Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)

04/08/1979
Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
2h 8m

Your imagination is the final destination

Overview

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.

  • RintaroDirector
  • Leiji MatsumotoWriter
  • Kon IchikawaScreenplay
  • Original Title

    銀河鉄道999

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • cyborg
  • space travel
  • revenge
  • space
  • transhumanism
  • train
  • adult animation

Top Billed 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

Tatsuya Jo

Narrator (voice)

Ryoko Kinomiya

Ryoko Kinomiya

Queen Promethium

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Conductor (voice)

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