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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Your imagination is the final destination

19796.82h 8m

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.

Directed by Rintaro
Written by Leiji Matsumoto, Kon Ichikawa, Fumio Ishimori
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Top Cast

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Tetsurô Hoshino (voice)

Masako Ikeda

Masako Ikeda

Maetel (voice)

Yoko Asagami

Yoko Asagami

Claire (voice)

Miyoko Aso

Miyoko Aso

Tochirô's Mother (voice)

Toshiko Fujita

Toshiko Fujita

Shadow (voice)

Yasuo Hisamatsu

Yasuo Hisamatsu

Antares (voice)

Makio Inoue

Makio Inoue

Captain Harlock (voice)

T

Tatsuya Jo

Narrator (voice)

Ryoko Kinomiya

Ryoko Kinomiya

Queen Promethium (voice)

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Conductor (voice)

Themes & Keywords

cyborgspace travelrevengespacetranshumanismtrainadult animation

About Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie is a adventure, animation, science fiction film released in 1979 exploring themes of cyborg, space travel, revenge, space, transhumanism, train. Directed by Rintaro, it stars Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yoko Asagami. 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.

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