Price: $99.95
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305732808
Format: Animated, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 6305732809
Label: Viz Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalogJapaneseOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Viz Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Viz Video
Release Date: December 16, 1999
Running Time: 120 minutes
Studio: Viz Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 08, 1981
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Leiji Matsumoto helped to create the modern boom in anime with his series Space Battleship Yamato, released in the U.S. as Star Blazers. A long, episodic fable about an interstellar journey on an updated version of an old railway train, Galaxy Express boasts an enthusiastic cult following. Tetsuro is a boy living in the slums of a future Earth; his mother was killed by the evil cyborg, Count Mecha, who hunts humans for sport. To achieve his revenge, he must get to a distant planet where he can trade his mortal body for a deathless mechanical one. A mysterious woman named Maetel rescues him from the robo-police and travels with him among the planets via the Galaxy Express railway. Tetsuro's search for vengeance builds into a war between humans and cyborgs.
As the battle reaches its climax, Matsumoto's popular creations, the space pirates Captain Harlock and Queen Emeraldas, arrive with unexpected assistance. Tetsuro ultimately learns that true beauty is always ephemeral, a concept that runs through Japanese art and culture. For years, Galaxy Express 999 was available in English only in an edited version that fans demoted as a mutilation; the Signature Edition from Viz is complete and uncut. (Ages 13 and older for violence and brief nudity) --Charles Solomon
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I've had a running acquaintance with Galaxy Express 999 since the age of 10... and have always been captured by it's various aspects, including an often disturbing and haunting look at our basic humanity. This movie is no different, though I felt this movie was a bit rushed, and the plotline isn't too original. It is an original story, but with many of the elements of the original movie remixed to create a second voyage for Tetsuro, Maetal, and the 999. Very few surprises here.
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I've tried to buy this on Ebay. The provider told me it would be a couple of months. I hung up on him. I watched this anime when I was a child. It was edited bad for television (smudging out suggestive shower scenes)But none of that mattered. The story remained true. Tetsuo is a boy caught up in a universal war. Where the pressures of getting a robot body are as bad as the finals in college. In order to compete with society, one must overcome spiritual morality. Religion plays into it also.(your ... Read More
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When I watch an anime, I usually expect to be entertained, nothing more. What I found in Galaxy Express 999 was a good anime that remained with me after I saw it. It had a captivating story, characters I could connect with, and some serious ideas that made me think. But, it did have some flaws.
Galaxy Express 999 has a captivating story because I wanted Tetsuro, the main character, to find his mother's murderer and avenge her. I was also wondering where Maetel came from and why she ... Read More
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There is nothing will stop the brave young boy, Tetsurou, to reach his finally destination. His goal is to get a free android body to keep her mother's dying promise and to avenage her death. And then there is the mysterious beautiful woman, Maetel, saves and acompanies Tetsurou along the long hard journey. Forever sadness in her eyes, painful memories but possess unspeakable power... Intrigue? This tells an incredable adventure.
I grew up with the TV series and I own the entire comic book ... Read More
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So I think I saw this movie when I was about 9 years old but I'm not sure this is the one. Other than it being totally awesome, the only somewhat distinct part I remember is one of the robots drinking milk and then either rusting or self-destructing or something like that. Can somebody tell me if that's this movie? Thanks a bunch.
