After witnessing the death of his mother and being left for dead at the hands of Count Mecha, ten-year old Tetsuro Hoshino is awakened by a mysterious woman, Maetal. In exchange for only his company, Maetal offers him the ride of his life on the Galaxy Express 999. It is said that those who travel aboard the legendary train to the end of the line can receive a free mechanical body and with it, immortality. Impoverished and alone, Tetsuro leaps at the opportunity and joins Maetal on a quest that will span the cosmos. As the Galaxy Express 999 makes its way across our solar system and beyond, Tetsuro is drawn deeper into a dangerous universe where peril lurks at every stop.

(Source: Discotek)

Details

Genres

Studios

• Toei Animation
• Discotek

Staff

• Shingo Araki — Character Design
• Ludwig van Beethoven — Music (Moonlight Sonata)
• Mitsuru Aoyama — Key Animation
• Osamu Kasai — Episode Director
• Nobutaka Nishizawa — Chief Director, Episode Director (ep 1), Storyboard (eps 1, 22, 33, 55, 62, 69, 97)
• Masayuki Akehi — Episode Director (ep 2)
• Keisuke Fujikawa — Screenplay, Script
• Takamura Mukuo — Background Art (eps 64, 67, 70, 72, 73)
• Kunihiko Yuyama — Episode Director (ep 3)
• Isao Sasaki — Theme Song Performance
• Leiji Matsumoto — Original Creator
• Christer Hagström — ADR Producer (Swedish)
• Nozomi Aoki — Music
• Tomas Bolme — ADR Director (Swedish)