S01E01 Ballad of Departure
Tetsuro's mother is murdered while the two of them travel through the snow by the villainous Count Mecha. Before she dies, Tetsuro's mother tells him to go to the planet Andromeda where he can get...
Galaxy Express 999
S01E26: The Song of a Skeleton
Tetsuro meets Horohoro, a poor skeleton man who has lost most of his body including his ribs because he is so poor.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 The Red Winds of Mars
The 999's first stop is the planet Mars, a desolate planet where few live. When Tetsuro is provided a tour by a young woman, Freme, her boyfriend Geronimo shoots Tetsuro and steals his 999 pass.
S01E03 The Resting Warriors on Titan
Tetsuro meets Crystal Claire, a waitress on the 999 that is made entirely of glass. Claire's body was forced upon her by her mother and she is seeking to buy back her original body. Tetsuro...
S01E04 The Great Bandit Antares
The bandit Antares sneaks aboard the 999 and starts stealing and killing people aboard. He meets Tetsuro and Maetel and forces the 999 to travel to his home by holding Tetsuro at gunpoint.
S01E05 Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion
The 999 travels to Pluto, where the frozen human bodies of the machine people have been laid to rest. Tetsuro meets Shadow, the machine woman who is caretaker of the graves. Shadow shows him her...
S01E06 The Comet Library
The 999 arrives at the Comet Library, where all the books published are located. There, a pair of men capture Tetsuro and try to force him into having a machine body.
S01E07 The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1
The 999 falls into the Sargasso, where they find the remains of the 333, a missing train. Traveling aboard, Tetsuro, Maetel and the Conductor find only skeletons. A woman aboard the train, Ryuzu, reveals herself,...
S01E08 The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2
Ryuzu brings Tetsuro to her home. There she demands Tetsuro remain with her, showing him the skeletons of those who refused her. Ryuzu offers Tetsuro a machine body, then shows him her beautiful machine body....
S01E09 Trader's Junction - Part 1
The 999 made a stop on the planet Trader, a junction for different major rail lines. Tetsuro met a woman in destitute and decided to treat her for a meal. But this angered a mob...
S01E10 Trader's Junction - Part 2
Hanako brought the still asleep Tetsuro to a neighboring planet aptly called Wildflower. They traveled to her home, and were greeted by her aging mother and ailing father. Without Tetsuro's knowledge (or consent), Hanako feigned...
S01E11 Nuruba, the Planet Without Form
The 999 arrived at the formless world Naruba, where humans often traveled to end their lives. Two adolescent shape-shifting blobs kidnapped Tetsuro and Maetel and impersonated them for a chance to leave the planet.
S01E12 The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1
The 999 arrives on a planet where the entire populace except for one person have been turned to stone by a petrification cloud. The one person still alive, a warrior, attacks Tetsuro and steals his...
S01E13 The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2
Additional people arrive on the planet who seek to steal the petrified remains of the warrior's lover. Moreover an another petrification cloud is approaching the planet.
S01E14 Lala of the Dual Planets
The 999 arrives at the Dual Planets, a world full of machine people. When a large group of machine people at a restaurant treat Tetsuro and Maetel rudely, Tetsuro goes on a rampage and kills...
S01E15 Beethoven of the Water Planet
The 999 is pursued by the Black Knight, a caped figure in a dark, fog drenched world. The Black Knight requests Tetsuro stay on the planet and be his friend, but Tetsuro refuses and he...
S01E16 The Street of Fireflies
On their latest planet, Tetsuro meets Freiya, a poor girl who appears beautiful to him but is considered ugly and deformed by the other inhabitants of her planet because she does not glow in the...
S01E17 The Armored Planet
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is encased in armor, including a panzer beetle that severely wounds Maetel. Tetsuro travels the planet, searching for a doctor who can help her. The doctor however...
S01E18 Maetel of Mud
The 999 arrives on a planet containing a large mud pit that Maetel warns Tetsuro to not go near. When he does, Tetsuro is dragged into the pit and forced to live in a bubble...
S01E19 The Land of Confession
The 999 made a two-week stop to the Planet of Confession, a world supposedly free of all evils. While the conductor decided to take his holidays on the planet, a robber appeared and took all...
S01E20 Professional Spirit
The 999 travels to a planet full of professionals, and Maetel warns Tetsuro not to look anyone in the eye. When Tetsuro does so, he is captured by a professional hangman who tries to hang...
S01E21 The Tombstone of Dry Leaves
The 999 arrives at a hollow planet with no gravity; as a result everything is a lot fatter looking, and can float through the air. Tetsuro and Maetel are confronted by cattle keepers but are...
S01E22 The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes
The 999 is attacked by the pirate ship Queen Emeraldes, which forces the train to a pirate planet. There Tetsuro and Maetel are captured by the pirate Emeraldes, a caped woman who desires Maetel's body.
S01E23 The Queen of the Primitive Planet
The 999 arrives at the Battle Torn Planet, a planet that was split in two due to arguments over whether the planet should be scientifically advanced or primitive. Soon after disembarking, Tetsuro is kidnapped and...
S01E24 The Planet of Dimensional Voyage
The 999 finds its next destination destroyed; it was demolished by a planet that travels through the dimensions, smashing other planets. When the 999 lands on this planet, they are confronted by the planet's ruler,...
S01E25 The Steel Angel
Tetsuro meets Clowmaria, a freedom fighter on a heavily industrialized world that is trying to get the people of her planet to change their ways.
S01E26 The Song of a Skeleton
Tetsuro meets Horohoro, a poor skeleton man who has lost most of his body including his ribs because he is so poor.
S01E27 The Hariti of Snow City
After the 999 landed on the five-planet system Snow Capital, Tetsuro and Maetel explored the city. He fell through a hidden hole which led him to the slum part of the city, and was promptly...
S01E28 The Literary Giant of the Planet Mirage
The 999 arrives on a planet where Tetsuro and Maetel meet an old writer who lives alone and has extremely long hair. The old man steals Tetsuro's pass and flees on the 999 with Maetel,...
S01E29 The Continent of Sakezan
Sakezan is the only human living in a jungle world named after him. He is a parody of Tarzan and, as his name suggests, is very fond of saké. Sakezan captured Maetel when the 999...
S01E30 The Phantom World of Filament
The episode opened with the story of the post-modern feudal world of Filament, which was destroyed when its sun went supernova. An energy cloud formed where the planet used to be, and its inhabitants, not...
S01E31 The Planet of Passion
The 999 arrives at a planet where people are passionate and don't hide their emotions. Meanwhile a group of 4 assassins are hired by a friend of Count Mecha's to kill Tetsuro.
S01E32 The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension
Tetsuro meets Edmund, a fellow passenger on the 999 who is looking forward to returning to his homeworld on their next stop. When they arrive however the planet is completely ravaged.
S01E33 Ulatores's Mountain of Screws
The 999 arrives on the planet Ulatorus, which contains mountains of screws. When a storm causes one of the mountains to collapse, Tetsuro loses his pass and meets a machine woman who kidnaps him, seeking...
S01E34 The Witch of Plated City - Part 1
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is plated in gold, the streets, the buildings, even the people. A thief knocks Tetsuro out and steals Maetel's luggage. Tetsuro runs after him into the sewers...
S01E35 The Witch of Plated City - Part 2
Hoilock's mother's dying wish is for him to continue in her footsteps in toppling those in charge of making everything gold. Meanwhile the 999 takes off without Tetsuro when he doesn't return in time.
S01E36 The Great Chieftain Cyclops
The 999 stops at an abandoned artificial colony world. Tetsuro is pleased with its appearance but Maetel is puzzled that the colony looks quite different than it did on her last visit. They investigate further,...
S01E37 Mīkun's Mansion of Life
The 999 approaches the planet Mīkun's Mansion of Life, and all the passengers appear depressed, closing the blinds as they approach it. When Tetsuro and Maetel arrive at the hotel, Tetsuro finds a tiger and...
S01E38 The Empire of the Cowardly Elder
The 999 is heavily damaged and forced to land on a planet under the despotic rule of the Cowardly Elder, President Delmukade. Tetsuro, Maetal and the Conductor are forced to travel underground where they meet...
S01E39 Kasumi of Fog City
The 999 arrives on a planet where everyone is very beautiful, but also extremely weak, not even going outside during the day due to the sun. A couple steals a suitcase containing Tetsuro and Maetel's...
S01E40 The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 1
The 999 approaches a large group of spherical homes, which are ruled by a Great Chieftain. Upon entering, Maetel is captured by the Chieftain's minions. Tetsuro meets Tetsuguro, a man who looks just like him...
S01E41 The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 2
Tetsuro is captured and brought before the Great Chieftain, who has a computer with all of Maetel's secrets. Tetsuguro manages to rescue Tetsuro, and discovers that his girlfriend has been killed by the Chieftain.
S01E42 The Memory of Fimel
The 999 approaches the planet Visage of Memories, where the Conductor many years ago promised his lover, Marvelous, that he would make money on the 999 and return. A new passenger, Fimel boards the 999...
S01E43 Kira of Windy Hill
The 999 arrives on the planet Arashigaoka (lit.: Windy Hill) where a sickly father and son, Kira operate a shoe repair store. Tetsuro's pass is stolen by the father, who seeks to get on the...
S01E44 The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1
At the 999's latest stop, Deadwood Mountain, Tetsuro and Maetel meet Prider, a poor singer who seeks to board the 999 so he can become a famous singer. When Prider doesn't have enough money to...
S01E45 The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 2
The three Valkyries bring everyone aboard their ship, where our heroes meet their mother, the head Valkyrie. The ship travels to the edge of the universe where the Valkyries show our heroes the bones of...
S01E46 The Song of El Alamein
Nanmi, a passenger on the 999 is able to convince the train to head to his planet, El Alamein, when he threatens to kill Tetsuro. Once they arrive Tetsuro and Maetel travel outside with him....
S01E47 The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1
The 999 landed on a planet called "Rifle Grenade", where slaves were brought in to fight a perpetual war between two factions as spectator sport. One of the slave soldiers, Zeda, escaped and found refuge...
S01E48 The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2
At gunpoint (from the previous episode), Tetsuro told Zeda of his struggles back on Earth. Zeda was instead moved and decided to joined the rebels. With his companions Santana and Brudas, Zeda managed to unite...
S01E49 From this Star
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on a planet filled with kind hearted, hard working people. When a storm ends up destroying the hotel that they are staying in, their luggage, including their passes are lost.
S01E50 Ghost Tunnel
The 999 arrives at the ghost tunnel, a giant tunnel in space formed by giant black orbs. An android woman, Eroze appears and asks Tetsuro to come off the train. When he refuses, she attacks...
S01E51 Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 1
As the 999 approaches its next destination, a large number of small blue blobs start passing by the 999, warning it to not go any further. Eventually the 999 gets stuck in a larger version...
S01E52 Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 2
After being brought aboard the 999, Artemis reveals her history, how she departed her mother to acquire a humanoid machine body. Having to work to pay it off in a factory had its toll however,...
S01E53 Tetsuro, of the Planet of Mirrors
A boy who looks just like Tetsuro, named Manabu, and his brother work hard and are able to purchase a single pass for 999. The brother passes away before they can make it to the...
S01E54 The Story of Endless Summer - Part 1
The 999 arrives on the Planet of the Endless Summer, which is populated by humanoid insect like creatures. The queen of the creatures captures Tetsuro and Maetel, planning to boil them to make them food...
S01E55 The Story of Endless Summer - Part 2
The insect babies hatch and when Tetsuro finds himself unable to kill them, they climb aboard the 999 and start eating it.
S01E56 The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 1
The 999 arrives on a primitive planet populated with people who are scared of the passengers taking over the planet. Meanwhile a friendly dinosaur named Tiny befriends Tetsuro and tries to get passage on the...
S01E57 The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 2
Tiny changes his mind about going on the 999 and decides to stay on his planet with his girlfriend until they can both get tickets. The two of them help Tetsuro and Maetel when they...
S01E58 The Footsteps of Footstep Village
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on the planet Footsteps Village, and are told of evil spirits that possess and kill people. Tetsuro is warned to not go out at night, but when he meets a spirit...
S01E59 Idle One's Mirror
The 999 stopped on the planet Idle One's Mirror, where everything is automated by machines. Tetsuro disembarked the train alone, and was taken by an automated taxi around the city. Once the taxi brought him...
S01E60 The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 1
The next stop for the 999 was the Planet of Tomorrow, a peaceful world whose inhabitants had no knowledge of space flight. The 999 and its passengers were to land in secrecy. A group of...
S01E61 The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 2
While stranded on the planet without train passes, Maetel sought help from Galaxy Railways, but her efforts ended in vain. Meanwhile, with Adachi's help, Tetsuro found a job at a noodle shop to support himself...
S01E62 The City without Night
As the 999 approaches the City Without Night, Maetel tells Tetsuro of a lake there, but tells him not to go out to see it. When they arrive on the planet, Tetsuro gets in trouble...
S01E63 The Sisters of the Pitch Dark Planet
The 999 stops at the Pitch Dark Planet, where all light is instantly absorbed. A while after Maetel leaves the train to "attend to private business", Tetsuro is beckoned outside by a figure at his...
S01E64 The Holyland of Silence
Maetel and Tetsuro arrived at the Planet of Silence, where raising one's voice (beyond a whispering level) was punishable by death. Maetel asked Tetsuro to stay behind while she had to attend to some private...
S01E65 The Symphonic Poem of the Witch's Harp
The 999 arrives at a planet where the people are starving because the Queen of the planet orders all food to be brought to her. Tetsuro and Maetel travel to the island where the Queen...
S01E66 The Fog of Funeral Planet
As the 999 touched down on the Funeral Planet, its arrival (and whistle) disturbed a funeral procession, who decided to bury Maetel and Tetsuro alive as punishment, with the proper pomp and circumstance. They were...
S01E67 The Space Monk Dairuz
Dairuz, a monk with a mechanical body was on board of the 999. His rang his bell throughout, and the sound waves were powerful enough to damage the train and all of Tetsuro's teeth. The...
S01E68 The Star Named Curiosity
The 999 passes the Curiosity Planet, a planet with a large red dot on it that makes the planet look like an eye. The Conductor orders the passengers to not stare at the planet, but...
S01E69 The Defiance of C62
The episode opened with an armed robbery that took place on the 555 when it took a stop on the Medical Treatment Asteroid (in Episode 67). Next, the 999 received an emergency stop signal and...
S01E70 Heart of Flower Village
The 999 stopped at the City of Flowers, which was covered with flowers. When Tetsuro and Maetel went to the Hotel, a fire broke out that ravaged the planet (and the flowers). The train made...
S01E71 The Children's Limbo Pioneer
S01E72 Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part One)
S01E73 Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part Two)
S01E74 1,765,000,000 Man Planet
S01E75 Cheyenne the Water Country(Part One)
S01E76 Cheyenne the Water Country(Part Two)
S01E77 The Holy Woman(Part One)
S01E78 The Holy Woman(Part Two)
S01E79 The Pirate of Time Castle(Part One)
S01E80 The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Two)
S01E81 The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Three)
S01E82 Tale of a Short Life
S01E83 The Third Life
S01E84 Planet of the Giant Elephant
S01E85 Love of the Phantom Planet
S01E86 Wisdom Tooth Planet UFO
S01E87 Coming from Elsa Sea
S01E88 Fate of the Planet Crossroads
S01E89 Ganman Lament
S01E90 Fairy of Andromeda(Part One)
S01E91 Fairy of Andromeda(Part Two)
S01E92 Last Moment in the City at the Bottom of the Sea
S01E93 Insect Planet Keiko
S01E94 Yaryabol's Small World(Part One)
S01E95 Yaryabol's Small World(Part Two)
S01E96 Flying Claw(Part One)
S01E97 Flying Claw(Part Two)
S01E98 One Book Left in Space
S01E99 Fourth Dimension Elevator
S01E100 Loose Zone Spector
S01E101 Planet of Eternally Pursued Dreams
S01E102 Planet of the Holy Queen's Revolt
S01E103 Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part One)
S01E104 Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part Two)
S01E105 Legendary Young Soldier
S01E106 Phantom Station 13
S01E107 Birdman of Kilimanjaro
S01E108 Decay of Macaroni Au Gratin
S01E109 Maetel's Trip(Part One)
S01E110 Maetel's Trip(Part Two)
S01E111 Planet Komori
S01E112 Illusion of Youth(Part One)
S01E113 Illusion of Youth(Part Two)
Cast
Masako Nozawa
Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
Masako Ikeda
Maetel (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi
Narrator (voice)
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Conductor (voice)
