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Summary

In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Maetel, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.

Details

Release Date: August 4, 1979

Runtime: 128 minutes

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction

Rating: 6.8/10 (69 votes)


Galaxy Express 999 Collection

  • Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

    Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

    In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Maetel, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.

  • Adieu Galaxy Express 999

    Adieu Galaxy Express 999

    Two years after the events of Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battlefield, and Tetsuro is summoned to board the Three-Nine once more. In this, the shattering, full-length theatrical conclusion to Leiji Matsumoto's epic story, all questions will be answered and all mysteries will be revealed as Tetsuro embarks on a journey which will reveal a secret so awful, even Maetel herself can hardly bear to speak of it.

  • Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy

    Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy

    Tetsuro believed he was freeing the Earth from the clutches of the Metanoid Empire’s tyranny. Yet one year after his return, Tetsuro is a prisoner of a new tyrant, and this one’s human! However, Maetel and the 999 swoop into the boy’s rescue. With his freedom, gun, and trusty hat returned to him, Tetsuro reaffirms his desire to save his home. But a new darkness is rising to swallow the light, and one of its agents has him in her sights. Before the train can depart for a new destination, Tetsuro will have to face the deadly knight Helmazaria!

  • Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass

    Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass

    While travelling on the Galaxy Express with Maetel, Tetsuro befriends Claire who was forced by her mother to exchange her organic body for crystal glass. When danger threatens Tetsuro, Claire tries to help him.

  • Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!

    Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!

    A remake of episodes 12-13 of the TV series, the 999 arrives on a planet where the entire populace has been turned to stone. The one person still alive, a warrior, attacks Tetsuro and steals his pass, hoping to use it to escape and find a cure for his lover.

  • Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas

    Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas

    A remake of episode 22 of the TV series, the 999 is attacked by the pirate ship Queen Emeraldas, which forces the train to a pirate planet. There Tetsuro and Maetel are captured by the pirate Emeraldas, a caped woman who seeks to switch her body with Maetel's.

  • Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!

    Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!

    A remake of episodes 51-52 of the TV series, the 999 crashes in a large sentient blob along with another ship. The crew tries to save the ship's pilot, a blue haired woman named Artemis, before the Galaxy Railways headquarters gets ready to blow up the blob.


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Cast

  • Masako Nozawa

    Masako Nozawa

    Tetsurô Hoshino (voice)

  • Masako Ikeda

    Masako Ikeda

    Maetel (voice)

  • Yoko Asagami

    Yoko Asagami

    Claire (voice)

  • Miyoko Asô

    Miyoko Asô

    Tochirô's Mother (voice)

  • Toshiko Fujita

    Toshiko Fujita

    Shadow (voice)

  • Yasuo Hisamatsu

    Yasuo Hisamatsu

    Antares (voice)

  • Makio Inoue

    Makio Inoue

    Captain Harlock

  • Ryoko Kinomiya

    Ryoko Kinomiya

    Queen Promethium

  • Kaneta Kimotsuki

    Kaneta Kimotsuki

    Conductor (voice)

  • Gorō Naya

    Gorō Naya

    Doctor Ban (voice)

  • Noriko Ohara

    Noriko Ohara

    Ryûzu / Mîmé (voice)

  • Banjo Ginga

    Banjo Ginga

    Captain of the Guard (voice)

  • Kei Tomiyama

    Kei Tomiyama

    Tochirô Ôyama (voice)

  • Reiko Tajima

    Reiko Tajima

    Emeraldas (voice)

  • Hidekatsu Shibata

    Hidekatsu Shibata

    Count Mecha (voice)

  • Akiko Tsuboi

    Akiko Tsuboi

    Kanae Hoshino (Tetsurô's mother) (voice)

  • Ryūji Saikachi

    Ryūji Saikachi

    Tavern Owner (voice)