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Film ⏱ 2h 10m

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Based On the book by Leiji Matsumoto

Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999(スリーナイン), Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain; "999" read as "Three Nine") is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds and emotions with perfect fidelity into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality. The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1978.

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Release date:
1981
Director:
Rintaro
Genre:
Anime
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese

Book vs Film

Cover of Galaxy Express 999
The Book · 1998

Galaxy Express 999

Leiji Matsumoto

Poster for Adieu Galaxy Express 999
The Film · 1981

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Rintaro

★ 7.0 / 10 691 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen -17 years after publication.

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