Galaxy Railway 999 is a work created by Zero Matsumoto. The anime consists of 113 episodes, and the manga began serialization in 1977. Its theatrical versions were "Galaxy Railway 999", which was released in 1979, "Goodbye Galaxy Railway 999: Andromeda Terminal" released in 1981, and "Galaxy Railway 999: Eternal Fantasy", which was released in 1998.
The work tells the science fiction story of the Galactic Railway.
In 2221 AD, humans on Earth had mechanical bodies that lived for up to 1,000 years and lived a rich life in the modern city of Metopolis. Yet poor people, who have no mechanical bodies to be abused, have hopes for a planet where mechanical bodies are said to be available.
Unconsciously, people began to look forward to taking the Galactic Railway 999 to reach this planet that could provide mechanical bodies for free. In order to realize this dream, the teenager Hoshino Tetsuro travels with his mother to Metoporis.
On the way, the Mechanical Earl, who took pleasure in hunting humans, killed his mother. The lost maiden Medel saves Tetsuro who has fallen into the street, and in exchange for traveling together, gives him an indefinite ticket for galaxy railway 999.
After defeating the mother-killer, Tetsuro and Medel take the Galactic Railway 999 together and begin their journey. They arrive on various planets and meet many people, who gradually change The iron lang to make him grow. In the end, at the end of the journey, what did Tie Lang get...
This is an animated work of SF manga serialized by Matsumoto Shōnen King (Shonen Pictorial Magazine). Compared with the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato" and "Space Pirate Captain Harock" related to Matsumoto, the battle scenes in this game have been greatly reduced, and the inner emotional world of human beings has been depicted instead.
This popular anime embodies the new charm of Matsumoto's works, and is one of the key works that pushes the animation work from a single climax to a familiar theme.
During the animation process of this game, in order to reproduce the atmosphere of the original manga, several attempts were made. This is reflected in the overall dark tone of the picture composition, the insertion of emotional female vocal shouts, and the use of violin to play BGM.
In addition, the psychological activities of the characters in the original manga, the fact sheet, and the final summary are expressed by the narration, which makes time more abundant and more successfully shows the illusory atmosphere in the original manga.
Three specials were produced after the broadcast ended. The special episode reconstitutes the popular plot and broadcasts in the form of a special program, the first part is related to the third part, which is 30 minutes long, and the form of the previous and second parts is related. The second part, "Forever Traveler: Amiradas", was expanded from the original anime episode 22, "One Piece Ship Queen: Amiradas".
An important reason for the popularity of this game is the increase in the number of works used in theater. Previously, when it comes to the theatrical version of TV animation, the mainstream is the TV version of the highlights, and the theatrical version of this game is very different from the TV version of STAFF, produced by supervisor Rin Taro, character design Kazuo Komatsubara, art starling, etc., the box office exceeded expectations to topped the 1979 Japanese film list, and also received the first glory in the history of animated films.
Since this game is still in the weekly magazine series, the second half of the animation has produced several episodes of original interlude short stories in order not to exceed the plot of the original work. Many of these stories are other short works by Matsumoto.
Although the TV anime ushered in the final return one step ahead of the original manga, the TV anime story was completed through the above theatrical version.