Galaxy Express 999
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is a manga created in 1977 by Leiji Matsumoto. Many anime movies and television series were created based on this manga. It is set in a high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds and emotions into mechanical bodies. By doing so they achieve practical immortality.[2][3]
| Galaxy Express 999 | |
| 銀河鉄道999 (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) | |
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| Genre | Space opera[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Manga-kun (1977–1979), Shōnen Big Comic (1979–1987), Weekly Young Sunday (1987) |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | January 24, 1977 – November 6, 1981 |
| Volumes | 18 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Nobutaka Nishizawa |
| Written by | Hiroyasu Yamaura Keisuke Fujikawa Yoshiaki Yoshida |
| Music by | Nozomi Aoki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Fuji TV, Animax |
| Original run | September 14, 1978 – March 26, 1981 |
| Episodes | 113 |
| Anime film | |
| Galaxy Express 999 | |
| Directed by | Rintaro |
| Written by | Shiro Ishimori |
| Music by | Nozomi Aoki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 1979 |
| Runtime | 130 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Adieu Galaxy Express 999 | |
| Directed by | Rintaro |
| Written by | Hiroyasu Yamaura |
| Music by | Osamu Shooji |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 1981 |
| Runtime | 130 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy | |
| Directed by | Konosuke Uda |
| Written by | Junki Takegami |
| Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 7, 1998 |
| Runtime | 121 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Maetel Legend | |
| Directed by | Kazuyoshi Yokota |
| Produced by | Takaji Matsudo |
| Written by | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Music by | Masamichi Amano |
| Studio | Vega Entertainment |
| Licensed by | U.S. Manga Corps (USA) |
| Released | 2000 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Space Symphony Maetel | |
| Directed by | Shin'ichi Masaki |
| Produced by | Leiji Matsumoto |
| Written by | Mugi Kamio |
| Music by | Taro Hakase |
| Studio | Vega Entertainment |
| Original network | Animax (PPV Premier) |
| Original run | August 6, 2004 – June 20, 2005 |
| Episodes | 13 |
The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1978.[4] The anime series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1981.
Matsumoto was inspired to create Galaxy Express 999 by the idea of a steam train running through the stars in the novel Night on the Galactic Railroad by Kenji Miyazawa.[5]
The movie Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy was released in 1998.
Galaxy Express 999 Media
References
- ↑ "S'more Entertainment Adds Galaxy Express 999 TV Anime – News". Anime News Network. October 4, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ↑ "2011 is 1981: Adieu Galaxy Express 999 | Otaku USA Anime Coverage". Otakuusamagazine.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ↑ "2011 is 1981: Adieu Part Two | Otaku USA Anime Coverage". Otakuusamagazine.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ↑ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in 日本語). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ↑ "One Hundred Japanese Books for Children (1946–1979)". International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
