Galaxy Express 999(1978)
AnimationAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
First Air Date: 1978-09-14
Average Runtime: 25m
Rating: 7.8
Votes: 31
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 113
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.
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Season 1
Episodes: 113E01
Ballad of Departure
Air Date: 1978-09-14
Tetsuro's mother is murdered while the two of them travel through the snow by the villainous Count Mecha. Before she ...
E02
The Red Winds of Mars
Air Date: 1978-09-21
The 999's first stop is the planet Mars, a desolate planet where few live. When Tetsuro is provided a tour by a young...
E03
The Resting Warriors on Titan
Air Date: 1978-09-28
Tetsuro meets Crystal Claire, a waitress on the 999 that is made entirely of glass. Claire's body was forced upon her...
E04
The Great Bandit Antares
Air Date: 1978-10-05
The bandit Antares sneaks aboard the 999 and starts stealing and killing people aboard. He meets Tetsuro and Maetel a...
E05
Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion
Air Date: 1978-10-12
The 999 travels to Pluto, where the frozen human bodies of the machine people have been laid to rest. Tetsuro meets S...
E06
The Comet Library
Air Date: 1978-10-19
The 999 arrives at the Comet Library, where all the books published are located. There, a pair of men capture Tetsuro...
E07
The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1
Air Date: 1978-10-26
The 999 falls into the Sargasso, where they find the remains of the 333, a missing train. Traveling aboard, Tetsuro, ...
E08
The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2
Air Date: 1978-11-02
Ryuzu brings Tetsuro to her home. There she demands Tetsuro remain with her, showing him the skeletons of those who r...
E09
Trader's Junction - Part 1
Air Date: 1978-11-09
The 999 made a stop on the planet Trader, a junction for different major rail lines. Tetsuro met a woman in destitute...
E10
Trader's Junction - Part 2
Air Date: 1978-11-16
Hanako brought the still asleep Tetsuro to a neighboring planet aptly called Wildflower. They traveled to her home, a...
E11
Nuruba, the Planet Without Form
Air Date: 1978-11-23
The 999 arrived at the formless world Naruba, where humans often traveled to end their lives. Two adolescent shape-sh...
E12
The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1
Air Date: 1978-11-30
The 999 arrives on a planet where the entire populace except for one person have been turned to stone by a petrificat...
E13
The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2
Air Date: 1978-12-07
Additional people arrive on the planet who seek to steal the petrified remains of the warrior's lover. Moreover an an...
E14
Lala of the Dual Planets
Air Date: 1978-12-14
The 999 arrives at the Dual Planets, a world full of machine people. When a large group of machine people at a restau...
E15
Beethoven of the Water Planet
Air Date: 1978-12-21
The 999 is pursued by the Black Knight, a caped figure in a dark, fog drenched world. The Black Knight requests Tetsu...
E16
The Street of Fireflies
Air Date: 1978-12-28
On their latest planet, Tetsuro meets Freiya, a poor girl who appears beautiful to him but is considered ugly and def...
E17
The Armored Planet
Air Date: 1979-01-04
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is encased in armor, including a panzer beetle that severely wounds Maet...
E18
Maetel of Mud
Air Date: 1979-01-11
The 999 arrives on a planet containing a large mud pit that Maetel warns Tetsuro to not go near. When he does, Tetsur...
E19
The Land of Confession
Air Date: 1979-01-18
The 999 made a two-week stop to the Planet of Confession, a world supposedly free of all evils. While the conductor d...
E20
Professional Spirit
Air Date: 1979-01-25
The 999 travels to a planet full of professionals, and Maetel warns Tetsuro not to look anyone in the eye. When Tetsu...
E21
The Tombstone of Dry Leaves
Air Date: 1979-02-01
The 999 arrives at a hollow planet with no gravity; as a result everything is a lot fatter looking, and can float thr...
E22
The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes
Air Date: 1979-02-08
The 999 is attacked by the pirate ship Queen Emeraldes, which forces the train to a pirate planet. There Tetsuro and ...
E23
The Queen of the Primitive Planet
Air Date: 1979-02-15
The 999 arrives at the Battle Torn Planet, a planet that was split in two due to arguments over whether the planet sh...
E24
The Planet of Dimensional Voyage
Air Date: 1979-02-22
The 999 finds its next destination destroyed; it was demolished by a planet that travels through the dimensions, smas...
E25
The Steel Angel
Air Date: 1979-03-08
Tetsuro meets Clowmaria, a freedom fighter on a heavily industrialized world that is trying to get the people of her ...
E26
The Song of a Skeleton
Air Date: 1979-03-15
Tetsuro meets Horohoro, a poor skeleton man who has lost most of his body including his ribs because he is so poor.
E27
The Hariti of Snow City
Air Date: 1979-03-22
After the 999 landed on the five-planet system Snow Capital, Tetsuro and Maetel explored the city. He fell through a ...
E28
The Literary Giant of the Planet Mirage
Air Date: 1979-03-29
The 999 arrives on a planet where Tetsuro and Maetel meet an old writer who lives alone and has extremely long hair. ...
E29
The Continent of Sakezan
Air Date: 1979-04-05
Sakezan is the only human living in a jungle world named after him. He is a parody of Tarzan and, as his name suggest...
E30
The Phantom World of Filament
Air Date: 1979-04-12
The episode opened with the story of the post-modern feudal world of Filament, which was destroyed when its sun went ...
E31
The Planet of Passion
Air Date: 1979-04-19
The 999 arrives at a planet where people are passionate and don't hide their emotions. Meanwhile a group of 4 assassi...
E32
The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension
Air Date: 1979-04-26
Tetsuro meets Edmund, a fellow passenger on the 999 who is looking forward to returning to his homeworld on their nex...
E33
Ulatores's Mountain of Screws
Air Date: 1979-05-03
The 999 arrives on the planet Ulatorus, which contains mountains of screws. When a storm causes one of the mountains ...
E34
The Witch of Plated City - Part 1
Air Date: 1979-05-18
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is plated in gold, the streets, the buildings, even the people. A thief ...
E35
The Witch of Plated City - Part 2
Air Date: 1979-05-31
Hoilock's mother's dying wish is for him to continue in her footsteps in toppling those in charge of making everythin...
E36
The Great Chieftain Cyclops
Air Date: 1979-06-07
The 999 stops at an abandoned artificial colony world. Tetsuro is pleased with its appearance but Maetel is puzzled t...
E37
Mīkun's Mansion of Life
Air Date: 1979-06-14
The 999 approaches the planet Mīkun's Mansion of Life, and all the passengers appear depressed, closing the blinds as...
E38
The Empire of the Cowardly Elder
Air Date: 1979-06-21
The 999 is heavily damaged and forced to land on a planet under the despotic rule of the Cowardly Elder, President De...
E39
Kasumi of Fog City
Air Date: 1979-07-05
The 999 arrives on a planet where everyone is very beautiful, but also extremely weak, not even going outside during ...
E40
The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 1
Air Date: 1979-07-19
The 999 approaches a large group of spherical homes, which are ruled by a Great Chieftain. Upon entering, Maetel is c...
E41
The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 2
Air Date: 1979-07-26
Tetsuro is captured and brought before the Great Chieftain, who has a computer with all of Maetel's secrets. Tetsugur...
E42
The Memory of Fimel
Air Date: 1979-08-02
The 999 approaches the planet Visage of Memories, where the Conductor many years ago promised his lover, Marvelous, t...
E43
Kira of Windy Hill
Air Date: 1979-08-16
The 999 arrives on the planet Arashigaoka (lit.: Windy Hill) where a sickly father and son, Kira operate a shoe repai...
E44
The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1
Air Date: 1979-08-30
At the 999's latest stop, Deadwood Mountain, Tetsuro and Maetel meet Prider, a poor singer who seeks to board the 999...
E45
The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 2
Air Date: 1979-09-06
The three Valkyries bring everyone aboard their ship, where our heroes meet their mother, the head Valkyrie. The ship...
E46
The Song of El Alamein
Air Date: 1979-09-13
Nanmi, a passenger on the 999 is able to convince the train to head to his planet, El Alamein, when he threatens to k...
E47
The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1
Air Date: 1979-09-20
The 999 landed on a planet called "Rifle Grenade", where slaves were brought in to fight a perpetual war between two ...
E48
The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2
Air Date: 1979-09-27
At gunpoint (from the previous episode), Tetsuro told Zeda of his struggles back on Earth. Zeda was instead moved and...
E49
From this Star
Air Date: 1979-10-18
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on a planet filled with kind hearted, hard working people. When a storm ends up destroying ...
E50
Ghost Tunnel
Air Date: 1979-10-25
The 999 arrives at the ghost tunnel, a giant tunnel in space formed by giant black orbs. An android woman, Eroze appe...
E51
Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 1
Air Date: 1979-11-01
As the 999 approaches its next destination, a large number of small blue blobs start passing by the 999, warning it t...
E52
Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 2
Air Date: 1979-11-08
After being brought aboard the 999, Artemis reveals her history, how she departed her mother to acquire a humanoid ma...
E53
Tetsuro, of the Planet of Mirrors
Air Date: 1979-11-15
A boy who looks just like Tetsuro, named Manabu, and his brother work hard and are able to purchase a single pass for...
E54
The Story of Endless Summer - Part 1
Air Date: 1979-11-22
The 999 arrives on the Planet of the Endless Summer, which is populated by humanoid insect like creatures. The queen ...
E55
The Story of Endless Summer - Part 2
Air Date: 1979-11-29
The insect babies hatch and when Tetsuro finds himself unable to kill them, they climb aboard the 999 and start eatin...
E56
The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 1
Air Date: 1979-12-06
The 999 arrives on a primitive planet populated with people who are scared of the passengers taking over the planet. ...
E57
The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 2
Air Date: 1979-12-13
Tiny changes his mind about going on the 999 and decides to stay on his planet with his girlfriend until they can bot...
E58
The Footsteps of Footstep Village
Air Date: 1979-12-20
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on the planet Footsteps Village, and are told of evil spirits that possess and kill people....
E59
Idle One's Mirror
Air Date: 1979-12-27
The 999 stopped on the planet Idle One's Mirror, where everything is automated by machines. Tetsuro disembarked the t...
E60
The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 1
Air Date: 1980-01-10
The next stop for the 999 was the Planet of Tomorrow, a peaceful world whose inhabitants had no knowledge of space fl...
E61
The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 2
Air Date: 1980-01-17
While stranded on the planet without train passes, Maetel sought help from Galaxy Railways, but her efforts ended in ...
E62
The City without Night
Air Date: 1980-01-24
As the 999 approaches the City Without Night, Maetel tells Tetsuro of a lake there, but tells him not to go out to se...
E63
The Sisters of the Pitch Dark Planet
Air Date: 1980-01-31
The 999 stops at the Pitch Dark Planet, where all light is instantly absorbed. A while after Maetel leaves the train ...
E64
The Holyland of Silence
Air Date: 1980-02-07
Maetel and Tetsuro arrived at the Planet of Silence, where raising one's voice (beyond a whispering level) was punish...
E65
The Symphonic Poem of the Witch's Harp
Air Date: 1980-02-14
The 999 arrives at a planet where the people are starving because the Queen of the planet orders all food to be broug...
E66
The Fog of Funeral Planet
Air Date: 1980-02-21
As the 999 touched down on the Funeral Planet, its arrival (and whistle) disturbed a funeral procession, who decided ...
E67
The Space Monk Dairuz
Air Date: 1980-02-28
Dairuz, a monk with a mechanical body was on board of the 999. His rang his bell throughout, and the sound waves were...
E68
The Star Named Curiosity
Air Date: 1980-03-06
The 999 passes the Curiosity Planet, a planet with a large red dot on it that makes the planet look like an eye. The ...
E69
The Defiance of C62
Air Date: 1980-03-13
The episode opened with an armed robbery that took place on the 555 when it took a stop on the Medical Treatment Aste...
E70
Heart of Flower Village
Air Date: 1980-03-20
The 999 stopped at the City of Flowers, which was covered with flowers. When Tetsuro and Maetel went to the Hotel, a ...
E71
The Children's Limbo Pioneer
Air Date: 1980-03-27
On Limbo, a planet without grass nor trees, Tetsuro and Maetel meet a man living tough life tilling the ground in suc...
E72
Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part One)
Air Date: 1980-04-24
Planet Kilimanjaro is a snow-laden planet with three shining suns. There, Tetsuro and the gang are captured by a race...
E73
Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part Two)
Air Date: 1980-05-01
The gang successfully escapes from jail and encounter the Ghost Hoppers' sacred queen. She says their people pushed s...
E74
1,765,000,000 Man Planet
Air Date: 1980-05-08
The 999 lands on a planet where every inhabitant is a beggar. But there is a married couple, Rage and Pity, who want ...
E75
Cheyenne the Water Country(Part One)
Air Date: 1980-05-15
"Heed our requests or we'll blow you up!" Those were the words that came from a planet that even Maetel didn't know t...
E76
Cheyenne the Water Country(Part Two)
Air Date: 1980-05-29
The chief of the Cheyenne Fish, Navarro, gives chase to Water Press who had forced the 999 to take his people on boar...
E77
The Holy Woman(Part One)
Air Date: 1980-06-12
No episode overview available.
E78
The Holy Woman(Part Two)
Air Date: 1980-06-26
No episode overview available.
E79
The Pirate of Time Castle(Part One)
Air Date: 1980-07-03
Planet Heavy Meldar. Once they pass through here, they will leave the Earth Administration's jurisdiction and enter A...
E80
The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Two)
Air Date: 1980-07-10
Leryuz lets Tetsuro know that Maetel went to the Castle of Time to battle with the pirate there. Tetsuro asks the peo...
E81
The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Three)
Air Date: 1980-07-17
Tetsuro is sent into the past. There, against all of Tetsuro's efforts, his mother his killed just as before. Tetsuro...
E82
Tale of a Short Life
Air Date: 1980-07-24
No episode overview available.
E83
The Third Life
Air Date: 1980-07-31
No episode overview available.
E84
Planet of the Giant Elephant
Air Date: 1980-08-14
No episode overview available.
E85
Love of the Phantom Planet
Air Date: 1980-08-21
No episode overview available.
E86
Wisdom Tooth Planet UFO
Air Date: 1980-08-28
No episode overview available.
E87
Coming from Elsa Sea
Air Date: 1980-09-04
No episode overview available.
E88
Fate of the Planet Crossroads
Air Date: 1980-09-11
No episode overview available.
E89
Ganman Lament
Air Date: 1980-09-25
No episode overview available.
E90
Fairy of Andromeda(Part One)
Air Date: 1980-10-09
No episode overview available.
E91
Fairy of Andromeda(Part Two)
Air Date: 1980-10-16
No episode overview available.
E92
Last Moment in the City at the Bottom of the Sea
Air Date: 1980-10-23
No episode overview available.
E93
Insect Planet Keiko
Air Date: 1980-10-30
No episode overview available.
E94
Yaryabol's Small World(Part One)
Air Date: 1980-11-06
No episode overview available.
E95
Yaryabol's Small World(Part Two)
Air Date: 1980-11-13
No episode overview available.
E96
Flying Claw(Part One)
Air Date: 1980-11-20
No episode overview available.
E97
Flying Claw(Part Two)
Air Date: 1980-11-27
No episode overview available.
E98
One Book Left in Space
Air Date: 1980-12-04
No episode overview available.
E99
Fourth Dimension Elevator
Air Date: 1980-12-11
No episode overview available.
E100
Loose Zone Spector
Air Date: 1980-12-18
No episode overview available.
E101
Planet of Eternally Pursued Dreams
Air Date: 1980-12-25
No episode overview available.
E102
Planet of the Holy Queen's Revolt
Air Date: 1981-01-08
No episode overview available.
E103
Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part One)
Air Date: 1981-01-15
No episode overview available.
E104
Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part Two)
Air Date: 1981-01-22
No episode overview available.
E105
Legendary Young Soldier
Air Date: 1981-01-29
No episode overview available.
E106
Phantom Station 13
Air Date: 1981-02-05
No episode overview available.
E107
Birdman of Kilimanjaro
Air Date: 1981-02-12
No episode overview available.
E108
Decay of Macaroni Au Gratin
Air Date: 1981-02-19
No episode overview available.
E109
Maetel's Trip(Part One)
Air Date: 1981-02-26
No episode overview available.
E110
Maetel's Trip(Part Two)
Air Date: 1981-03-05
No episode overview available.
E111
Planet Komori
Air Date: 1981-03-12
No episode overview available.
E112
Illusion of Youth(Part One)
Air Date: 1981-03-19
No episode overview available.
E113
Illusion of Youth(Part Two)
Air Date: 1981-03-26
No episode overview available.
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