Galaxy Express 999: Jikuu wo Koeta Energy no Tabi
Ginga Tetsudou 999: Jikuu wo Koeta Energy no TabiSummary
Animated shorts made to promote the Japanese electricity company Kyuushuu Electric Power (Kyuuden).
Tetsurou and Maetel visit five interplanetary stops (including Earth) and see how each locale deals with energy.
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Details
- Format
- ONA
- Number of Episodes
- 5
- Episode length
- 4 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 20 min (5 × 4 min)
- Season
- Summer 2010
- Start date
- July 24, 2010
- End date
- September 24, 2010
- Status
- Finished
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Romaji title
- Ginga Tetsudou 999: Jikuu wo Koeta Energy no Tabi
- English title
- Galaxy Express 999: Jikuu wo Koeta Energy no Tabi
- Native title
- 銀河鉄道999～時空を超えたエネルギーの旅～
Relations
Suggested watch order
Based on known prequels and sequels.
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Ginga Tetsudou 999: Jikuu wo Koeta Energy no Tabi season.2
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Characters 3
Main characters
- Tetsurou Hoshino星野鉄郎Main
Profile
- Gender
- Male
Tetsuro Hoshino is a young boy who was born on Earth into poverty, and who wants nothing more than a machine body. He also wants revenge on Count Mecha, an evil man who was given a machine body and now hunts humans for sport, for killing his mother. As a street urchin, Tetsuro has no means to buy a machine body. However, he has heard that at the end of the…
- MaetelメーテルMain
Profile
- Gender
- Female
The enigmatic woman who gives the young boy Tetsurou his ticket on the Galaxy Express 999. As beautiful as she is wise, Maetel provides constant support and guidance for Tetsurou throughout his travels. In Leiji Matsumoto's own words: Maetel "is the woman who travels with an adolescent boy's dreams. She's traveled with millions, tens of millions of boys, so…
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- Shasho車掌Supporting
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The main crew member of the Galaxy Express 999. He is an alien being with an invisible body; only his eyes can be seen while he is wearing his conductor uniform. The Conductor prefers to go 'strictly by the book' and frequently cites the Galaxy Express rule book, but occasionally ends up bending the rules and getting into adventures with Tetsurou and Maetel.
Staff and studios
Key staff
- Tomoharu KatsumataDirector
- Leiji MatsumotoOriginal creator
- Osamu HondaArt director
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- Makiko KayaharaMusic Selection
- Nobutaka MakiEditing
- Shinichi ToyonagaColor Design
- Nam-Yeol BaekKey Animation (eps 1, 3, 5)
- Nobuyoshi HoshikawaKey Animation (ep 4)
- Takahisa IshinoSound Effects (eps 2-5)
- Hajime TakahashiPhotography (eps 1-5)
- Mitsuru AoyamaKey Animation (ep 2)
- Chikako AbeRecording
- Michihiro ItouSound Effects (ep 1)
- Kozue KomatsuAnimation Director
- Naoko YamaokaKey Animation (ep 4)
- Miyuki KureiScript
- Yasuko FukumotoKey Animation (ep 2)
- Takeyuki SuzukiCG Director
- Satoshi TakahashiAssistant Director
- Yasuhiro YamaguchiKey Animation (ep 5)
- Miyako ShishikaiKey Animation (ep 4)