Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)

Your imagination is the final destination

Release Date: 1979, August 4
Directors: Rintaro
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Animation
Cast: Banjo Ginga, Gorō Naya, Akiko Tsuboi, Masako Nozawa, Hidekatsu Shibata, Ryuji Saikachi, Makio Inoue, Toshiko Fujita, Miyoko Aso, Yoko Asagami, Noriko Ohara, Kaneta Kimotsuki

Overview:

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.