movie

1979 · Japan

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 128 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Moderate

Why tonight?

In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

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.

cyborg
space travel
revenge
space
transhumanism
train
adult animation

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Toshiko Fujita — Shadow (voice)
Yasuo Hisamatsu — Antares (voice)
Makio Inoue — Captain Harlock (voice)
Tatsuya Jo — Narrator (voice)
Ryoko Kinomiya — Queen Promethium (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki — Conductor (voice)
Gorō Naya — Doctor Ban (voice)
Noriko Ohara — Ryûzu / Mîmé (voice)
Banjo Ginga — Captain of the Guard (voice)
Kei Tomiyama — Tochirô Ôyama (voice)
Reiko Tajima — Emeraldas (voice)

Directed: Rintaro
Written: Kon Ichikawa, Fumio Ishimori, Leiji Matsumoto

Production

Rating: 6.9 / 10 · 83 ratings
Studio: Toei Animation

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