1 Season
113 Episode
Galaxy Express 999 - Season 1 Episode 1 Ballad of Departure (1981)
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.
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio : Fuji TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai TV, Fuji News Network, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Sendai Television, SAGA TV, Ishikawa TV, TNC, Television Shin Hiroshima System, TV Shizuoka, NBS, TSK, NIB, AKT, Toyama Television, Okinawa Television Broadcasting
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- Cast : Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Hitoshi Takagi, Kaneta Kimotsuki