Galaxy Express 999
Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999, Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds and emotions with perfect fidelity into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.
| Galaxy Express 999 | |
Cover of the 1994 reprint of the first manga volume | |
| 銀河鉄道999 (Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) | |
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| Genre | Space opera |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Published by | Shōnen Gahōsha and Shogakukan |
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| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen King |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | January 24, 1977 – November 6, 1981 |
| Volumes | 18 |
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| Directed by | Nobutaka Nishizawa |
| Written by | Hiroyasu Yamaura Keisuke Fujikawa Yoshiaki Yoshida |
| Music by | Nozomi Aoki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | September 14, 1978 – March 28, 1981 |
| Episodes | 113 |
| Anime film | |
| Galaxy Express 999 | |
| Directed by | Rintaro |
| Written by | Shiro Ishimori |
| Music by | Nozomi Aoki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Released | August 4, 1979 |
| Runtime | 132 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Adieu Galaxy Express 999 | |
| Directed by | Rintaro |
| Written by | Hiroyasu Yamaura |
| Music by | Osamu Shoji |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Released | August 1, 1981 |
| Runtime | 130 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy | |
| Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
| Written by | Kazumi Koide |
| Music by | Ichiro Nitta |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Released | March 7, 1998 |
| Runtime | 54 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Maetel Legend | |
| Directed by | Yōsuke Kuroda |
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| Written by | Mugi Kamio |
| Music by | Masamichi Amano |
| Studio | Vega Entertainment |
| Licensed by | U.S. Manga Corps (USA) |
| Released | 2000 |
| Runtime | 41 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Space Symphony Maetel | |
| Directed by | Shinichi Masaki |
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| Written by | Mugi Kamio |
| Music by | Taro Hakase |
| Studio | Azeta Pictures |
| Original network | Animax (PPV Premier) |
| Original run | August 6, 2004 – June 20, 2005 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Manga | |
| Galaxy Express 999 Another Story: Ultimate Journey | |
| Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Illustrated by | Yuzuru Shimazaki |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Champion Red |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 19, 2018 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1978. The anime series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1981.
Matsumoto was inspired to create Galaxy Express 999 by the idea of a steam train running through the stars in the novel Night on the Galactic Railroad by Kenji Miyazawa.
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