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Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道 999 (スリーナイン), Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds and emotions ...
Meanwhile one of the planets in the system was about to explode and destroyed the two worlds. Two Zabans, Seth and Rei took a spaceship to colonize another planet (planet No. 3) in the system. The 999 was also forced to land on the planet. Tetsuro and Maetel were ambushed by an ape man, who stole their passes.
The Galaxy Railways (銀河鉄道物語, Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Leiji Matsumoto, creator of Galaxy Express 999, and is about flying trains set in the far reaches of outer space. It began airing on October 4, 2003.
Ginga Tetsudō (銀河鉄道) may refer to: Night on the Galactic Railroad , a Japanese novel by Kenji Miyazawa, written around 1927 Galaxy Express 999 , a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, and the anime based on it
Night on the Galactic Railroad (銀河鉄道の夜, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru), sometimes translated as Milky Way Railroad, Night Train to the Stars or Fantasy Railroad in the Stars, [1] is a classic Japanese fantasy novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927.
Galaxy Express 999 was released in Japan on August 4, 1979 where it was distributed by Toei Company. [2] [3] It was the highest grossing film of 1979 in Japan. [6] The film was picked up for distribution in the United States by Roger Corman's New World Pictures in 1980 but was shelved until 1982 after test bookings. [7]
The song reached #2 on the Oricon charts and was the #1 song on The Best Ten for seven weeks. To differentiate it from the theme song of the anime which has the same name in Japanese, it is often referred to by its English title which is stylized as " THE GALAXY EXPRESS 999 ".
Leiji Matsumoto was born on January 25, 1938, in Kurume, Fukuoka. [6] He was the middle child of a family of seven brothers, and, in his early childhood, Matsumoto was given a 35mm film projector by his father, and watched American cartoons during the Pacific War.