Arco vs Steamboy
Arco has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.9/10 for Steamboy). Arco is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 2h 6m. Steamboy is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are animation, fantasy, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Arco
Steamboy| Arco | Steamboy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 2h 6m |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction | Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ugo Bienvenu | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Main cast | Vincent Macaigne, Alma Jodorowsky, Louis Garrel, Swann Arlaud, William Lebghil | Anne Suzuki, Susumu Terajima, Masane Tsukayama, Keiko Aizawa, Aiko Hibi |
Synopsis
Arco
10-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by all means to help send him back to his era.
Steamboy
After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict related to a revolutionary advance in steam power.