manga series · Japan

1977 to 1981

Created by
Leiji Matsumoto

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Cover of Galaxy Express 999

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Galaxy Express 999.

銀河鉄道999

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.

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Type
manga series
Country
Japan
Published
1977 to 1981
Appeared in
Big Gold, Shōnen King
Language
Japanese

Run

In print
The story

Galaxy Express 999, in three panels

  1. 1977. Galaxy Express 999 begins in Japan.

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    Cover of Galaxy Express 999
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