Galaxy Express 999

TV Series

1978

TV-PG
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy

In a distant future, Tetsuro is a human boy who wants his body replaced with a robotic one. This is possible, but to do so he has to reach the Immortal Planet onboard the space train Galaxy Express 999. Maetel, a beautiful and mysterious blonde woman dressed in Russian style, joins him in the long journey through space. Every episode sees our heroes arriving in a new planet's space train station.

Thu, 12 Oct, 1978
S1.E5Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion
The 999 travels to Pluto, where the frozen human bodies of the machine people have been laid to rest. Tetsuro meets Shadow, the machine woman who is caretaker of the graves. Shadow shows him her frozen human body, a body so beautiful that she refused to have a face on her machine body since it couldn't compare to her human face. Shadow tries to capture Tetsuro to regain her human body, but Maetel saves him.
7.0/10
Thu, 29 Mar, 1979
S1.E28The Literary Giant of the Planet Mirage
The 999 arrives on a planet where Tetsuro and Maetel meet an old writer who lives alone and has extremely long hair. The old man steals Tetsuro's pass and flees on the 999 with Maetel, leaving Tetsuro on the planet.
2.0/10
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Masako Nozawa
Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
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Masako Ikeda
Maetel (voice)
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Hitoshi Takagi
Narrator (voice)
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Kaneta Kimotsuki
Conductor (voice)

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Release date

September 14, 1978 (United States)

Country of origin

Japan

Languages

English
Japanese

Production company

Toei Animation

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