Galaxy Express 999

About Galaxy Express 999

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.

Galaxy Express 999 is an action-adventure, animation, and science fiction series made for Fuji TV and Tokai Television Broadcasting. It ran for one season of 113 episodes between September 1978 and March 1981.

Masako Nozawa leads the cast as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice), Masako Ikeda as Maetel (voice), Kaneta Kimotsuki as Conductor (voice), and Hitoshi Takagi as Narrator (voice). It is adapted from a manga.

Shelv files it under space opera and based on manga. In the United States it streams on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.

Space Cobra, Naruto Shippūden, and Attack on Titan make useful companions to Galaxy Express 999. It carries a TV-PG rating.