Mr Addison wrote to me regarding the anime Steam Detectives, and while I’ve not watched any of it, the page he directed me to has a great deal of information about the series. From what I can see, there are 3 dvd sets of it, and about 5 episodes per dvd, the reviews do not speak terribly highly of the initial quality of the anime’s production, with plot holes and murky colours abound. The idea behind it sounds quite endearing though – a young boy genius detective, his pretty nurse and their giant steam robot accomplice must cut through lies and smog to confound the villians of the smokey nameless city.

I’ll probably not pick Steam Detectives up quite yet – I’ve too many books to read, but maybe one day I’ll find I have enough time and will be quite happy to turn my brain off, regress to the state of being where watching the live action Batman series was cool, and give Steam Detectives a whirl. If only for the giant steam robots!