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DirectorRintaro
Runtime2h 8m · 12
GenresAdventure · Animation · Science-fiction
Release1979-08-04
Film
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979· 12· 2h 8m· Adventure· Animation· Science-fiction
“Your imagination is the final destination”
In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Maetel, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.
1979-08-04
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Key Crew
DirectorRintaro
WriterLeiji Matsumoto
ScreenplayFumio Ishimori
Director of PhotographyMasatoshi Fukui
EditorIzumi Ohkuma
Full cast & crew (18 cast · 34 crew)
Details
Released1979-08-04
Runtime2h 8m · 12
StatusReleased
StudiosToei Animation
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating6.9/10 · 81 votes
Original languageja
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