Taking lighter tales and making them more serious can work, but not if you half-ass it and not when you main villain is… very clearly just evil Batman.
Alternative Titles:
- Kaiketsu Jouki Tanteidan
- 快傑蒸気探偵団
Year Anime Premiered: 1998
Animation Studio: Xebec
Number of Seasons: 1
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Entry Last Updated: May 19th, 2026
Where To Start The Steam Detectives Manga After The Anime?
If you finished the Steam Detective anime and want to continue the story in the manga, you can start at Chapter 1.
The Steam Detectives anime takes the idea and the characters of the manga and just does its own story, adapting very little of the actual manga story.
Both the anime and manga are episodic detective stories, but while the Steam Detective anime is actually pretty serious and more about terrorists, the Steam Detective manga is a little bit of a lighter affair about mostly solving heists and thefts.
Is The Steam Detectives Manga Over?
The Steam Detectives manga is complete. It ended in 2000 with Volume 8, Chapter 52.
Will There Be A Steam Detectives Season 2?
As the anime aired in 1998, it is safe to say there will be no Steam Detectives Season 2.
