Netflix has a new steampunk anime

steampunk trains and train stations

after the first 100 seconds, it get a bit weird

Agnimu Rehpot’s The Curiously Astounding Phenomenal Wander (by Mike Maydak)... that's the title of the most interesting book I've bought in years (since Schott's Original Miscellany or Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany)

certainly a book of art, that I must do my best to praise so that more people find something new to be astounded by and enjoy. 

(Below, the interior of Laughing Lodge, a comedy club, where when the stand up is good, the heads laugh)

Why post about this book, this author? 

Do you remember the first time you discovered Miyazaki's "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" or Castle In the Sky"? How about Iron Giant? Princess Bride? 

Because, I kid you not, there IS a Princess Bride reference!  Max's Miracle revival tablets for the mostly dead, not the all dead. Yes, that really blows my mind that there is a Princess Bride easter egg in this book! 

Sharing this book with you, is like the first time seeing those movies. Discovering an artist that is a world builder with the narrative concept perfected on all it's components, and who has the incredible artistic talent to bring all the large and small pieces of it to life on the page. 

Of COURSE I wonder, why the hell some animation studio like Studio Ghibli, Laika, Sony, Cartoon Saloon, Titmouse, or Aniventure ( Anyone else think I know way too much about animation and art for a car guy?)  hasn't reached out and offered Mike a movie deal

So, what's the connection with this book, and this blog about vehicles? Tank/tractor/dozer treads. Well, caterpillar drive mounted trees, specifically, and steam punk. 

in the way that the cities in Mortal Engines were mobile, so, are these trees. 

Why? Don't know, don't care. That's way past the point of just sitting back and enjoying this astounding art book which world builds with a plethora of characters, beginning with the intro - that the title begins with - Agnimu Rehpot

So, Agnimu is the narrator of this book, and it's HIS notebook of wanderings and observations of the places, people, creatures, and way of life of this world that Mike built. 

the above image is one of many that dive into a building/environment to show with extreme detail, the inner workings of a business, or windmill, etc and every one was worth the time to analyze and study

Above is a residence, made from the many giant pumpkins (inspired by Linus looking for the great pumpkin every Halloween?)

The Arena at House Octus

A quick low res look at the book: https://www.facebook.com/dakdakgoose/videos/10158964687019884

or you can look through a lot more images from the book at https://www.facebook.com/dakdakgoose in the 2020 and 2019 era

Also, when you buy this, get the Yadda Yadda Yadda book.... it's the part 2/volume 2. Yup, it's a must have.   https://www.etsy.com/shop/MAYDAK?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=707170022&from_page=listing&dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.agnimurehpot.com%2F

https://www.agnimurehpot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mmaydak/

http://www.maydak.com/

This was a 3 hour post. It takes a long time to look for the art. 

Steam punk fans, I have good news! A series just released on Netflix, called Leviathan, 12 episodes. WW1 Austrians vs Germans in an alternate steampunk past, an Austrian fugitive prince and a Scottish airman in disguise embark on an unexpected quest to prevent a world war.

the above is alot like a Star Wars AT AT

This anime adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s acclaimed novels transports viewers to an alternate 1914, where bioengineered beasts battle mechanical war machines. At the heart of the story are a fugitive prince and a girl in disguise, whose journey aboard a living airship could change the course of history.

Alek, a fugitive prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Deryn Sharp, a daring young girl disguised as a boy to serve in the British Air Service. When fate throws them together aboard the HMS Leviathan, a massive, living airship made from genetically engineered creatures, they embark on a world-changing adventure that will challenge everything they know about war, loyalty, and identity.

So, they use flying/floating jellyfish and whales, like balloons and blimps

https://www.netflix.com/title/81152269

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/leviathan-takes-flight-on-july-10

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32581507/

https://gizmodo.com/how-netflixs-leviathan-united-japanese-animation-and-western-imagination-2000627546

AI can make some interesting and unusual steampunk cars

season 1, Hunt Episode, Love, Death, and Robots - had some very cool steam punk

Finally, happy good news about the steampunk Miyazaki series Sherlock Hound! It's streaming on Amazon Prime!

 

I learned about this series in 2015 and posted about it  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/05/for-fans-of-miyazaki-sherlock-holmes.html

WW1 steampunk mechanized battle

I bet a lot of you love the mechanical nature of steam powered vehicles, and the exposed working con rods and machinery... I think you'll love this steam powered cycle with conrods by the back of the seat

 

things I like the look of, cool art, cool architecture, blimps, and steam punk

 https://www.instagram.com/p/C9sIyTju_ZT/

steampunk teardrop

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-most-beautiful-teardrop-camper-i-ve-seen-is-covered-in-copper-and-has-suicide-doors-236205.html#

one of these days someone is going to make a steampunk Airstream, if they haven't already

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=712001134279010&set=a.444829924329467

it's been 14 years since he first started the Hullabaloo project, but James has finally delivered the first episode, The Great Race, funded by a crowdfund campaign on Indiegogo. Marvelous steampunk animation!

Watch the video, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcd9ZRYlAoI 

there isn't much else online about this at this time, but for the backgrounds, see https://www.jameslopezanimation.com/backgrounds

and screen shots (fantastic!) https://www.jameslopezanimation.com/hullabaloo-art-gallery   and http://www.hullabaloo-movie.com/image-gallery/

https://www.youtube.com/@JamesLopezAnimation/videos

I learned of this, and have been frustratedly waiting for this since 2013, I kid you not https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-movie-i-want-to-see-get-made.html

In the comic books, anything is possible, and Bumblebee goes steampunk, and becomes a steam locomotive

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30963309706&ref_=ps_ggl_17721428148&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade_20to50-_-product_id=COM9781600100550USED-_-keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAiA9dGqBhAqEiwAmRpTC147-UVmFE3-3v6SvgIRIQrxKS4_4sn7TOVzG1lgH8cWgM2uXB2MihoC2-sQAvD_BwE

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hearts_of_Steel

https://screenrant.com/transformers-hearts-steel-bumblebee-steampunk-train-form/

Keith Young won the Arlen Ness Memorial Award with this steam punk recreation of his a 1975 Honda 550 F

https://robbreport.com/motors/motorcycles/gallery/top-10-bikes-2023-quail-motorcycle-gathering-1234842881/w_6-wayne-rainey-1971-yamaha-mini-enduro-60-basem-wasef/

when I posted about the Victorian era steampunk car racing mystery Hullabaloo 10 years ago, it was just an idea, in need of a crowdsource funding project.... and it's nearly complete, but not entirely

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-movie-i-want-to-see-get-made.html  was when I learned of it at the CTN Expo in Burbank 

I'm still wondering how this didn't get completed during covid lockdown when everyone was quarantined at home for 6 months.

https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkAnimation

http://www.hullabaloo-movie.com/

The original goal was an 80k fund to make one short film the old fashioned animation way (cellophane overlays if I recall correctly) and the effort resulted in a 588% funds raised, so the resulting funds were then distributed over 4 episodes. Well, that's what they said 10 years ago. Yes, I've contacted James (creator of this, former Disney animator) and asked WTF is with the lack of updates on your website and or Facebook page? And he didn't respond with anything to satisfy the curious or interested. If you go to the Facebook page, you'll see a lot of comments that are echoing the same question,"what's the status? When is the estimated completion date?"

wow... snowboarders can own a steampunk Kessinger designed board

 https://gilsonsnow.com/snowboards/2023-high-voltage

Soapbox derby car "Nautilus vs. the Kraken" by faustandcompany

https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkTendencies/photos/a.335724989875207/4495586220555709/

I bet someone is going to make this... I'm surprised no one already has made one for Burning Man

Design By @romorwise  https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkTendencies/

steampunk dirigible

https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkTendencies/