Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 14, 1978
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 113
Networks: 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, NIB, AKT, Toyama Television, Okinawa Television Broadcasting
Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Galaxy Express 999(1978)

TMDB Rating: 7.4 (26 votes)

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.

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Season 1

113 episodes • 1978Avg: 4.5Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Ballad of Departure	Sep 14, 1978	0.0
2	The Red Winds of Mars	Sep 21, 1978	0.0
3	The Resting Warriors on Titan	Sep 28, 1978	0.0
4	The Great Bandit Antares	Oct 5, 1978	0.0
5	Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion	Oct 12, 1978	7.0
6	The Comet Library	Oct 19, 1978	0.0
7	The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1	Oct 26, 1978	0.0
8	The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2	Nov 2, 1978	0.0
9	Trader's Junction - Part 1	Nov 9, 1978	0.0
10	Trader's Junction - Part 2	Nov 16, 1978	0.0
11	Nuruba, the Planet Without Form	Nov 23, 1978	0.0
12	The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1	Nov 30, 1978	0.0
13	The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2	Dec 7, 1978	0.0
14	Lala of the Dual Planets	Dec 14, 1978	0.0
15	Beethoven of the Water Planet	Dec 21, 1978	0.0
16	The Street of Fireflies	Dec 28, 1978	0.0
17	The Armored Planet	Jan 4, 1979	0.0
18	Maetel of Mud	Jan 11, 1979	0.0
19	The Land of Confession	Jan 18, 1979	0.0
20	Professional Spirit	Jan 25, 1979	0.0
21	The Tombstone of Dry Leaves	Feb 1, 1979	0.0
22	The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes	Feb 8, 1979	0.0
23	The Queen of the Primitive Planet	Feb 15, 1979	0.0
24	The Planet of Dimensional Voyage	Feb 22, 1979	0.0
25	The Steel Angel	Mar 8, 1979	0.0
26	The Song of a Skeleton	Mar 15, 1979	0.0
27	The Hariti of Snow City	Mar 22, 1979	0.0
28	The Literary Giant of the Planet Mirage	Mar 29, 1979	2.0
29	The Continent of Sakezan	Apr 5, 1979	0.0
30	The Phantom World of Filament	Apr 12, 1979	0.0
31	The Planet of Passion	Apr 19, 1979	0.0
32	The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension	Apr 26, 1979	0.0
33	Ulatores's Mountain of Screws	May 3, 1979	0.0
34	The Witch of Plated City - Part 1	May 18, 1979	0.0
35	The Witch of Plated City - Part 2	May 31, 1979	0.0
36	The Great Chieftain Cyclops	Jun 7, 1979	0.0
37	Mīkun's Mansion of Life	Jun 14, 1979	0.0
38	The Empire of the Cowardly Elder	Jun 21, 1979	0.0
39	Kasumi of Fog City	Jul 5, 1979	0.0
40	The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 1	Jul 19, 1979	0.0
41	The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 2	Jul 26, 1979	0.0
42	The Memory of Fimel	Aug 2, 1979	0.0
43	Kira of Windy Hill	Aug 16, 1979	0.0
44	The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1	Aug 30, 1979	0.0
45	The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 2	Sep 6, 1979	0.0
46	The Song of El Alamein	Sep 13, 1979	0.0
47	The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1	Sep 20, 1979	0.0
48	The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2	Sep 27, 1979	0.0
49	From this Star	Oct 18, 1979	0.0
50	Ghost Tunnel	Oct 25, 1979	0.0
51	Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 1	Nov 1, 1979	0.0
52	Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 2	Nov 8, 1979	0.0
53	Tetsuro, of the Planet of Mirrors	Nov 15, 1979	0.0
54	The Story of Endless Summer - Part 1	Nov 22, 1979	0.0
55	The Story of Endless Summer - Part 2	Nov 29, 1979	0.0
56	The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 1	Dec 6, 1979	0.0
57	The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 2	Dec 13, 1979	0.0
58	The Footsteps of Footstep Village	Dec 20, 1979	0.0
59	Idle One's Mirror	Dec 27, 1979	0.0
60	The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 1	Jan 10, 1980	0.0
61	The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 2	Jan 17, 1980	0.0
62	The City without Night	Jan 24, 1980	0.0
63	The Sisters of the Pitch Dark Planet	Jan 31, 1980	0.0
64	The Holyland of Silence	Feb 7, 1980	0.0
65	The Symphonic Poem of the Witch's Harp	Feb 14, 1980	0.0
66	The Fog of Funeral Planet	Feb 21, 1980	0.0
67	The Space Monk Dairuz	Feb 28, 1980	0.0
68	The Star Named Curiosity	Mar 6, 1980	0.0
69	The Defiance of C62	Mar 13, 1980	0.0
70	Heart of Flower Village	Mar 20, 1980	0.0
71	The Children's Limbo Pioneer	Mar 27, 1980	0.0
72	Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part One)	Apr 24, 1980	0.0
73	Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part Two)	May 1, 1980	0.0
74	1,765,000,000 Man Planet	May 8, 1980	0.0
75	Cheyenne the Water Country(Part One)	May 15, 1980	0.0
76	Cheyenne the Water Country(Part Two)	May 29, 1980	0.0
77	The Holy Woman(Part One)	Jun 12, 1980	0.0
78	The Holy Woman(Part Two)	Jun 26, 1980	0.0
79	The Pirate of Time Castle(Part One)	Jul 3, 1980	0.0
80	The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Two)	Jul 10, 1980	0.0
81	The Pirate of Time Castle(Part Three)	Jul 17, 1980	0.0
82	Tale of a Short Life	Jul 24, 1980	0.0
83	The Third Life	Jul 31, 1980	0.0
84	Planet of the Giant Elephant	Aug 14, 1980	0.0
85	Love of the Phantom Planet	Aug 21, 1980	0.0
86	Wisdom Tooth Planet UFO	Aug 28, 1980	0.0
87	Coming from Elsa Sea	Sep 4, 1980	0.0
88	Fate of the Planet Crossroads	Sep 11, 1980	0.0
89	Ganman Lament	Sep 25, 1980	0.0
90	Fairy of Andromeda(Part One)	Oct 9, 1980	0.0
91	Fairy of Andromeda(Part Two)	Oct 16, 1980	0.0
92	Last Moment in the City at the Bottom of the Sea	Oct 23, 1980	0.0
93	Insect Planet Keiko	Oct 30, 1980	0.0
94	Yaryabol's Small World(Part One)	Nov 6, 1980	0.0
95	Yaryabol's Small World(Part Two)	Nov 13, 1980	0.0
96	Flying Claw(Part One)	Nov 20, 1980	0.0
97	Flying Claw(Part Two)	Nov 27, 1980	0.0
98	One Book Left in Space	Dec 4, 1980	0.0
99	Fourth Dimension Elevator	Dec 11, 1980	0.0
100	Loose Zone Spector	Dec 18, 1980	0.0
101	Planet of Eternally Pursued Dreams	Dec 25, 1980	0.0
102	Planet of the Holy Queen's Revolt	Jan 8, 1981	0.0
103	Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part One)	Jan 15, 1981	0.0
104	Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part Two)	Jan 22, 1981	0.0
105	Legendary Young Soldier	Jan 29, 1981	0.0
106	Phantom Station 13	Feb 5, 1981	0.0
107	Birdman of Kilimanjaro	Feb 12, 1981	0.0
108	Decay of Macaroni Au Gratin	Feb 19, 1981	0.0
109	Maetel's Trip(Part One)	Feb 26, 1981	0.0
110	Maetel's Trip(Part Two)	Mar 5, 1981	0.0
111	Planet Komori	Mar 12, 1981	0.0
112	Illusion of Youth(Part One)	Mar 19, 1981	0.0
113	Illusion of Youth(Part Two)	Mar 26, 1981	0.0

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