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Galaxy Express 999

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I recorded this movie one day cause it was a Japanese animation and it was old so I thought it would be interesting. A young boy travels the universe to get a metal body so he can seek revenge.

one of the best parts in this movie is it is use of iconographic imagery, the trains, the pirate ships, in the future were bodies can be replaced by machines without trouble.

My best friend and I went to see 'Ghostbusters' in the movie theatre when it came out years ago at a late night showing and double feature. It was followed by a movie we'd never heard of called 'Galaxy Express 999'. I did not have great expectations for Galaxy Express. The title sounded cheesy and it was 'free' so how good could it be? Boy was I wrong! Galaxy Express was exhilarating. It was exciting, sad, shocking. It was very emotionally moving. How brave that little boy was. And how sad to see his mother's body mounted on a wall like some animal. All these years later I rarely, if ever, think about Ghostbusters but on occasion I still find myself thinking about Galaxy Express 999.

Galaxy Express 999 & it's sequal adieu Galaxy Express 999 were both feature films, done by the same man who was famous for the Spaceship Yamato/Star Blazers series.They Introduced us to the train the "Galaxy Express."The trin was built to resemble an old style "Iron Horse" type of train that would travel the galaxy to the planet Maytel.Characters in the moveie included Captain Harlock.This was NOT a TV series or mini-series of any type.While they may have introducedharacters like Capt. Harlock,they were not connested to the harlock series.For further information lokk up both movies under VHS for more details.