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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 4, 1979

Original Title:
銀河鉄道999

Alternate Titles:
Galaxy Express 999
Galaxy Express 999 - The Movie
Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition
Ginga Tetsudō 999
Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine
은하철도 999 극장판 1기

Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Toei Animation

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 12 

Runtime: 128

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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.

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Animation Director:
Kazuo Komatsubara

Art Direction:
Tadao Kubota
Takamura Mukuo

Assistant Director:
Takao Yoshizawa

Author:
Leiji Matsumoto

Character Designer:
Kazuo Komatsubara

Cinematography:
Masatoshi Fukui

Director:
Rintaro

Editor:
Izumi Ohkuma
Masaaki Hanai

Executive Producer:
Chiaki Imada

Key Animation:
Tomeko Horikawa
Shigeo Matoba
Yoshinori Kanemori
Kenzo Koizumi
Yoshinobu Inano
Nobumichi Kawamura
Yoshinori Kanada
Reiko Kuwahara
Emiko Tsukima
Kazuhide Tomonaga
Hiroshi Oikawa
Chuji Nakajima
Joji Manabe
Eikichi Takahashi
Chuichi Iguchi

Music:
Nozomi Aoki

Production Manager:
Saburô Yokoi

Screenplay:
Kon Ichikawa
Fumio Ishimori

Series Writer:
Leiji Matsumoto

Special Effects:
Noboru Sekiai
Shôji Satô

Writer:
Leiji Matsumoto

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