Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

128 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction, Animation | Aug. 4, 1979

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.

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

128 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction, Animation | Aug. 4, 1979

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Toei Animation
Original title 銀河鉄道999
Directors Takao Yoshizawa, Rintaro
Writers Fumio Ishimori, Shingo Araki, Kon Ichikawa, Leiji Matsumoto

Cast

Masako Nozawa

as Tetsurô Hoshino (voice)

Masako Ikeda

as Maetel (voice)

Yoko Asagami

as Claire (voice)

Miyoko Asô

as Tochirô's Mother (voice)

Toshiko Fujita

as Shadow (voice)

Yasuo Hisamatsu

as Antares (voice)

Makio Inoue

as Captain Harlock

Tatsuya Jo

as Narrator (voice)

Ryoko Kinomiya

as Queen Promethium

Kaneta Kimotsuki

as Conductor (voice)

Gorō Naya

as Doctor Ban (voice)

Noriko Ohara

as Ryûzu / Mîmé (voice)

Banjo Ginga

as Captain of the Guard (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

as Tochirô Ôyama (voice)

Reiko Tajima

as Emeraldas (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

as Count Mecha (voice)

Akiko Tsuboi

as Kanae Hoshino (Tetsurô's mother) (voice)

Ryūji Saikachi

as Tavern Owner (voice)