Galaxy Express 999, Vol. 3 [Paperback]

Leiji Matsumoto (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Viz Graphic Novels | Publication Date: July 30, 2000

Maetel, a mysterious woman, and Tetsuro, a young freedom fighter, team up to save the world from the Ankoku no Shihaisha, enemy of all life. Their struggle takes them through a wild array of strange worlds and even stranger beings: the Machine People, space pirates Emeraldas and Captain Harlock, and the liquid-metal Metanoids. Can Tetsuro elude the Double Planet Guillotine's Organic Creature Elimination Project?

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (July 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569315280
• ISBN-13: 978-1569315286
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,573,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book!, October 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Galaxy Express 999, Vol. 3 (Paperback)

Despite the artwork which will turn off fans of superhero-style comic books, Galaxy Express has a style unto its own that needs to be appreciated by a more mature reader. The story is excellent, the social commentary is superb, my only problem is the SLOW release schedule. This book easily ranks equally alongside the other great (translated) mangas of our times, including Nausicaa, Lone Wolf and Cub, Dominion, and Adolf... Buy this book!

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Matsumoto continues to work on his masterpiece...., May 15, 2003

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"mangaqueen16" (the States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Galaxy Express 999, Vol. 3 (Paperback)

I love Matsumoto's work. Maetel is one of my all-time favorite characters, as is her friend (and in the movie "Maetel Legend", her sister) Emeraldas. Harlock is...interesting, but kinda cool. Tetsuro, well...he's okay.

The plots are incredible! They really make you think (and I'm not just talking about the blurbs at the end of each segment!). There are very few manga that can do that.

I reccomend this series to any and every anime/manga fan!