About this series
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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Quick facts
First aired
1978
Seasons
1
Episodes
113
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.8/10
Votes
31
Genre
Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Status
Ended
Network
Fuji TV
Language
JA
Seasons & Episodes
S01E01
Ballad of Departure
Tetsuro's mother is murdered while the two of them travel through the snow by the villainous Count Mecha. Before she dies, Tetsuro's mother tells him to go to the planet Andromeda …
S01E02
The Red Winds of Mars
The 999's first stop is the planet Mars, a desolate planet where few live. When Tetsuro is provided a tour by a young woman, Freme, her boyfriend Geronimo shoots Tetsuro and steals…
S01E03
The Resting Warriors on Titan
Tetsuro meets Crystal Claire, a waitress on the 999 that is made entirely of glass. Claire's body was forced upon her by her mother and she is seeking to buy back her original body…
S01E04
The Great Bandit Antares
The bandit Antares sneaks aboard the 999 and starts stealing and killing people aboard. He meets Tetsuro and Maetel and forces the 999 to travel to his home by holding Tetsuro at g…
S01E05
Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion
The 999 travels to Pluto, where the frozen human bodies of the machine people have been laid to rest. Tetsuro meets Shadow, the machine woman who is caretaker of the graves. Shadow…
S01E06
The Comet Library
The 999 arrives at the Comet Library, where all the books published are located. There, a pair of men capture Tetsuro and try to force him into having a machine body.
S01E07
The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1
The 999 falls into the Sargasso, where they find the remains of the 333, a missing train. Traveling aboard, Tetsuro, Maetel and the Conductor find only skeletons. A woman aboard th…
S01E08
The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2
Ryuzu brings Tetsuro to her home. There she demands Tetsuro remain with her, showing him the skeletons of those who refused her. Ryuzu offers Tetsuro a machine body, then shows him…
S01E09
Trader's Junction - Part 1
The 999 made a stop on the planet Trader, a junction for different major rail lines. Tetsuro met a woman in destitute and decided to treat her for a meal. But this angered a mob of…
S01E10
Trader's Junction - Part 2
Hanako brought the still asleep Tetsuro to a neighboring planet aptly called Wildflower. They traveled to her home, and were greeted by her aging mother and ailing father. Without …
S01E11
Nuruba, the Planet Without Form
The 999 arrived at the formless world Naruba, where humans often traveled to end their lives. Two adolescent shape-shifting blobs kidnapped Tetsuro and Maetel and impersonated them…
S01E12
The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1
The 999 arrives on a planet where the entire populace except for one person have been turned to stone by a petrification cloud. The one person still alive, a warrior, attacks Tetsu…
S01E13
The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2
Additional people arrive on the planet who seek to steal the petrified remains of the warrior's lover. Moreover an another petrification cloud is approaching the planet.
S01E14
Lala of the Dual Planets
The 999 arrives at the Dual Planets, a world full of machine people. When a large group of machine people at a restaurant treat Tetsuro and Maetel rudely, Tetsuro goes on a rampage…
S01E15
Beethoven of the Water Planet
The 999 is pursued by the Black Knight, a caped figure in a dark, fog drenched world. The Black Knight requests Tetsuro stay on the planet and be his friend, but Tetsuro refuses an…
S01E16
The Street of Fireflies
On their latest planet, Tetsuro meets Freiya, a poor girl who appears beautiful to him but is considered ugly and deformed by the other inhabitants of her planet because she does n…
S01E17
The Armored Planet
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is encased in armor, including a panzer beetle that severely wounds Maetel. Tetsuro travels the planet, searching for a doctor who can …
S01E18
Maetel of Mud
The 999 arrives on a planet containing a large mud pit that Maetel warns Tetsuro to not go near. When he does, Tetsuro is dragged into the pit and forced to live in a bubble with a…
S01E19
The Land of Confession
The 999 made a two-week stop to the Planet of Confession, a world supposedly free of all evils. While the conductor decided to take his holidays on the planet, a robber appeared an…
S01E20
Professional Spirit
The 999 travels to a planet full of professionals, and Maetel warns Tetsuro not to look anyone in the eye. When Tetsuro does so, he is captured by a professional hangman who tries …
S01E21
The Tombstone of Dry Leaves
The 999 arrives at a hollow planet with no gravity; as a result everything is a lot fatter looking, and can float through the air. Tetsuro and Maetel are confronted by cattle keepe…
S01E22
The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes
The 999 is attacked by the pirate ship Queen Emeraldes, which forces the train to a pirate planet. There Tetsuro and Maetel are captured by the pirate Emeraldes, a caped woman who …
S01E23
The Queen of the Primitive Planet
The 999 arrives at the Battle Torn Planet, a planet that was split in two due to arguments over whether the planet should be scientifically advanced or primitive. Soon after disemb…
S01E24
The Planet of Dimensional Voyage
The 999 finds its next destination destroyed; it was demolished by a planet that travels through the dimensions, smashing other planets. When the 999 lands on this planet, they are…
S01E25
The Steel Angel
Tetsuro meets Clowmaria, a freedom fighter on a heavily industrialized world that is trying to get the people of her planet to change their ways.
S01E26
The Song of a Skeleton
Tetsuro meets Horohoro, a poor skeleton man who has lost most of his body including his ribs because he is so poor.
S01E27
The Hariti of Snow City
After the 999 landed on the five-planet system Snow Capital, Tetsuro and Maetel explored the city. He fell through a hidden hole which led him to the slum part of the city, and was…
S01E28
The Literary Giant of the Planet Mirage
The 999 arrives on a planet where Tetsuro and Maetel meet an old writer who lives alone and has extremely long hair. The old man steals Tetsuro's pass and flees on the 999 with Mae…
S01E29
The Continent of Sakezan
Sakezan is the only human living in a jungle world named after him. He is a parody of Tarzan and, as his name suggests, is very fond of saké. Sakezan captured Maetel when the 999 t…
S01E30
The Phantom World of Filament
The episode opened with the story of the post-modern feudal world of Filament, which was destroyed when its sun went supernova. An energy cloud formed where the planet used to be, …
S01E31
The Planet of Passion
The 999 arrives at a planet where people are passionate and don't hide their emotions. Meanwhile a group of 4 assassins are hired by a friend of Count Mecha's to kill Tetsuro.
S01E32
The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension
Tetsuro meets Edmund, a fellow passenger on the 999 who is looking forward to returning to his homeworld on their next stop. When they arrive however the planet is completely ravag…
S01E33
Ulatores's Mountain of Screws
The 999 arrives on the planet Ulatorus, which contains mountains of screws. When a storm causes one of the mountains to collapse, Tetsuro loses his pass and meets a machine woman w…
S01E34
The Witch of Plated City - Part 1
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is plated in gold, the streets, the buildings, even the people. A thief knocks Tetsuro out and steals Maetel's luggage. Tetsuro runs af…
S01E35
The Witch of Plated City - Part 2
Hoilock's mother's dying wish is for him to continue in her footsteps in toppling those in charge of making everything gold. Meanwhile the 999 takes off without Tetsuro when he doe…
S01E36
The Great Chieftain Cyclops
The 999 stops at an abandoned artificial colony world. Tetsuro is pleased with its appearance but Maetel is puzzled that the colony looks quite different than it did on her last vi…
S01E37
Mīkun's Mansion of Life
The 999 approaches the planet Mīkun's Mansion of Life, and all the passengers appear depressed, closing the blinds as they approach it. When Tetsuro and Maetel arrive at the hotel,…
S01E38
The Empire of the Cowardly Elder
The 999 is heavily damaged and forced to land on a planet under the despotic rule of the Cowardly Elder, President Delmukade. Tetsuro, Maetal and the Conductor are forced to travel…
S01E39
Kasumi of Fog City
The 999 arrives on a planet where everyone is very beautiful, but also extremely weak, not even going outside during the day due to the sun. A couple steals a suitcase containing T…
S01E40
The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 1
The 999 approaches a large group of spherical homes, which are ruled by a Great Chieftain. Upon entering, Maetel is captured by the Chieftain's minions. Tetsuro meets Tetsuguro, a …
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S01E41
The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 2
Tetsuro is captured and brought before the Great Chieftain, who has a computer with all of Maetel's secrets. Tetsuguro manages to rescue Tetsuro, and discovers that his girlfriend …
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S01E42
The Memory of Fimel
The 999 approaches the planet Visage of Memories, where the Conductor many years ago promised his lover, Marvelous, that he would make money on the 999 and return. A new passenger,…
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S01E43
Kira of Windy Hill
The 999 arrives on the planet Arashigaoka (lit.: Windy Hill) where a sickly father and son, Kira operate a shoe repair store. Tetsuro's pass is stolen by the father, who seeks to g…
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S01E44
The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1
At the 999's latest stop, Deadwood Mountain, Tetsuro and Maetel meet Prider, a poor singer who seeks to board the 999 so he can become a famous singer. When Prider doesn't have eno…
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S01E45
The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 2
The three Valkyries bring everyone aboard their ship, where our heroes meet their mother, the head Valkyrie. The ship travels to the edge of the universe where the Valkyries show o…
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S01E46
The Song of El Alamein
Nanmi, a passenger on the 999 is able to convince the train to head to his planet, El Alamein, when he threatens to kill Tetsuro. Once they arrive Tetsuro and Maetel travel outside…
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S01E47
The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1
The 999 landed on a planet called "Rifle Grenade", where slaves were brought in to fight a perpetual war between two factions as spectator sport. One of the slave soldiers, Zeda, e…
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S01E48
The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2
At gunpoint (from the previous episode), Tetsuro told Zeda of his struggles back on Earth. Zeda was instead moved and decided to joined the rebels. With his companions Santana and …
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S01E49
From this Star
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on a planet filled with kind hearted, hard working people. When a storm ends up destroying the hotel that they are staying in, their luggage, including th…
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S01E50
Ghost Tunnel
The 999 arrives at the ghost tunnel, a giant tunnel in space formed by giant black orbs. An android woman, Eroze appears and asks Tetsuro to come off the train. When he refuses, sh…
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S01E51
Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 1
As the 999 approaches its next destination, a large number of small blue blobs start passing by the 999, warning it to not go any further. Eventually the 999 gets stuck in a larger…
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S01E52
Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 2
After being brought aboard the 999, Artemis reveals her history, how she departed her mother to acquire a humanoid machine body. Having to work to pay it off in a factory had its t…
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S01E53
Tetsuro, of the Planet of Mirrors
A boy who looks just like Tetsuro, named Manabu, and his brother work hard and are able to purchase a single pass for 999. The brother passes away before they can make it to the to…
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S01E54
The Story of Endless Summer - Part 1
The 999 arrives on the Planet of the Endless Summer, which is populated by humanoid insect like creatures. The queen of the creatures captures Tetsuro and Maetel, planning to boil …
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S01E55
The Story of Endless Summer - Part 2
The insect babies hatch and when Tetsuro finds himself unable to kill them, they climb aboard the 999 and start eating it.
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S01E56
The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 1
The 999 arrives on a primitive planet populated with people who are scared of the passengers taking over the planet. Meanwhile a friendly dinosaur named Tiny befriends Tetsuro and …
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S01E57
The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 2
Tiny changes his mind about going on the 999 and decides to stay on his planet with his girlfriend until they can both get tickets. The two of them help Tetsuro and Maetel when the…
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S01E58
The Footsteps of Footstep Village
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on the planet Footsteps Village, and are told of evil spirits that possess and kill people. Tetsuro is warned to not go out at night, but when he meets a …
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S01E59
Idle One's Mirror
The 999 stopped on the planet Idle One's Mirror, where everything is automated by machines. Tetsuro disembarked the train alone, and was taken by an automated taxi around the city.…
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S01E60
The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 1
The next stop for the 999 was the Planet of Tomorrow, a peaceful world whose inhabitants had no knowledge of space flight. The 999 and its passengers were to land in secrecy. A gro…
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S01E61
The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 2
While stranded on the planet without train passes, Maetel sought help from Galaxy Railways, but her efforts ended in vain. Meanwhile, with Adachi's help, Tetsuro found a job at a n…
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S01E62
The City without Night
As the 999 approaches the City Without Night, Maetel tells Tetsuro of a lake there, but tells him not to go out to see it. When they arrive on the planet, Tetsuro gets in trouble f…
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S01E63
The Sisters of the Pitch Dark Planet
The 999 stops at the Pitch Dark Planet, where all light is instantly absorbed. A while after Maetel leaves the train to "attend to private business", Tetsuro is beckoned outside by…
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S01E64
The Holyland of Silence
Maetel and Tetsuro arrived at the Planet of Silence, where raising one's voice (beyond a whispering level) was punishable by death. Maetel asked Tetsuro to stay behind while she ha…
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S01E65
The Symphonic Poem of the Witch's Harp
The 999 arrives at a planet where the people are starving because the Queen of the planet orders all food to be brought to her. Tetsuro and Maetel travel to the island where the Qu…
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S01E66
The Fog of Funeral Planet
As the 999 touched down on the Funeral Planet, its arrival (and whistle) disturbed a funeral procession, who decided to bury Maetel and Tetsuro alive as punishment, with the proper…
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S01E67
The Space Monk Dairuz
Dairuz, a monk with a mechanical body was on board of the 999. His rang his bell throughout, and the sound waves were powerful enough to damage the train and all of Tetsuro's teeth…
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S01E68
The Star Named Curiosity
The 999 passes the Curiosity Planet, a planet with a large red dot on it that makes the planet look like an eye. The Conductor orders the passengers to not stare at the planet, but…
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S01E69
The Defiance of C62
The episode opened with an armed robbery that took place on the 555 when it took a stop on the Medical Treatment Asteroid (in Episode 67). Next, the 999 received an emergency stop …
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S01E70
Heart of Flower Village
The 999 stopped at the City of Flowers, which was covered with flowers. When Tetsuro and Maetel went to the Hotel, a fire broke out that ravaged the planet (and the flowers). The t…
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S01E71
The Children's Limbo Pioneer
On Limbo, a planet without grass nor trees, Tetsuro and Maetel meet a man living tough life tilling the ground in such hard conditions, and his son, Yosaku. They plan to till the g…
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S01E72
Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part One)
Planet Kilimanjaro is a snow-laden planet with three shining suns. There, Tetsuro and the gang are captured by a race of people who are as thin as paper, the Ghost Hoppers. They're…
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S01E73
Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part Two)
The gang successfully escapes from jail and encounter the Ghost Hoppers' sacred queen. She says their people pushed science too far and that is why they look the way they do. The Q…
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S01E74
1,765,000,000 Man Planet
The 999 lands on a planet where every inhabitant is a beggar. But there is a married couple, Rage and Pity, who want it to stop. They board the 999 because they are sick of all the…
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S01E75
Cheyenne the Water Country(Part One)
"Heed our requests or we'll blow you up!" Those were the words that came from a planet that even Maetel didn't know that forced the 999 to make an unscheduled landing. The people o…
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S01E76
Cheyenne the Water Country(Part Two)
The chief of the Cheyenne Fish, Navarro, gives chase to Water Press who had forced the 999 to take his people on board. He chases them in an old-fashioned space shuttle in order to…
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S01E77
The Holy Woman(Part One)
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S01E78
The Holy Woman(Part Two)
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S01E79
The Pirate of Time Castle(Part One)
Planet Heavy Meldar. Once they pass through here, they will leave the Earth Administration's jurisdiction and enter Andromedan jurisdiction. Right before arrival, they encounter a …
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S01E80
The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Two)
Leryuz lets Tetsuro know that Maetel went to the Castle of Time to battle with the pirate there. Tetsuro asks the people in the bar where the Castle of Time is, but everyone is fea…
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S01E81
The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Three)
Tetsuro is sent into the past. There, against all of Tetsuro's efforts, his mother his killed just as before. Tetsuro realizes that he cannot alter the past. But then through Leryu…
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S01E82
Tale of a Short Life
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S01E83
The Third Life
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S01E84
Planet of the Giant Elephant
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S01E85
Love of the Phantom Planet
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S01E86
Wisdom Tooth Planet UFO
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S01E87
Coming from Elsa Sea
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S01E88
Fate of the Planet Crossroads
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S01E89
Ganman Lament
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S01E90
Fairy of Andromeda(Part One)
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S01E91
Fairy of Andromeda(Part Two)
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S01E92
Last Moment in the City at the Bottom of the Sea
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S01E93
Insect Planet Keiko
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S01E94
Yaryabol's Small World(Part One)
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S01E95
Yaryabol's Small World(Part Two)
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S01E96
Flying Claw(Part One)
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S01E97
Flying Claw(Part Two)
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S01E98
One Book Left in Space
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S01E99
Fourth Dimension Elevator
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S01E100
Loose Zone Spector
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S01E101
Planet of Eternally Pursued Dreams
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S01E102
Planet of the Holy Queen's Revolt
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S01E103
Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part One)
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S01E104
Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part Two)
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S01E105
Legendary Young Soldier
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S01E106
Phantom Station 13
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S01E107
Birdman of Kilimanjaro
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S01E108
Decay of Macaroni Au Gratin
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S01E109
Maetel's Trip(Part One)
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S01E110
Maetel's Trip(Part Two)
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S01E111
Planet Komori
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S01E112
Illusion of Youth(Part One)
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S01E113
Illusion of Youth(Part Two)
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Cast
🎭 Animation
🎭 Action & Adventure
🎭 Drama
🎭 Sci-Fi & Fantasy
👤 Masako Nozawa
👤 Masako Ikeda
👤 Kaneta Kimotsuki
based on manga
space opera
anime
Questions about Galaxy Express 999
How many seasons does Galaxy Express 999 have?
Galaxy Express 999 has 1 season and 113 episodes total.
What genre is Galaxy Express 999?
Galaxy Express 999 is a Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy series.
Who stars in Galaxy Express 999?
The cast of Galaxy Express 999 includes Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Hitoshi Takagi.
What is the TMDB rating for Galaxy Express 999?
Galaxy Express 999 has a TMDB rating of 7.8/10 based on 31 votes.
