Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Year: 1979

Runtime: 128 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Rintaro

AnimationScience FictionAdventure

In a distant future where people can purchase mechanized bodies to achieve immortality, orphaned teen Tetsuro boards the interstellar train Galaxy Express 999. He hopes to earn a cyborg body that will allow him to avenge his mother's death. During the journey he encounters the mysterious Maetel, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his lost mother, guiding him through the cosmos.

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