movie backdrop
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 4, 1979

Runtime

2h 8m

Genres

Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction

User Score

68%

Original Title

銀河鉄道999

Production Companies

Toei Animation

Director

Rintaro

Description

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.