Television

Galaxy Express 999 1978

  • Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • 25 min episodes
  • 1 season
  • 113 episodes
  • Ended
  • TV-PG

In a distant future, Tetsuro is a human boy who wants his body replaced with a robotic one. This is possible, but to do so he has to reach the Immortal Planet onboard the space train Galaxy Express 999. Maetel, a beautiful and mysterious blonde woman dressed in Russian style, joins him in the long journey through space. Every episode sees our heroes arriving in a new planet's space train station.

AnimationAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasybased on mangaspace operaanimeFuji TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai TV, Fuji News Network, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Sendai Television, SAGA TV, Ishikawa TV, TNC, Television Shin Hiroshima System, TV Shizuoka, NBS, TSK, AKT, Toyama Television, Okinawa Television Broadcasting, KTN

Log it

Sign in to log this.

Character

Earnest, epic, grave and classical in form.

  • earnestironic
  • intimateepic
  • gravecomic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • character-ledplot-driven

Who loves it, who doesn't

No profiled raters yet.

Where do you stand?

Answer first; then see how everyone, and your circle, split.

  • “Does Masako Ikeda steal Galaxy Express 999 from Masako Nozawa?”

    Sign in to answer.

    Be the first to answer.

  • “Is Galaxy Express 999 a masterpiece, not merely a very good series?”

    Sign in to answer.

    Be the first to answer.

  • “Would a little humor have helped?”

    Sign in to answer.

    Be the first to answer.

Ask the title

A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.

YesNoUnclear