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Is Galaxy Express 999 anime?

Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道９９９, Ginga Tetsudō 999) is a 1979 Japanese anime film directed by Rintaro, based on the manga and anime television series of the same name.

How many Galaxy Express movies are there?

Galaxy Express 9991979Adieu Galaxy Express 9991981The Galaxy Express 999: The E...1998Galaxy Express 999/Movies

Is there an anime galaxy?

Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道 999 スリーナイン , 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....Galaxy Express 999.銀河鉄道999 (Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain)ReleasedAugust 4, 1979Runtime132 minutesAnime filmAdieu Galaxy Express 99965 more rows

How does Galaxy Express 999 end?

The Galaxy Express 999 movie ends with Tetsuro and Maetel going their separate ways after having overseen permanent change on Planet Prometheum (referred to as Planet Maetel in the first movie). However, the pair are reunited in Adieu Galaxy Express 999 as freedom fighter and heiress.

Is Ghost in the Shell based on the anime?

Ghost in the Shell 2017 is heavily based on the anime adaptions more than the manga. Both the 1995 movie and the manga are more psychological thrillers, contemplating the complexities of human consciousness and what it means to be human.

Is Maetel a human?

When the debate was brought up to Leiji Matsumoto, he commented that Maetel is "human" but given how the concept is so vague with Matsumoto's works, this only furthers questions. It is also possible that given the nature of her work, Maetel prefers to keep her body's status a secret so as not to take sides.

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How old is Tetsuro Galaxy Express 999?

10-years oldIn the manga/TV series continuity, Tetsuro, now 10-years old, ventures with his mother in 2221 to Megalopolis Station to try and obtain a pass for the Galaxy Express 999. They want to ride the train to travel to a planet where they can obtain a mechanical body and live an eternal life.

What kind of train is Galaxy Express 999?

space trainAlso known as the GE999, the Galaxy Express 999 is a space train and route in the Galaxy Railways transit system. It is one of the most expensive routes available and many must save up money for years just to travel on it.

Summary

A young boy wanders the slums of Earth, noticing the “WANTED” posters for numerous space pirates. He calls a group of children together and they run to the Galaxy Express Travel Center.

Promotion

The film was released during the summer vacation for students in 1979. At the initial press conference for the film, Toei Co. president Shigeru Okada set a target goal for ¥1 billion, aiming at middle school and high school students.

Music

Note from the admin: It is important to know the distinction between the set of BGM pieces between the TV series, this movie, and Adieu Galaxy Express 999. While the TV series and this film share the same composer, the pieces are not the same. For example, M-2 from the TV series and M-2 from this movie are NOT the same!

Availability

After the release of the film in theaters, it was released for home video in Japan and the United States in the following:

Changes

Note from the admin: For this section, the manga and TV series will be referred to as the source material, as this film is an adaptation (or retelling) of those.

Night on the Galactic Railroad

Giovanni is a young cat with a troubled childhood -- he is bullied in school, and waits patiently day after day for his father to return from his journey. One festive evening, Giovanni and his friend Camponella find themselves aboard a great train which takes them to the edge of the universe and back.

Ghost in the Shell

A mysterious new hacker known only as the Puppet Master threatens to create chaos, erasing and rewriting the memories of his victims: humans who have cast away their physical body to become cyborgs. Is he an evil genius, or could he signal the beginning of a new age in the relationship between man and machine?

Interstella 5555 - The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

In a far-off galaxy, there exists a world much the same as Earth. Save for blue skin, the people are near identical - especially with their taste for rockin' dance music. When a strange alien abduction craft lands on the planet to steal their most popular band, however, all hope seems lost.

Phoenix

From swordsmen to robots, from ancient tribal cultures to civilizations that reach the stars, there is one force that dominates all others: life. From birth to death, and rebirth again, it is life that permeates the soul and opens up to us the mysteries of the universe.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Simon lives a boring life in the underground village of Jeeha, where his main job day in and day out is to dig tunnels.

Captain Harlock

In the year 2977, humanity has long passed its peak; machines are able to perform any task a human can, and people have succumbed to apathy. However, there remains one who refuses to accept such an existence: Captan Harlock, a pirate who sails the sea of stars aboard his ship, the Arcadia.

Mushishi

It isn't unusual for a person to feel that the world around them is strange and has unexpected secrets lying just beyond their sight. However, for most people this is just an occasional sensation that greets them upon awakening or chases them into sleep.

Storyline

Galaxy Express 999 is the name of a train which travels through space,beginning at Megalopolis Station on one end of the galaxy and ending at Andromeda on the other.

Did you know

Where else but in Japanese animation can you find a poetic treatise on a mother's love in the form of a stylized sci-fi tale about a living planet and its runaway offspring? GALAXY EXPRESS 999: "Can You Love Like a Mother?" (1980) was the third TV special spun off from the popular "Galaxy Express 999" TV series created by Leiji Matsumoto and is all about mothers and their children.

Synopsis

As she lay dying after being fatally wounded in a ruthless robotic tyrant's trophy hunt, young Tetsuro's mother tells him to travel to a planet where people are given mechanical bodies and thus can achieve immortality.

Review

The complexity of the "Leijiverse" is apparent just from a quick review of the "related" titles list above. Before viewing this film, I had not seen any other directly related Leiji Matsumoto title or read any of the relevant manga.