all manner of supertech.
* It's hard not draw comparisons between ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand'' and ''The Secret of Blue Water'', due to [[SerialNumbersFiledOff the sheer number of similarities]], including the titles of both series. Likewise, each is based off a work of Jules Verne[[note]]''Secret of Cerulean Sand'' is loosely based on both ''"Facing the Flag"'' and ''"City in the Sahara"''[[/note]] and has a pervasive steampunk aesthetic. The key differences being, that ''Cerulean Sand'' is set in London and [[SandIsWater the desert is presented as if it were an ocean.]]
* The feature-length {{anime}} ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is required watching for any steampunk aficionado.
* Much of Creator/StudioGhibli's work is like steampunk... without the punk. In particular, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki is incredibly fond of ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld.
** Also, for instance, [[http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-08/laputa-robot-ghibli-museum.jpg the robot from]] ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''.
** For other instances: The film based on ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'', ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (which tends to be more like SchizoTech) and some bits of ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' and ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''.
* ''Anime/LastExile'' is a mixture of this and DieselPunk, with the Guild leaning more to CrystalSpiresAndTogas.
%%* Several of the cities in ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' have this aesthetic.
* The version of Professor Moriarty from ''Anime/SherlockHound'' uses a variety of steam-powered contraptions. Some of them are fairly reasonable (a particularly large automobile, a steam-powered press for minting counterfeit coins), but others fall squarely into this (an airplane modeled on a Pterosaur or an amphibious paddle-boat with robotic arms).
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', like ''Anime/LastExile'' above, combines steampunk and DieselPunk and adds a healthy dose of {{Magitek}}.
%%* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' gives us [[CoolOldGuy Vector Prime]], a clockpunk example.
* Although the tech is not the main focus of the series, ''Manga/DGrayMan'' happens to have a relatively good Science Division where everyone there operates by multiple flat screen television and massive steel plants. In the Victorian Era! And the chief of the Science Division creates enormous robots on a seemingly daily basis.
* ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' is a FeudalFuture where giant steam-powered robots, spaceships (!), and SchizoTech devices exist despite the majority of people living like Medieval peasants. The samurai have CharlesAtlasSuperpower abilities that put them roughly on par with Jedi and it all evens out.
* A majority of ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' is set around a wind machine called the 400 Rabbits.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' the Revolutionary Army seem to have a general Steampunk theme. They have steam ships, 19th century weapons, and British Navy-esque uniforms to counteract the more primitive pirates with their punga fruit abilities.
* ''Manga/SteamDetectives''. Steam-powered cars, robots, etc, set against the backdrop of a city constantly fogged up; with villains using the dense clouds of steam as cover for their nefarious deeds. [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Machine Baron]]'s motivation is collecting at least one of each kind of steam-powered robot. His episodes revolve around his attempts to steal the hero's RobotBuddy ''Goriki''.
* ''Manga/TheCaseStudyOfVanitas'' is a steampunk vampire fantasy set in nineteenth-century Paris.
* A number of works by Creator/MohiroKitoh are steampunk, though with a [[DarkerAndEdgier greater emphasis on the "punk" aspect]]. These include the short story collection ''Manga/WingsOfVendemiaire'' and his currently-running series ''Manga/FutagoNoTeikoku''.
* ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal'': With Creator/HGWells Cavorite anti-gravity tech, pollution-filled London filled with factories, dickensian poverty, and suave spy action, This is a Steampunk for TheNewTens.
* The animated adaptations of the ''VideoGame/SakuraTaisen'' franchise are full of steam powered mechs, beautiful young girls, and cherry blossoms fighting against hordes of mechanized demons.

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* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is potentially the best known example in anime, being loosely inspired by Creator/JulesVerne's ''"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"''. Everything fom the setting (1889 France), characters and costume designs, to oceanic travel aboard [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum powered]] submarines, and ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld, adheres to a 'Golden Age' aesthetic.
* The ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' anime has this sort of aesthetic mixed with SpaceWestern. This is due to the fact it is a planet settled by human colonists despite the fact it's one big desert with minimal resources. As a result, it has a lot of SchizoTech and people having reverted back to 19th century attitudes as well as dress despite all manner of supertech.
* It's hard not draw comparisons between ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand'' and ''The Secret of Blue Water'', due to [[SerialNumbersFiledOff the sheer number of similarities]], including the titles of both series. Likewise, each is based off a work of Jules Verne[[note]]''Secret of Cerulean Sand'' is loosely based on both ''"Facing the Flag"'' and ''"City in the Sahara"''[[/note]] and has a pervasive steampunk aesthetic. The key differences being, that ''Cerulean Sand'' is set in London and [[SandIsWater the desert is presented as if it were an ocean.]]
* The feature-length {{anime}} ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is required watching for any steampunk aficionado.
* Much of Creator/StudioGhibli's work is like steampunk... without the punk. In particular, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki is incredibly fond of ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld.
** Also, for instance, [[http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-08/laputa-robot-ghibli-museum.jpg the robot from]] ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''.
** For other instances: The film based on ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'', ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (which tends to be more like SchizoTech) and some bits of ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' and ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''.
* ''Anime/LastExile'' is a mixture of this and DieselPunk, with the Guild leaning more to CrystalSpiresAndTogas.
%%* Several of the cities in ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' have this aesthetic.
* The version of Professor Moriarty from ''Anime/SherlockHound'' uses a variety of steam-powered contraptions. Some of them are fairly reasonable (a particularly large automobile, a steam-powered press for minting counterfeit coins), but others fall squarely into this (an airplane modeled on a Pterosaur or an amphibious paddle-boat with robotic arms).
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', like ''Anime/LastExile'' above, combines steampunk and DieselPunk and adds a healthy dose of {{Magitek}}.
%%* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' gives us [[CoolOldGuy Vector Prime]], a clockpunk example.
* Although the tech is not the main focus of the series, ''Manga/DGrayMan'' happens to have a relatively good Science Division where everyone there operates by multiple flat screen television and massive steel plants. In the Victorian Era! And the chief of the Science Division creates enormous robots on a seemingly daily basis.
* ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' is a FeudalFuture where giant steam-powered robots, spaceships (!), and SchizoTech devices exist despite the majority of people living like Medieval peasants. The samurai have CharlesAtlasSuperpower abilities that put them roughly on par with Jedi and it all evens out.
* A majority of ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' is set around a wind machine called the 400 Rabbits.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' the Revolutionary Army seem to have a general Steampunk theme. They have steam ships, 19th century weapons, and British Navy-esque uniforms to counteract the more primitive pirates with their punga fruit abilities.
* ''Manga/SteamDetectives''. Steam-powered cars, robots, etc, set against the backdrop of a city constantly fogged up; with villains using the dense clouds of steam as cover for their nefarious deeds. [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Machine Baron]]'s motivation is collecting at least one of each kind of steam-powered robot. His episodes revolve around his attempts to steal the hero's RobotBuddy ''Goriki''.
* ''Manga/TheCaseStudyOfVanitas'' is a steampunk vampire fantasy set in nineteenth-century Paris.
* A number of works by Creator/MohiroKitoh are steampunk, though with a [[DarkerAndEdgier greater emphasis on the "punk" aspect]]. These include the short story collection ''Manga/WingsOfVendemiaire'' and his currently-running series ''Manga/FutagoNoTeikoku''.
* ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal'': With Creator/HGWells Cavorite anti-gravity tech, pollution-filled London filled with factories, dickensian poverty, and suave spy action, This is a Steampunk for TheNewTens.
* The animated adaptations of the ''VideoGame/SakuraTaisen'' franchise are full of steam powered mechs, beautiful young girls, and cherry blossoms fighting against hordes of mechanized demons.
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* ''Anime/Steamboy'' is Steampunk up to eleven.



%%* The feature-length {{anime}} ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is required watching for any steampunk affectionado.

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%%* * The feature-length {{anime}} ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is required watching for any steampunk affectionado.aficionado.
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* The feature-length {{anime}} ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is required watching for any steampunk affectionado.

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* %%* The feature-length {{anime}} ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is required watching for any steampunk affectionado.



* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' gives us [[CoolOldGuy Vector Prime]], a clockpunk example.

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* %%* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' gives us [[CoolOldGuy Vector Prime]], a clockpunk example.
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* Several of the cities in ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' have this aesthetic.

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* %%* Several of the cities in ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' have this aesthetic.
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* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is potentially the best known example in anime, being loosely inspired by [[JulesVerne Jules Verne's]] ''"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"''. Everything fom the setting (1889 France), characters and costume designs, to oceanic travel aboard [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum powered]] submarines, and ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld, adheres to a 'Golden Age' aesthetic.

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* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is potentially the best known example in anime, being loosely inspired by [[JulesVerne Jules Verne's]] Creator/JulesVerne's ''"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"''. Everything fom the setting (1889 France), characters and costume designs, to oceanic travel aboard [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum powered]] submarines, and ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld, adheres to a 'Golden Age' aesthetic.
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* ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal'': With Creator/HGWells Cavorite anti-gravity tech, pollution-filled London filled with factories, dickensian poverty, and suave spy action, This is a Steampunk for TheNewTens.

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* ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal'': With Creator/HGWells Cavorite anti-gravity tech, pollution-filled London filled with factories, dickensian poverty, and suave spy action, This is a Steampunk for TheNewTens.TheNewTens.
* The animated adaptations of the ''VideoGame/SakuraTaisen'' franchise are full of steam powered mechs, beautiful young girls, and cherry blossoms fighting against hordes of mechanized demons.
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* The ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' anime has this sort of aesthetic mixed with SpaceWestern. This is due to the fact it is a planet settled by human colonists despite the fact it's one big desert with minimal resources. As a result, it has a lot of SchizoTech and people having reverted back to 19th century attitudes as well as dress despite all manner of supertech.
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* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is potentially the best known example in anime, being loosely inspired by [[JulesVerne Jules Verne's]] ''"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"''. Everything fom the setting (1889 France), characters and costume designs, to oceanic travel aboard [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum powered]] submarines, and ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld, adheres to a 'Golden Age' aesthetic.
* It's hard not draw comparisons between ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand'' and ''The Secret of Blue Water'', due to [[SerialNumbersFiledOff the sheer number of similarities]], including the titles of both series. Likewise, each is based off a work of Jules Verne[[note]]''Secret of Cerulean Sand'' is loosely based on both ''"Facing the Flag"'' and ''"City in the Sahara"''[[/note]] and has a pervasive steampunk aesthetic. The key differences being, that ''Cerulean Sand'' is set in London and [[SandIsWater the desert is presented as if it were an ocean.]]
* The feature-length {{anime}} ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' is required watching for any steampunk affectionado.
* Much of Creator/StudioGhibli's work is like steampunk... without the punk. In particular, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki is incredibly fond of ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld.
** Also, for instance, [[http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-08/laputa-robot-ghibli-museum.jpg the robot from]] ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''.
** For other instances: The film based on ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'', ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (which tends to be more like SchizoTech) and some bits of ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' and ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''.
* ''Anime/LastExile'' is a mixture of this and DieselPunk, with the Guild leaning more to CrystalSpiresAndTogas.
* Several of the cities in ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' have this aesthetic.
* The version of Professor Moriarty from ''Anime/SherlockHound'' uses a variety of steam-powered contraptions. Some of them are fairly reasonable (a particularly large automobile, a steam-powered press for minting counterfeit coins), but others fall squarely into this (an airplane modeled on a Pterosaur or an amphibious paddle-boat with robotic arms).
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', like ''Anime/LastExile'' above, combines steampunk and DieselPunk and adds a healthy dose of {{Magitek}}.
* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' gives us [[CoolOldGuy Vector Prime]], a clockpunk example.
* Although the tech is not the main focus of the series, ''Manga/DGrayMan'' happens to have a relatively good Science Division where everyone there operates by multiple flat screen television and massive steel plants. In the Victorian Era! And the chief of the Science Division creates enormous robots on a seemingly daily basis.
* ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' is a FeudalFuture where giant steam-powered robots, spaceships (!), and SchizoTech devices exist despite the majority of people living like Medieval peasants. The samurai have CharlesAtlasSuperpower abilities that put them roughly on par with Jedi and it all evens out.
* A majority of ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' is set around a wind machine called the 400 Rabbits.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' the Revolutionary Army seem to have a general Steampunk theme. They have steam ships, 19th century weapons, and British Navy-esque uniforms to counteract the more primitive pirates with their punga fruit abilities.
* ''Manga/SteamDetectives''. Steam-powered cars, robots, etc, set against the backdrop of a city constantly fogged up; with villains using the dense clouds of steam as cover for their nefarious deeds. [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Machine Baron]]'s motivation is collecting at least one of each kind of steam-powered robot. His episodes revolve around his attempts to steal the hero's RobotBuddy ''Goriki''.
* ''Manga/TheCaseStudyOfVanitas'' is a steampunk vampire fantasy set in nineteenth-century Paris.
* A number of works by Creator/MohiroKitoh are steampunk, though with a [[DarkerAndEdgier greater emphasis on the "punk" aspect]]. These include the short story collection ''Manga/WingsOfVendemiaire'' and his currently-running series ''Manga/FutagoNoTeikoku''.
* ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal'': With Creator/HGWells Cavorite anti-gravity tech, pollution-filled London filled with factories, dickensian poverty, and suave spy action, This is a Steampunk for TheNewTens.

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