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Ginga Tetsudou 999

In the distant future, humanity has found a way to live forever by purchasing mechanical bodies, but this way to immortality is extraordinarily expensive.

An impoverished boy, Tetsurou Hoshino, desires to purchase a pass on the Galaxy Express 999—a train that travels throughout the universe—because it is said that at the end of the line, those aboard can obtain a mechanical body for free.

When Tetsurou's mother is gunned down by the villainous machine-man hybrid Count Mecha, however, all seems lost.

Tetsurou is then saved from certain death by the mysterious Maetel, a tall woman with blonde hair and a striking resemblance to his mother.

She gives him a pass to the Galaxy Express under one condition: that they travel together.

Thus, Tetsurou begins his journey across the universe to many unique planets and thrilling adventures, in hopes of being able to attain that which he most desires.

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      • Mar 26, 1981

        EP113 - Illusion of Youth(Part Two)

        機械の身体を拒絶した鉄郎は、プロメシュームによって999もろともブラックホールに葬られようとしていた。そしてメーテルもまた、父・バンに協力したせいで反逆者の烙印を押されて投獄されてしまう。脱獄し、999の窮地を救うメーテル。メーテルと合流した鉄郎は、父のペンダントの秘密を聞かされ……！(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Mar 19, 1981

        EP112 - Illusion of Youth(Part One)

        ついに鉄郎は終着駅「プロメシューム」に到着した。しかし機械化人間になるか、生身のままでいるかの判断が未だにできないでいる。結論を下すまでに与えられた時間は24時間。鉄郎は、永遠の命に悲観して自殺を行なった機械化人間から、メーテルの正体がプロメシュームの娘であることを知らされた。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Mar 12, 1981

        EP111 - Planet Komori

        「惑星こうもり」は、終着駅「プロメシューム」のひとつ手前の駅。旅人は、本当に機械人間になるのか、それとも生身でいるのか、ここで思い悩む。鉄郎とメーテルは、アニメーターを志す少年・マサイと出逢う。彼も、病弱な自分を克服するために機械化を望んでいた。だが、鉄郎は彼にパスを盗られ……。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Mar 5, 1981

        EP110 - Maetel's Trip(Part Two)

        もうひとつの999と遭遇した鉄郎たち。彼らは2人のメーテルが遭難した遊星ファントムに降り立ち、そこで謎の生命体と遭遇した。彼らは機械化人間に過激な敵意を抱いていたのだが、鉄郎たちが生身の存在であると知ると、あっさり解放する。だが、車掌が別の生命体に人質にされてしまった！(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Feb 26, 1981

        EP109 - Maetel's Trip(Part One)

        スケジュールの大幅な遅れを取り戻すために999が発動したワープ。しかしワープ空間には時間軸が異なるもうひとつの999が並走しており、現在の鉄郎たちの999と接触事故を起こしてしまう！ もうひとつの999には、過去……あるいは未来のメーテルと車掌、そして鉄郎ではない別の少年・レドリルが乗っていた！(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Feb 19, 1981

        EP108 - Decay of Macaroni Au Gratin

        擬似戦争ゲームに興じる機械化人間のメインとサブ。彼らは惑星に残るたった2人の住人としてマザーコンピュータjr。に徹底管理されていた。しかし擬似戦争ゲームに飽きた2人は、999を利用し惑星から抜け出そうと考える。2人はまず、身代わりとして鉄郎とメーテルを自分達の元に縮小転送してしまった！(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Feb 12, 1981

        EP107 - Birdman of Kilimanjaro

        「キリマンジャロの騎士の星」は、2つの国が正々堂々と戦争を続けるところである。そこで鉄郎は、「鳥のように空を飛びたい」と願う平民の青年・イザカと出会う。だが彼の弟分・キクオが、敵機に殺されてしまう。停戦記念の祝賀会で、犠牲になった者のことも考えず浮かれている周囲の人間に、イザカの怒りが爆発して……。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Feb 5, 1981

        EP106 - Phantom Station 13

        「私も999に乗ってみたいなぁ。」……辺境宙域で漂うように存在する実体のない兄妹。その妹・クロサリスの言葉を哀れに想った兄・アロンは、自らを機械化し、惑星「ステーションNo.13」となることで999を停車させようとした。停車駅ではないはずの「ステーションNo.13」に引き寄せられる999。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Jan 29, 1981

        EP105 - Legendary Young Soldier

        停車駅「伝説」、そこで下車した鉄郎は、道端で放心する人々を目撃する。メーテルによると彼らは機械化人間で、すっかり生きる活力を失っているという。鉄郎は、少年メームと少女サキに支配者・機械城主と戦うか処刑されるかを選ぶように強要された。鉄郎は戦うことを拒否し、危うく処刑されかかり……。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Jan 22, 1981

        EP104 - Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part Two)

        999に戻ったメーテルは謎の女性に襲撃されてしまった。しかもメーテルを追ってきた盗賊たちと謎の女性の間で争奪戦が始まってしまう。盗賊たちとの争奪戦に敗れ、メーテルを奪われたのは「本家アリババ」だった。鉄郎と車掌にそのことを語った本家アリババは、偽アリババを倒そうと鉄郎と手を組むが……。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Jan 15, 1981

        EP103 - Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part One)

        999は「アリババ」で突然の攻撃を受け、停車駅から遠く離れた砂漠の中心に不時着。鉄郎とメーテルは街に向かうため、車掌は駅で管理局に連絡するために、砂漠越えを余儀なくされる。鉄郎たちは街に到着する前に盗賊たちの捕虜にされてしまう……。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Jan 8, 1981

        EP102 - Planet of the Holy Queen's Revolt

        停車駅「聖女王の反乱星」は「ミツバチ族」「スズメバチ族」「ジガバチ族」が共存しているのだが、複数の女王を許さない習性のせいでミツバチ族とスズメバチ族が対立関係にあった。この争いにジガバチ族の青年・ダムは辟易していた。彼は、鉄郎とメーテルに、内乱の歴史と、近づく戦争のことを語る。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Dec 25, 1980

        EP101 - Planet of Eternally Pursued Dreams

        999は「夢追い星」に到着した。そこは徹底した合理主義がなされている惑星で、職務に忠実ではない者は即刻処刑されるという。管制官の青年アロンは、職務中も書類に落書きをしてしまうほどのマンガ好き。もともとマンガ家志望だったのだが、政府に任命されて夢を諦めたはずだった。しかし未だにその夢を捨てきれず……。(C)松本零士・東映アニメーション

      • Dec 18, 1980

        EP100 - The Monster of Loose Zone Filler

        The Conductor lazily says, Ehh, the next stop is Loose Zone. We'll be stopped for twelve hours or so. Yes we're arriving at Loose Zone. Feeling just as lazy and loose as him, Tetsuro ends up being ejected from the 999. Maetel and the Conductor search to find him, while he clings on to dear life. Unfortunately, the search is fruitless and he is flung off the train. He ends up in a space tunnel filled with garbage. Running away from the giant garbage monster there, Tetsuro ends up on the path to get to planet Loose Zone.

      • Dec 11, 1980

        EP99 - Four-Dimensional Elevator Filler

        In the Bottomless City, buildings rise as high and go down as deep as is humanly possible. Tetsuro and Maetel check into their hotel there. But, it seems it to be best to not use the elevator. But, Tetsuro becomes worried when someone named Kezaluna calls out to Maetel, so he uses the elevator to search for her. But, it turns out to be a four-dimensional elevator that transports him into different dimensions. In there, of all things, Tetsuro sees Maetel and Kezaluna's wedding ceremony!

      • Dec 4, 1980

        EP98 - The One Book Left in the Universe

        The next stop is the Planet of the Forgotten Ones. This is a planet that was destined for destruction. There is a planet left that has been worn down by the relentlessly burning sun. The people here have to submit an application to a government official to see if they qualify to escape the planet. But, one author, Mori, decides to stay behind and finish writing the history of the planet. Tetsuro meets with him and tries fervently to convince him to escape, but...

      • Nov 27, 1980

        EP97 - The Flying Kuros - Part Two Filler

        Tetsuro and Maetel met a girl named Neko while chasing Catroids. She is hiding Meow, the leader of the Catroids, from the police. She then tells Tetsuro, in tears, about the atrocities being committed by the police on the planet. The police wanted to force everyone to become cyborgs. They set up a trap in a sushi restaurant, captured people there, and converted each one to having a mechanical body. Both Neko and Meow fell victim to this plot so they are using the skills of the Flying Kuros to sniff out humans.

      • Nov 20, 1980

        EP96 - The Flying Kuros - Part One Filler

        Quima is a place where everything is forced to become mechanized. The Conductor tells Maetel and Tetsuro to only eat at the Galaxy Railways' sanctioned establishment. They then proceed to check into the hotel. On this planet, mechanized cats named Catroids and a group of flying cats named the Flying Kuros are aggravating the police. Caught in the mix, Tetsuro and Maetel are arrested as traitors while trying to pursue the cats.

      • Nov 13, 1980

        EP95 - Yayaball's Tiny World - Part Two Filler

        After hearing Tetsuro's reasons for his journey, Yayaball feels that Tetsuro may indeed be strong. He is also plotting to kill those superior to him. Maetel assumes his mother is alive and didn't die in the accident years ago so she asks Tetsuro to search the mansion. It seems the one pulling Yayaball's strings from the shadows harbors a secret...

      • Nov 6, 1980

        EP94 - Yayaball's Tiny World - Part One Filler

        The Locomotive detects something abnormal. It appears that someone or something is blocking the space rails. Upon realizing that this is sabotage, the Locomotive informs the Conductor that this is the notorious Yayaball's Tiny World . This is a miniature Earth that has been entirely shaped to fit the whims of its creator, Yayaball. After checking in at the hotel with Maetel, Tetsuro is invited out to dinner by Yayaball.

      • Oct 30, 1980

        EP93 - Keiko of the Insect Planet Filler

        There are warnings about mysterious murders taking place on the Bug Planet. After arrival, Tetsuro and Maetel come across the murder scene of a business man. It seems that the key to the murders is a girl named Keiko who supports the bugs' cause and has sided with them. She then quickly asks Tetsuro if he'd become a bug-man to help save the planet's insects. Then, some very tiny bug-men appear in front of Tetsuro.

      • Oct 23, 1980

        EP92 - The Final Days of the Underwater City Filler

        Here, on the Planet of the Rainbow Sash, the paranoid governor has forced the people to live in an underwater city due to a nuclear war he started. But, that city is about to be destroyed, too! After a chance meeting in a hotel run by an arrogant manager with a young employee, Tetsuro is allowed to stay in his apartment. He also receives a pass for the emigration capsule. He goes to escape with his coworker, Kumiko, but he is double-crossed...

      • Oct 16, 1980

        EP91 - The Snow Woman of Andromeda - Part Two Filler

        While searching for Tetsuro, Maetel encounters a mechanical body salesman named Snowlock. At the same time, we learn that the Death upon glancing rumor was made up by the aforementioned salesman. It was to keep the Snow Woman from giving away free mechanical bodies. However, she plans to turn Tetsuro into a cyborg, then take his body to go eat hot ramen. Then Tetsuro decides he'll agree to make ramen that even she can eat that will warm her all the way to her heart.

      • Oct 9, 1980

        EP90 - The Snow Woman of Andromeda - Part One Filler

        The gateway planet to Andromeda, Snowinca. Maetel tells Tetsuro a legend from this planet where if you so much as glance at the Snow Woman she will kill you. Maetel takes Tetsuro to the universe's best ramen shop, after arriving on the planet. At night, Tetsuro goes back to the ramen shop alone. While chatting with the owner, the fabled Snow Woman enters the shop!

      • Sep 25, 1980

        EP89 - The Gunman's Elegy Filler

        The Hangman's Planet. On this desolate planet that looks like something straight out of a western, Tetsuro quickly gets himself into trouble. Two gangs, the Blacks and Whites, are in a bitter dispute over the gold being mined here. In order not to raise suspicions as to who is guilty, the White gang conscripts a lone gunman named Wester and the Black gang conscripts Tetsuro. This quickly escalates into a draw between the two, and they haven't even realized it's a plot by the Sheriff and Mayor yet...

      • Sep 11, 1980

        EP88 - Planet, Crossroads of Destiny Filler

        On the Planet where Fate Divides, there are refugees from a planet which was about to be destroyed, are living a very primitive lifestyle. They hunt animals by hand and wear pelts. It's just like the Stone Age. One of these people of the future is a young man named Yaku who is skilled at creating tools. Because he is not physically gifted, Yaku goes to hunt game with a bow and arrow. Tetsuro sees him and he declares that, more so than his planet being destroyed, he has to focus on how he'll live from here on out. Then he makes a big change in the way he hunts...

      • Sep 4, 1980

        EP87 - Elza from the Sea Filler

        On the planet built by God, people are constantly performing military drills. They are also very military in nature and perform their security checks very seriously. The Suraroids, who escaped the construction of the underwater city, are in a fierce fight with the Brittenians. The Brittenian Nazuka was looking forward to the return of his lover, the Suraroidan queen, Elza, but...

      • Aug 28, 1980

        EP86 - The UFO of the Planet of Forgetten Parents Filler

        The next stop is the Wisdom Tooth Planet. There many of the children have ran away from homes so there are many impatient adults who have grown weary from waiting for them to return. The son of the owners of the inn Tetsuro and Maetel stay at also ran away from home. The father, suffering from a case of stress-induced dementia, is convinced that Tetsuro his is long lost son, Tetsuo. But then the real Tetsuo, a fugitive murderer, returns home...

      • Aug 21, 1980

        EP85 - The Planet of Illusive Love Filler

        They stop for thirty-eight hours and fourteen minutes on the Planet of Illusive Love. There, Tetsuro loses sight of Maetel and encounters a girl selling her poems, Naya. Naya is curious about the aspiring artist who lives in a room that she goes to visit, Lestel. Lestel, though, is in love with a women who poses as his model, Feras. But, Feras appears to be in love with a rich young man from the cafe she works at, Bina.

      • Aug 14, 1980

        EP84 - The Planet of the Giant Elephant Filler

        Tetsuro spots a message in a bottle from the 999's window. In it is a letter written by the adventurer Stanley, who is exploring the planet Arcadia. From the looks of the letter, Stanley and his crew are in grave danger in their search for the giant elephant, Flame. Tetsuro persuades the 999 to go the planet. Quickly following the clues, they come across Stanley, his wife Merusa, and their assistant, Narl. Though Merusa and Narl are happy to be rescued, Stanley stubbornly wishes to continue his exploration.

      • Jul 31, 1980

        EP83 - Life-form Number Three Filler

        Planet number one, Zaba, and plane number four, Maya, are engaged in a war to the death. Though they knew nearby planet number five was about to blow up, the 999 had to make a critical stop on planet number three. Upon exiting the train, Maetel and Tetsuro are attacked by a mysterious ape-man and their passes are stolen. While researching the planet, they meet a boy from planet number one, Seth. He came with his girlfriend from Zaba, which was on the verge of destruction. They plan to stop the mysterious degeneration on planet number three to create a new Zaba.

      • Jul 24, 1980

        EP82 - A Tale of a Short Life Filler

        The next station is a plant called The Butterfly's Dream. There coexists graceful people with butterfly wings and a discriminated lower class without them. The people with wings live short lives that run out when the season of the cold winds comes. Because of this, they try to live their days having as much fun as possible. But, one girl, Kureha, wants to see more of the world during her short life, so she goes into the forbidden woods. There she meets a poor, wingless boy named Leaf.

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        EP81 - The Pirate of Time Castle - Part Three

        Tetsuro is sent into the past. There, against all of Tetsuro's efforts, his mother his killed just as before. Tetsuro realizes that he cannot alter the past. But then through Leryuz's ability to manipulate time, he is brought back to the present. While this is going on, we find out what kind of a horrible man the fake Harlock is in his duel with Maetel. He used to fight to restore peace to the galaxy, just like Maetel. But, he betrayed his people, including Maetel, and disrupted their attempt at a revolution.

      • Jul 10, 1980

        EP80 - The Pirate of Time Castle - Part Two

        Leryuz lets Tetsuro know that Maetel went to the Castle of Time to battle with the pirate there. Tetsuro asks the people in the bar where the Castle of Time is, but everyone is fearful of Captain Harlock, who rules the Castle of Time, and refuses to help Tetsuro. But, the man in the cloak from the train saves Tetsuro from their violence. Encouraged by the words of the hooded man, one man lets Tetsuro borrow his auto-bike to go to the Castle of Time. He leaves all alone to go rescue Maetel from the duel with Harlock!

      • Jul 3, 1980

        EP79 - The Pirate of Time Castle - Part One

        Planet Heavy Meldar. Once they pass through here, they will leave the Earth Administration's jurisdiction and enter Andromedan jurisdiction. Right before arrival, they encounter a man wearing a cloak. They didn't get a good look at his face but he's carrying a space soldier's Cosmo Gun of which only four exist in the universe. Upon arrival, Maetel says she has to take care of some business and leaves. Feeling that was odd, Tetsuro goes to look for her and enters a drinking establishment...

      • Jun 26, 1980

        EP78 - The Saintly Woman Who Devours Souls - Part Two Filler

        The woman says she is the most beautiful woman in the universe and she drinks people's flames of life in order to maintain that beauty eternally. Her name is Cueflame and she is after Maetel's flame of life. Working underneath her is the old lady from the hotel and a young woman named Arc. Following Cueflame's orders, the two of them go to remove Maetel's flame of life. If she drinks the flame of life from Maetel, she will die. So then, Tetsuro goes to recapture it...

      • Jun 12, 1980

        EP77 - The Saintly Woman Who Devours Souls - Part One Filler

        The next stop is the Rainy Pond. They will be stopped there for 64 hours and 23 minutes. Tetsuro and Maetel check into their hotel on this planet where the rain never stops. But, a man who was also on the 999 makes a big fuss. He spends the night reciting sutras and bothering the other 999 passengers in the hotel. The man says he is praying because there is a witch on that planet who eats people's souls and he doesn't want anyone to be harmed. Maetel says she's heard of this witch before...

      • May 29, 1980

        EP76 - Cheyenne the Nation of Water - Part Two Filler

        The chief of the Cheyenne Fish, Navarro, gives chase to Water Press who had forced the 999 to take his people on board. He chases them in an old-fashioned space shuttle in order to continue to the fight. The Administration sends out an armored car to rescue the 999 after receiving a distress signal. But, with Tetsuro and Maetel as hostages, there is nothing they can do. Plus, they allow Navarro to enter the train after flying up in the old-fashioned shuttle.

      • May 15, 1980

        EP75 - Cheyenne the Nation of Water - Part One Filler

        Heed our requests or we'll blow you up! Those were the words that came from a planet that even Maetel didn't know that forced the 999 to make an unscheduled landing. The people on the planet mostly live underwater. The one who issued the order to land was the president of an underwater race which had emigrated there, Waterpress. These people had polluted the water as much as they could and continued to fight against the planet's natives, the Cheyenne Fish...

      • May 8, 1980

        EP74 - The Gimme Planet of 1,765,000,000 People Filler

        The 999 lands on a planet where every inhabitant is a beggar. But there is a married couple, Rage and Pity, who want it to stop. They board the 999 because they are sick of all the beggars and want to go to another planet where they can live on their own power alone. They steal the money and clothes from Tetsuro and Maetel, but...

      • May 1, 1980

        EP73 - Africa the Great Dark Nebula - Part Two Filler

        The gang successfully escapes from jail and encounter the Ghost Hoppers' sacred queen. She says their people pushed science too far and that is why they look the way they do. The Queen helps them revert the 999's tracks back to the way they were. She decided to rebel against her own subjects who would not heed her advice.

      • Apr 24, 1980

        EP72 - Africa the Great Dark Nebula - Part One Filler

        Planet Kilimanjaro is a snow-laden planet with three shining suns. There, Tetsuro and the gang are captured by a race of people who are as thin as paper, the Ghost Hoppers. They're proud of their technology and plan to use them as specimens in a scientific experiment...

      • Mar 27, 1980

        EP71 - The Pioneer from the River of Purgatory Filler

        On Limbo, a planet without grass nor trees, Tetsuro and Maetel meet a man living tough life tilling the ground in such hard conditions, and his son, Yosaku. They plan to till the ground until the crops are ripe but a monstrous bird comes attacking. In order to protect him, Tetsuro and Yosaku fight the bird...

      • Mar 20, 1980

        EP70 - Heart of Flower Village

        The 999 stopped at the City of Flowers, which was covered with flowers. When Tetsuro and Maetel went to the Hotel, a fire broke out that ravaged the planet (and the flowers). The train made an emergency take off, while Maetel and Tetsuro were rescued by Coa and Rea (who started the fire), and their children Mia and Doa. The flowers, Coa explained, were poisonous, and those who destroyed them were executed. The police discovered Coa's role, and ordered his execution. The family refused to come out, and the ploice threatened to seal their entrance. The people rose up in defiance, however, and the police captain was forced to back down. Now on board of the 999, Maetel and Tetsuro contemplated on the significance and irrationality of Coa's (and his family's) sacrifice.

      • Mar 13, 1980

        EP69 - The Defiance of C62

        The episode opened with an armed robbery that took place on the 555 when it took a stop on the Medical Treatment Asteroid (in Episode 67). Next, the 999 received an emergency stop signal and the Conductor halted the train in mid-space. Maetel was summoned by the C62 (the locomotive for the 999), who informed her that it was going to disconnect and go on its own. News of both incidents reached the Galaxy Railways Headquarters, and one of the operatives determined that both trains were on the asteroid when the heist occurred. The Conductor later discovered that the two robbers were on board the 999, and soon after the SDF appeared. One of the robbers took Tetsuro hostage and demanded that the SDF be attached to the 999. While the 999 continued with its journey, the C62 returned and attached itself to the train. Tetsuro and Maetel used the opportunity to pacify the two perpetrators and handed them over to the authorities. At the end, Maetel revealed that the the emergency stop was a test of Tetsuro's patience, and that the C62 was also part of the plot in bringing the boy to Andromeda.

      • Mar 6, 1980

        EP68 - The Star Named Curiosity

        The 999 passes the Curiosity Planet, a planet with a large red dot on it that makes the planet look like an eye. The Conductor orders the passengers to not stare at the planet, but one of the passengers, a young woman named Miiru whose boyfriend was pulled out of the train to the planet does. This enrages the planet, which sends its moons after the 999 and orders the passengers to come off. There they find Miiru's boyfriend. The planet demands that the Conductor remove his clothes, which he refuses. Tetsuro and Maetel do so instead so he doesn't have to. The planet then demands Maetel be cut open so it can see her insides. This enrages Tetsuro, who using a knife from Miiru's boyfriend cuts open the planet. Exposed, the planet is embarrassed and commits suicide after the 999 flies safely away.

      • Feb 28, 1980

        EP67 - The Space Monk Dairuz

        Dairuz, a monk with a mechanical body was on board of the 999. His rang his bell throughout, and the sound waves were powerful enough to damage the train and all of Tetsuro's teeth. The Conductor took the train to the Medical Treatment Asteroid for an overhaul as a result. Maetel and Tetsuro met Maria, who brought her boyfriend Mikhail for gunshot treatment from their homeworld, the crime-ridden Asteroid 33. The operation was successful, but Mikhail was losing his will to live. Dairuz tried to save him with prayers, but it was Tetsuro who gave Mikhail hope to live on. Despaired, the Dairuz smashed his bell, and sacrificed part of his body so that Tetsuro's teeth could be fixed. In parting, Dairuz, who was now attached to a rock to sustain his body, told Tetsuro he had to remeditate to change his way of salvation.

      • Feb 21, 1980

        EP66 - The Fog of Funeral Planet

        As the 999 touched down on the Funeral Planet, its arrival (and whistle) disturbed a funeral procession, who decided to bury Maetel and Tetsuro alive as punishment, with the proper pomp and circumstance. They were rescued by Machiru, a woman responsible for ringing the funeral bell. She explained that the inhabitants on the planet were immortal, so killing for funerals became a past time when they witnessed one over 120 years ago, when a couple crash landed on the planet. The bell stopped ringing, and Machiru was killed by the procession as a result. Maetel and Tetsuro came across the procession and stunned them all. Maetel explained to Testuro that funerals would be given to them when they stopped moving, whether they were still alive or not.

      • Feb 14, 1980

        EP65 - The Symphonic Poem of the Witch's Harp

        The 999 arrives at a planet where the people are starving because the Queen of the planet orders all food to be brought to her. Tetsuro and Maetel travel to the island where the Queen is located and find that she died long ago, with her consciousness stored in a device behind her corpse. Tetsuro destroys the device and her corpse, freeing the planet from her oppression.

      • Feb 7, 1980

        EP64 - The Holyland of Silence

        Maetel and Tetsuro arrived at the Planet of Silence, where raising one's voice (beyond a whispering level) was punishable by death. Maetel asked Tetsuro to stay behind while she had to attend to some private business (concerning her mission with Tetsuro). Bored and worried, Tetsuro went looking for her. The townsfolk could not tolerate his voice, and was soon caught by the authorities to be executed. He was rescued by Maetel and a woman named Sylvia (in a Good, Bad, and Ugly way). Sylvia revealed that the law was enacted because everyone wore hearing aid to better listen other people's business, a vestigial legacy of a former totalitarian regime. Sylvia's father was executed when he cried for help to save her, when she was still a baby. They were discovered and surrounded. Knowing their weakness, Testuro screamed at the crowd so loudly, that their hearing devices fell out. The planet returned to normal as the train departed with Maetel and Tetsuro on board.

      • Jan 31, 1980

        EP63 - The Sisters of the Pitch Dark Planet

        The 999 stops at the Pitch Dark Planet, where all light is instantly absorbed. A while after Maetel leaves the train to attend to private business , Tetsuro is beckoned outside by a figure at his window, who proves to be Miru, a daughter of the planet's ruler. She and her father tell him that Maetel has been kidnapped by Miru's sister Lelan, a deranged but brilliant scientist who plans to use Maetel's brain to launch an artificial sun into orbit, and that Maetel will die unless Tetsuro can infiltrate Lelan's base and kill her. Further, the new sun will doom most of the life on their world, which has never had light in its entire natural history. Tetsuro goes back for his gun, but is taken prisoner by Lelan the instant he steps off the train. His efforts to escape prove futile and Lelan launches the sun. Miru, horribly burned, staggers into the base and tries to shut the sun off but is shot by her sister. Maetel accosts Lelan and accuses her of genocide but she retorts that sacrifices must be made for the greater good. She runs out into the sunlight and is burned to death. As the train leaves, the Conductor reports that 99.99% of the planet's population has perished.

      • Jan 24, 1980

        EP62 - The City without Night

        As the 999 approaches the City Without Night, Maetel tells Tetsuro of a lake there, but tells him not to go out to see it. When they arrive on the planet, Tetsuro gets in trouble for going out at night, but is saved by Maetel. They are told that no one is allowed out at night because of a dangerous dinosaur, Heron, that lives in the lake. Tetsuro and Maetel head there anyway and help Heron when it is captured by some photographers. Heron actually is a friendly creature, and later helped Tetsuro and Maetel out when the police try to arrest them for the death of the photographers.

      • Jan 17, 1980

        EP61 - The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 2

        While stranded on the planet without train passes, Maetel sought help from Galaxy Railways, but her efforts ended in vain. Meanwhile, with Adachi's help, Tetsuro found a job at a noodle shop to support himself and Maetel. Tetsuro and Maetel ran into the disguised Taro when they returned to the train station. Taro, not wanting to leave his friends behind, gave the passes to them, not knowing at first, that they were the rightful owners. As the train departed, Taro returned to Hanako and their friends. And Adachi, who also saw the train leave the planet, finally found inspiration for comic.

      • Jan 10, 1980

        EP60 - The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 1

        The next stop for the 999 was the Planet of Tomorrow, a peaceful world whose inhabitants had no knowledge of space flight. The 999 and its passengers were to land in secrecy. A group of youths, led by Taro and Hanako, anticipated for its arrival. While the group only wanted to publicize the train's existence, Taro wanted to board the train. In doing so, Taro stole the train passes and spending money from Tetsuro and Maetel, as well as Tetsuro's clothes. In their plight Tetsuro and Maetel managed to find lodging in a small hostel (i.e., the pint sized room), where Tetsuro befriended the struggling comic-artist Adachi, who had been looking for an inspiration for his work. The episode ended with Taro offering Maetel's pass to Hanako, who refused it.

      • Dec 27, 1979

        EP59 - Idle One's Mirror

        The 999 stopped on the planet Idle One's Mirror, where everything is automated by machines. Tetsuro disembarked the train alone, and was taken by an automated taxi around the city. Once the taxi brought him to a residential area, he found out that the all residents are obese from the lack of physical work.

      • Dec 20, 1979

        EP58 - The Footsteps of Footstep Village

        Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on the planet Footsteps Village, and are told of evil spirits that possess and kill people. Tetsuro is warned to not go out at night, but when he meets a spirit that takes the form of water, he does it anyway.

      • Dec 13, 1979

        EP57 - The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 2

        Tiny changes his mind about going on the 999 and decides to stay on his planet with his girlfriend until they can both get tickets. The two of them help Tetsuro and Maetel when they are confronted by the planet's natives.

      • Dec 6, 1979

        EP56 - The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 1

        The 999 arrives on a primitive planet populated with people who are scared of the passengers taking over the planet. Meanwhile a friendly dinosaur named Tiny befriends Tetsuro and tries to get passage on the 999.

      • Nov 29, 1979

        EP55 - The Story of Endless Summer - Part 2

        The insect babies hatch and when Tetsuro finds himself unable to kill them, they climb aboard the 999 and start eating it.

      • Nov 22, 1979

        EP54 - The Story of Endless Summer - Part 1

        The 999 arrives on the Planet of the Endless Summer, which is populated by humanoid insect like creatures. The queen of the creatures captures Tetsuro and Maetel, planning to boil them to make them food for her children.

      • Nov 15, 1979

        EP53 - Tetsuro, of the Planet of Mirrors

        A boy who looks just like Tetsuro, named Manabu, and his brother work hard and are able to purchase a single pass for 999. The brother passes away before they can make it to the town where 999 arrives. When Tetsuro goes out on his own, Maetel mistakes Manabu for him. Tetsuro arrives and fights Manabu, but they quickly become friends as they have so much in common. When Manabu tries to board the 999 however, he is told that the pass is counterfeit.

      • Nov 8, 1979

        EP52 - Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 2

        After being brought aboard the 999, Artemis reveals her history, how she departed her mother to acquire a humanoid machine body. Having to work to pay it off in a factory had its toll however, and she stole a ship and fleed. Artemis dies soon after and is brought to the heart of her mother, where she is absorbed into it. With Galaxy Railways headquarters planning to destroy the mother, Tetsuro cries out for them to not do it.

      • Nov 1, 1979

        EP51 - Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 1

        As the 999 approaches its next destination, a large number of small blue blobs start passing by the 999, warning it to not go any further. Eventually the 999 gets stuck in a larger version of these blobs, which apparantely is their mother. The Galaxy Railways headquarters gets ready to blow it up so the 999 can go on, but all of a sudden a ship crashes into the blob.

      • Oct 18, 1979

        EP50 - Ghost Tunnel

        The 999 arrives at the ghost tunnel, a giant tunnel in space formed by giant black orbs. An android woman, Eroze appears and asks Tetsuro to come off the train. When he refuses, she attacks the train with the orbs until he relents and agrees to come out.

      • Oct 11, 1979

        EP49 - From this Star

        Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on a planet filled with kind hearted, hard working people. When a storm ends up destroying the hotel that they are staying in, their luggage, including their passes are lost.

      • Sep 27, 1979

        EP48 - The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2

        At gunpoint (from the previous episode), Tetsuro told Zeda of his struggles back on Earth. Zeda was instead moved and decided to joined the rebels. With his companions Santana and Brudas, Zeda managed to unite the two soldier factions and started to attack government facilities.

      • Sep 20, 1979

        EP47 - The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1

        The 999 landed on a planet called Rifle Grenade , where slaves were brought in to fight a perpetual war between two factions as spectator sport. One of the slave soldiers, Zeda, escaped and found refuge in the hotel room of Maetel and Tetsuro.

      • Sep 13, 1979

        EP46 - The Song of El Alamein

        Nanmi, a passenger on the 999 is able to convince the train to head to his planet, El Alamein, when he threatens to kill Tetsuro. Once they arrive Tetsuro and Maetel travel outside with him. The planet is mostly a desert, with many inactive tanks lying around. Sensing their life however, the tanks come back to life and attack.

      • Sep 6, 1979

        EP45 - The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 2

        The three Valkyries bring everyone aboard their ship, where our heroes meet their mother, the head Valkyrie. The ship travels to the edge of the universe where the Valkyries show our heroes the bones of all the humans they've killed.

      • Aug 30, 1979

        EP44 - The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1

        At the 999's latest stop, Deadwood Mountain, Tetsuro and Maetel meet Prider, a poor singer who seeks to board the 999 so he can become a famous singer. When Prider doesn't have enough money to board, he borrows money from his girlfriend Alice and buys a ticket on the 999. Tetsuro gets upset at Prider for abandoning his girlfriend after all she did for him. The 999 is approached by the Valkyries, a group of witches, and three of them board the train.

      • Aug 16, 1979

        EP43 - Kira of Windy Hill

        The 999 arrives on the planet Arashigaoka (lit.: Windy Hill) where a sickly father and son, Kira operate a shoe repair store. Tetsuro's pass is stolen by the father, who seeks to get on the 999 and leave the planet so he won't be a burden to Kira. Kira forces him to return it at gunpoint, who wants to obtain a pass for him legitimately.

      • Aug 2, 1979

        EP42 - The Memory of Fimel

        The 999 approaches the planet Visage of Memories, where the Conductor many years ago promised his lover, Marvelous, that he would make money on the 999 and return. A new passenger, Fimel boards the 999 and treats the Conductor very rudely, then causes the train to derail with a device worn around her waist.

      • Jul 26, 1979

        EP41 - The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 2

        Tetsuro is captured and brought before the Great Chieftain, who has a computer with all of Maetel's secrets. Tetsuguro manages to rescue Tetsuro, and discovers that his girlfriend has been killed by the Chieftain.

      • Jul 19, 1979

        EP40 - The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 1

        The 999 approaches a large group of spherical homes, which are ruled by a Great Chieftain. Upon entering, Maetel is captured by the Chieftain's minions. Tetsuro meets Tetsuguro, a man who looks just like him and has assembled weapons to defeat the Chieftain. While they head to the Chieftain's castle however, Tetsuro is tricked by a scarecrow of Maetel and is shot.

      • Jul 5, 1979

        EP39 - Kasumi of Fog City

        The 999 arrives on a planet where everyone is very beautiful, but also extremely weak, not even going outside during the day due to the sun. A couple steals a suitcase containing Tetsuro and Maetel's passes, but they pass out from running and when they shoot Tetsuro, it is too weak to harm them. They still manage to switch Tetsuro and Maetel's passes with fake ones though, and board the 999.

      • Jun 21, 1979

        EP38 - The Empire of the Cowardly Elder

        The 999 is heavily damaged and forced to land on a planet under the despotic rule of the Cowardly Elder, President Delmukade. Tetsuro, Maetal and the Conductor are forced to travel underground where they meet Delmukade, who demands that Tetsuro sell him his young body. Delmukade's son Paschal arrives, and reveals that Delmukade is the only person living on this planet; suspecting rebellion everywhere, he had killed everyone else including Paschal's mother.

      • Jun 14, 1979

        EP37 - Mīkun's Mansion of Life

        The 999 approaches the planet Mīkun's Mansion of Life, and all the passengers appear depressed, closing the blinds as they approach it. When Tetsuro and Maetel arrive at the hotel, Tetsuro finds a tiger and snake in the hallway, so he hides in his bed the rest of the night. The next day Maetel introduces Tetsuro to Mīkun, who takes care of all the various animals on the planet, which are actually all dead animals beloved by their master.

      • Jun 7, 1979

        EP36 - The Great Chieftain Cyclops

        The 999 stops at an abandoned artificial colony world. Tetsuro is pleased with its appearance but Maetel is puzzled that the colony looks quite different than it did on her last visit. They investigate further, and are set upon by a terrified mob of physically identical men. Maetel recognizes their face as being that of the colony's architect, Dr. Cyclops.

      • May 31, 1979

        EP35 - The Witch of Plated City - Part 2

        Hoilock's mother's dying wish is for him to continue in her footsteps in toppling those in charge of making everything gold. Meanwhile the 999 takes off without Tetsuro when he doesn't return in time.

      • May 17, 1979

        EP34 - The Witch of Plated City - Part 1

        The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is plated in gold, the streets, the buildings, even the people. A thief knocks Tetsuro out and steals Maetel's luggage. Tetsuro runs after him into the sewers where he discovers the thief, a teenage boy named Hoilock, is not gold after all.

      • May 3, 1979

        EP33 - Ulatores's Mountain of Screws

        The 999 arrives on the planet Ulatorus, which contains mountains of screws. When a storm causes one of the mountains to collapse, Tetsuro loses his pass and meets a machine woman who kidnaps him, seeking to keep him in her home permanently. At the same time, the 999 malfunctions due to a faulty screw.

      • Apr 26, 1979

        EP32 - The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension

        Tetsuro meets Edmund, a fellow passenger on the 999 who is looking forward to returning to his homeworld on their next stop. When they arrive however the planet is completely ravaged.

      • Apr 19, 1979

        EP31 - The Planet of Passion

        The 999 arrives at a planet where people are passionate and don't hide their emotions. Meanwhile a group of 4 assassins are hired by a friend of Count Mecha's to kill Tetsuro.

      • Apr 12, 1979

        EP30 - The Phantom World of Filament

        The episode opened with the story of the post-modern feudal world of Filament, which was destroyed when its sun went supernova. An energy cloud formed where the planet used to be, and its inhabitants, not accepting their untimely fate, became spirits. When the 999 passed through the energy cloud, the ghosts disabled the train and kidnapped Tetsuro. One of the spirits wanted her son to possess Tetsuro, so that he (the spirit) could travel to the destination and receive a mechanical body.

      • Apr 5, 1979

        EP29 - The Continent of Sakezan

        Sakezan is the only human living in a jungle world named after him. He is a parody of Tarzan and, as his name suggests, is very fond of saké. Sakezan captured Maetel when the 999 took a quick stop there and she became her slave/companion. In an attempt to rescue her, Tetsuro was defeated by Sakezan and ended up in a prison cell.

      • Mar 29, 1979

        EP28 - The Literary Giant of the Planet Mirage

        The 999 arrives on a planet where Tetsuro and Maetel meet an old writer who lives alone and has extremely long hair. The old man steals Tetsuro's pass and flees on the 999 with Maetel, leaving Tetsuro on the planet.

      • Mar 22, 1979

        EP27 - The Hariti of Snow City

        After the 999 landed on the five-planet system Snow Capital, Tetsuro and Maetel explored the city. He fell through a hidden hole which led him to the slum part of the city, and was promptly mugged by a group of local residents. Tetsuro spotted a girl, Bojin Yuki, to whom he gave his last bit of biscuit. Yuki then brought him to her home on the surface. Yuki's mother, however, wanted to cook Tetsuro for food.

      • Mar 15, 1979

        EP26 - The Song of a Skeleton

        Tetsuro meets Horohoro, a poor skeleton man who has lost most of his body including his ribs because he is so poor.

      • Mar 8, 1979

        EP25 - The Steel Angel

        Tetsuro meets Clowmaria, a freedom fighter on a heavily industrialized world that is trying to get the people of her planet to change their ways.

      • Feb 22, 1979

        EP24 - The Planet of Dimensional Voyage

        The 999 finds its next destination destroyed; it was demolished by a planet that travels through the dimensions, smashing other planets. When the 999 lands on this planet, they are confronted by the planet's ruler, Egoterina.

      • Feb 15, 1979

        EP23 - The Queen of the Primitive Planet

        The 999 arrives at the Battle Torn Planet, a planet that was split in two due to arguments over whether the planet should be scientifically advanced or primitive. Soon after disembarking, Tetsuro is kidnapped and Maetel is viewed as Queen by the planet's primitive occupants.

      • Feb 8, 1979

        EP22 - The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes

        The 999 is attacked by the pirate ship Queen Emeraldes, which forces the train to a pirate planet. There Tetsuro and Maetel are captured by the pirate Emeraldes, a caped woman who desires Maetel's body.

      • Feb 1, 1979

        EP21 - The Tombstone of Dry Leaves

        The 999 arrives at a hollow planet with no gravity; as a result everything is a lot fatter looking, and can float through the air. Tetsuro and Maetel are confronted by cattle keepers but are able to escape. As they travel to their next planet Tetsuro meets an artist who has a wooden machine body. When they travel through a planet full of leaves, an electric mushroom threatens to destroy the train.

      • Jan 25, 1979

        EP20 - Professional Spirit

        The 999 travels to a planet full of professionals, and Maetel warns Tetsuro not to look anyone in the eye. When Tetsuro does so, he is captured by a professional hangman who tries to hang Tetsuro. Tetsuro is saved when another professional, a gunman arrives and shoots the hangman. This professional however insists on teaching Tetsuro to become a professional dueler.

      • Jan 18, 1979

        EP19 - The Land of Confession

        The 999 made a two-week stop to the Planet of Confession, a world supposedly free of all evils. While the conductor decided to take his holidays on the planet, a robber appeared and took all of his money. The incident was made aware by the Cleaningless Committee . Instead of catching the perpetrator, the committee decided to uphold the planet's reputation by trying to silence the three travelers.

      • Jan 11, 1979

        EP18 - Maetel of Mud

        The 999 arrives on a planet containing a large mud pit that Maetel warns Tetsuro to not go near. When he does, Tetsuro is dragged into the pit and forced to live in a bubble with a woman who also calls herself Maetel.

      • Jan 4, 1979

        EP17 - The Armored Planet

        The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is encased in armor, including a panzer beetle that severely wounds Maetel. Tetsuro travels the planet, searching for a doctor who can help her. The doctor however is too old to help, and his son, who is the only other person left alive on the planet tries to kill Tetsuro.

      • Dec 28, 1978

        EP16 - The Street of Fireflies

        On their latest planet, Tetsuro meets Freiya, a poor girl who appears beautiful to him but is considered ugly and deformed by the other inhabitants of her planet because she does not glow in the dark with a uniform light. Freiya is an amateur animator who hopes to become a director someday.

      • Dec 21, 1978

        EP15 - Beethoven of the Water Planet

        The 999 is pursued by the Black Knight, a caped figure in a dark, fog drenched world. The Black Knight requests Tetsuro stay on the planet and be his friend, but Tetsuro refuses and he attacks. They then travel to the planet Yonde 3 where the son of an innkeeper, a musician, desires Tetsuro's pass so he can leave the planet.

      • Dec 14, 1978

        EP14 - Lala of the Dual Planets

        The 999 arrives at the Dual Planets, a world full of machine people. When a large group of machine people at a restaurant treat Tetsuro and Maetel rudely, Tetsuro goes on a rampage and kills them all. Tetsuro and Maetel then meet Lala, a machine woman who steals Tetsuro's body, switching it with her own.

      • Dec 7, 1978

        EP13 - The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2

        Additional people arrive on the planet who seek to steal the petrified remains of the warrior's lover. Moreover an another petrification cloud is approaching the planet.

      • Nov 30, 1978

        EP12 - The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1

        The 999 arrives on a planet where the entire populace except for one person have been turned to stone by a petrification cloud. The one person still alive, a warrior, attacks Tetsuro and steals his pass, hoping to use it to escape and find a cure for his lover, who was turned to stone.

      • Nov 23, 1978

        EP11 - Nuruba, the Planet Without Form

        The 999 arrived at the formless world Naruba, where humans often traveled to end their lives. Two adolescent shape-shifting blobs kidnapped Tetsuro and Maetel and impersonated them for a chance to leave the planet.

      • Nov 16, 1978

        EP10 - Trader's Junction - Part 2

        Hanako brought the still asleep Tetsuro to a neighboring planet aptly called Wildflower. They traveled to her home, and were greeted by her aging mother and ailing father. Without Tetsuro's knowledge (or consent), Hanako feigned their upcoming marriage, for which Hanako's parents were eager to prepare a banquet.

      • Nov 9, 1978

        EP9 - Trader's Junction - Part 1

        The 999 made a stop on the planet Trader, a junction for different major rail lines. Tetsuro met a woman in destitute and decided to treat her for a meal. But this angered a mob of similarly impoverished people when he could not extend his generosity.

      • Nov 2, 1978

        EP8 - The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2

        Ryuzu brings Tetsuro to her home. There she demands Tetsuro remain with her, showing him the skeletons of those who refused her. Ryuzu offers Tetsuro a machine body, then shows him her beautiful machine body. Ryuzu tells Tetsuro her sad past, of how she was emotionally blackmailed into getting this body by her lover, but then was cruelly abandoned by him when others copied her style.

      • Oct 26, 1978

        EP7 - The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1

        The 999 falls into the Sargasso, where they find the remains of the 333, a missing train. Traveling aboard, Tetsuro, Maetel and the Conductor find only skeletons. A woman aboard the train, Ryuzu, reveals herself, saying that she sped up time on the train which killed everyone. Through her threats, she takes a hold of Tetsuro and departs the train's remains with him.

      • Oct 19, 1978

        EP6 - The Comet Library

        The 999 arrives at the Comet Library, where all the books published are located. There, a pair of men capture Tetsuro and try to force him into having a machine body.

      • Oct 12, 1978

        EP5 - Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion

        The 999 travels to Pluto, where the frozen human bodies of the machine people have been laid to rest. Tetsuro meets Shadow, the machine woman who is caretaker of the graves. Shadow shows him her frozen human body, a body so beautiful that she refused to have a face on her machine body since it couldn't compare to her human face. Shadow tries to capture Tetsuro to regain her human body, but Maetel saves him.

      • Oct 5, 1978

        EP4 - The Great Bandit Antares

        The bandit Antares sneaks aboard the 999 and starts stealing and killing people aboard. He meets Tetsuro and Maetel and forces the 999 to travel to his home by holding Tetsuro at gunpoint.

      • Sep 28, 1978

        EP3 - The Resting Warriors on Titan

        Tetsuro meets Crystal Claire, a waitress on the 999 that is made entirely of glass. Claire's body was forced upon her by her mother and she is seeking to buy back her original body. Tetsuro finds his mother alive again on the train, but it is actually a monster that tries to pull him out of the train with it.The 999 arrives on the planet Titan, where Maetal is captured by machine men.

      • Sep 21, 1978

        EP2 - The Red Winds of Mars

        The 999's first stop is the planet Mars, a desolate planet where few live. When Tetsuro is provided a tour by a young woman, Freme, her boyfriend Geronimo shoots Tetsuro and steals his 999 pass.

      • Sep 14, 1978

        EP1 - Ballad of Departure

        Tetsuro's mother is murdered while the two of them travel through the snow by the villainous Count Mecha. Before she dies, Tetsuro's mother tells him to go to the planet Andromeda where he can get a machine body and not die like she did. Tetsuro passes out from the cold but is rescued by the mysterious Maetal, who gives him a pass to the Galaxy Express 999 for free under the condition that he will travel with her.

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