“Boy seeks immortal robot body on Galaxy Express 999, joined by Maetel, to avenge mother's death.”
Galaxy Express 999
銀河鉄道999
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Synopsis
Boy seeks immortal robot body on Galaxy Express 999, joined by Maetel, to avenge mother's death.
Tetsurou Hoshino is a boy bent on obtaining an immortal mechanical body in order to take revenge against his mother's murderer, the machine man Count Mecha. However, due to the incredible cost of obtaining what he seeks, his only hope is to steal a boarding pass for the Galaxy Express 999, a space train that travels across the galaxy and whose final stop is a planet where the metal replacements are provided for free. After swiping a pass, Tetsurou is pursued by the police and ends up collapsing into the arms of a mysterious woman named Maetel, who closely resembles his mother. Once he awakens, she tells the boy that she will provide him entry onto the 999 as long as he agrees to travel with her. Accepting her proposition, Tetsurou boards the cosmic railway with Maetel and begins a journey across the galaxy.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
What 10 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.11 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.60
Running avg · Oct 2008 → Apr 2025
- 8 “Galaxy express 999 is a summary of the whole 113 eps tv series in condensed form but in better way. This is really one of the most enjoyable anime films with such cool characters such as harlock,...”
- 7 “The movie, was directed by Rin Taro (Astro Boy, Captain Harlock), while the series was directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa (Slam Dunk, Zatch Bell); so it makes sense the movie was more action oriented...”
- 8 “You can't buy this film in this country and I'm not even sure you can get it on import in the USA but I managed to track it down on youtube and I'm very glad I did. This is a retro golden oldie...”
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 128′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 08m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1979 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1189 catalog
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