Galaxy Express 999
– In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro h..
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 Matael, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.
08 Aug 1981
Japanese
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Leiji Matsumoto (manga), Kon Ichikawa (screenplay), Shirô Ishimori (screenplay)
Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yôko Asagami, Miyoko Asô
Tetsuro Hoshino, orphaned by the Cyborgs, lives in a slum in the shadow of their megapolis. He steals a pass for Galaxy Express 999, and is saved by a mysterious woman called Maitre, a living image of his mother who had been killed by the Cyborgs. Wearing a special pendant, he sets out for Andromeda where he can obtain eternal life and avenge his parents' death. On his odyssey, he meets a gallery of fantastic characters that help him exterminate the evil Star of Andromeda which had been giving mechanical bodies to rich human beings.
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