Galaxy Express 999 (1978)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 1978-09-14
• Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Seasons: 1, 113 episodes
• Episode length: 25m
• Network: Fuji TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai TV, Fuji News Network, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Sendai Television, SAGA TV, Ishikawa TV, TNC, Television Shin Hiroshima System, TV Shizuoka, NBS, TSK, AKT, Toyama Television, Okinawa Television Broadcasting, KTN
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.8/10 from 32 votes

Top cast

• Masako Nozawa as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
• Masako Ikeda as Maetel (voice)
• Kaneta Kimotsuki as Conductor (voice)
• Hitoshi Takagi as Narrator (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Galaxy Express 999

• United States: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel; watch free on Pluto TV, Tubi TV; buy on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll; watch free on Tubi TV

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