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The Best Episodes of Galaxy Express 999

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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

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    Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 3 - The Resting Warriors on Titan
    7.4/10(30 votes)

    #1 - The Resting Warriors on Titan

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yoshiaki Yoshida

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  2. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 2 - The Red Winds of Mars
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #2 - The Red Winds of Mars

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  3. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 5 - Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion
    7.2/10(29 votes)

    #3 - Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  4. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 1 - Ballad of Departure
    7.1/10(40 votes)

    #4 - Ballad of Departure

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Nobutaka Nishizawa
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  5. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 7 - The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #5 - The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  6. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 25 - The Steel Angel
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #6 - The Steel Angel

    S1:E25

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  7. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 48 - The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #7 - The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2

    S1:E48

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  8. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 10 - Trader's Junction - Part 2
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    #8 - Trader's Junction - Part 2

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yoshiaki Yoshida

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  9. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 12 - The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #9 - The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  10. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 16 - The Street of Fireflies
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #10 - The Street of Fireflies

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  11. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 4 - The Great Bandit Antares
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    #11 - The Great Bandit Antares

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  12. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 6 - The Comet Library
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - The Comet Library

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  13. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 32 - The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #13 - The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension

    S1:E32

    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.

    Director:Katsumi Minoguchi
    Writer:Yoshiaki Yoshida

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  14. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 33 - Ulatores's Mountain of Screws
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Ulatores's Mountain of Screws

    S1:E33

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  15. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 43 - Kira of Windy Hill
    6.7/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Kira of Windy Hill

    S1:E43

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  16. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 47 - The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1
    6.7/10(16 votes)

    #16 - The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1

    S1:E47

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  17. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 35 - The Witch of Plated City - Part 2
    6.6/10(16 votes)

    #17 - The Witch of Plated City - Part 2

    S1:E35

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  18. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 36 - The Great Chieftain Cyclops
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #18 - The Great Chieftain Cyclops

    S1:E36

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yoshiaki Yoshida

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  19. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 8 - The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #19 - The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  20. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 21 - The Tombstone of Dry Leaves
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Tombstone of Dry Leaves

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  21. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 13 - The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #21 - The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  22. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 44 - The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1
    6.3/10(16 votes)

    #22 - The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1

    S1:E44

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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  23. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 15 - Beethoven of the Water Planet
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Beethoven of the Water Planet

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yoshiaki Yoshida

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  24. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 22 - The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes
    6.2/10(17 votes)

    #24 - The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes

    S1:E22

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Keisuke Fujikawa

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  25. Galaxy Express 999 Season 1 Episode 24 - The Planet of Dimensional Voyage
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #25 - The Planet of Dimensional Voyage

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroyasu Yamaura

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Resting Warriors on Titan" is the best rated episode of "Galaxy Express 999". It scored 7.4/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Yoshiaki Yoshida, it aired on 9/28/1978. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Red Winds of Mars".