Alternative Titles:
El Tren del Espacio (Spanish)
Galaxy Express (French)
Ginga Tetsudo 999 (Japanese)
Tren Galáctico (Spanish)
銀河鉄道９９９ (Japanese)
은하철도 999 (Korean)
Related Anime:
Galaxy Express 999 (movie) (1979-08-04, alternate retelling)
Galaxy Express 999: Glass no Clair (movie) (sequel)
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (movie) (sequel)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (movie) (sequel)
Ginga Tetsudo 999: Kimi wa Senshi no You ni Ikirareru ka!! (special) (1979-10-11, alternate retelling)
Ginga Tetsudo 999: Eien no Tabibito Emeraldas (special) (1980-04-03, alternate retelling)
Ginga Tetsudo 999: Kimi wa Haha no You ni Aiseru ka!! (special) (1980-10-02, alternate retelling)
Maetel Legend (OAV) (2000, prequel)
Space Symphony Maetel ~Ginga Tetsudō 999 Gaiden~ (TV) (sequel)
Ginga Tetsudō 999 ~Niji no Michishirube~ (movie) (2001-07-04)
(The) Galaxy Railways (TV) (2003-10-04 to 2004-04-04, spinoff)
(The) Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet (OAV) (sequel)
Ginga Tetsudo Monogatari: Eien e no Bunkiten (TV) (sequel)
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Episodes: 116 Episodes

Status: Finished
Airing Date: Sep 14, 1978


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.