Here after herring that Leiji Matsumoto has recently pass away. Truly, rest in peace. I can't express enough how grateful I am for the works he's created.
Just how iconic GE999 is. one if his final works is to collab with TakaraTomy 's Shinkalion Z Project. not only Maetel joined the team (as a preteen little girl and this time human. which he made clear that Maetel in Shinkalion Z and ones in the main Leijiverse is different person and different races even. the only similiarity is that the two looks EXACTLY the same and even signature garments!!) but also Valdor (Final boss in Shinkalion the Movie) was captured and rebuilt with exactly the same interior as Galaxy Railways train. complete with exactly the same Leijimeters. You can't miss it. My speculation... LM (or his apprentices) did involved in Season1 developments when it comes to space train since he made it popular. especially with the introduction of Valdor as a Space Train (which functions very much the same as a ghost train operated by Machine Empire in Sayonara Galaxy Express 999). He probably joined The Movie crew, in Season 2 I don't think that Maetel and Valdor are only his contributions to Shinkalion Z, some other character designs maybe as well.
Back in 2011, I watched this show over 5.5 days and marathoned 60 episodes in one sitting. Rest In Power, Leiji Matsumoto. You are one of the all-time greats.
Rest in Peace Leiji Matsumoto... (January 25, 1938 - February 13, 2023) Galaxy Express 999 is how I discovered Leiji Matsumoto. I remember watching the anime film when I was around 10-11.
When I was on crunchyroll a couple years ago I scrolled through their list by popularity and scrolled all the way to the bottom. This anime was on the bottom and I decided to watch it and I have zero regrets. What an AMAZING anime and it deserves hunter x hunter treatment
if you haven't yet you should watch the galaxy railways its a spin off there are two seasons and a 4 part mini sears to tie both seasons together with special guests tetsuro meatel and the 999.
This hits deep now. A very legendary manga artist is gone. Galaxy Express 999 was one of the first manga series I read thoroughly in the 1990s, when it was printed in Animerica magazine. I also watched the anime when it played on the Sci-Fi Channel. My late grandmother used to make me breakfast and watch anime with me on the Sci-Fi Channel (my house didn’t get it) and we’d talk about what we watched. Some of my best memories of my sometimes very awkward adolescent years were thanks to Leiji Matsumoto. Thank you, and RIP you absolute legend! o7
About 30 years or so ago, a local Spanish television station (WNJU channel 47) aired Japanese programming every Sunday night... Galaxy Express 999 was part of the lineup. Memories!
They also did it on Saturday nights as well. They showed this as well as Cyborg 009, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Brave Raideen and Ikkyu San. I used to watch these shows before I went out to party!
@@forexjammer no, the 3 upcomming movies for emeraldas, harlock and maetel are not going to be a remake of the original ge999 series its about the 3 main characters harlock maetel and emeraldas. but yes maetel will be in it
Yes, Leiji Matsumuto did the character designs and animation for Daft Punk's videos and later movie, Interstella 555. the Daft Punk guys are very big fans of Leiji Matsumoto's work, so they asked him to do the videos for them.
I had one of the best memories watching Galaxy Express 999 with my brother, and once a year I still return to appreciate this great story. Rest in peace Leiji Matsumoto!
I wasn't too fond of this show as a kid, since it's so damn sad. I think every episode is made in order to try and make you cry. As I became older I started to love it, though. But it still brings tears to my eyes.
Even as a kid I thought this animation conveys such deep messages and is very philosophical. Now as an adult, I'd like to watch the entire episodes again... must be able to find many other aspects of stories.
Lyrics// Letra Kisha wa yami wo nukete Hikari no umi e Yume ga chirabaru mugen no uchuu sa Hoshi no kakehashi watatte yukou Hito wa daredemo shiawase sagasu Tabibito no you na mono Kibou no hoshi ni meguriau made Arukitsuzukeru darou Kitto itsuka wa kimi mo deau sa Aoi kotori ni
Love this series! I really like how they paid a lot of attention to detail when animating the locomotives. I also like their inclusion of different, famous Japanese locomotives and trains.
CHOOOOOOO natsukashii! I watched this show after school every week! It was definitely one of my favorites. I never thought I'd ever see this song clip ever again - what a tear jerker! *L*
GE999 and other works probably wouldn't exist without Tezuka, The man single handedly made what anime would become. his importance can never be overstated
I been sad today because Akira Toriyama pass away two days ago and I was saying that what make me sad is that he was yo young already because go nagai of devil man and Mazinger z and leiji Matsumoto still alive making stuff still being way more older than Akira, and I decided to remember this now I'm way more sad because thanks to the comments I descover leiji Matsumoto pass away a year ago, really underrated person in the manga industry legend from the 70s that I always think he deserves more, I'm glad thanks to daft punk he's animation became more international even people still not know who is the guy behind the animation of the music video of one more time
If you say Ozma animated is 'underrated'... then Shinkalion Z is even 'lost' to me or you. I only known very recently that Shinkalion Z (the season 2) features Maetel (a clone actually, LM and the animation crew wrote backstory that while the two Maetels are looks exactly the same, backstory are different in both settings. in Shinkalion Z she's a human Hokkaidoan who joined Shinkalion Team because she's a railfan who's excited with a new Shinkansen Line is extended to her hometown. the Original Maetel is an extraterrestrial people similiar to Starsha in SBY series (LM created Maetel as main character because he's disappointed with Starsha's roles in SBY when working under Nishizaki. very few appearances and never leaves her world. whle Maetel travels along with the 999 for several centuries (in Maetel Legend it is revealed that she left her homeworld with Emeraldas via the 999 Space Train).
Not just Captain Harlock, but also the Queen Emeraldas series. In the movie adaptation Emaraldas is actually Maetel's sister! Both of these series (and also Space Battleship Yamato in the manga) are all intertwined in what is known as the "Lejiverse"
Here after herring that Leiji Matsumoto has recently pass away. Truly, rest in peace. I can't express enough how grateful I am for the works he's created.
Just how iconic GE999 is. one if his final works is to collab with TakaraTomy 's Shinkalion Z Project. not only Maetel joined the team (as a preteen little girl and this time human. which he made clear that Maetel in Shinkalion Z and ones in the main Leijiverse is different person and different races even. the only similiarity is that the two looks EXACTLY the same and even signature garments!!) but also Valdor (Final boss in Shinkalion the Movie) was captured and rebuilt with exactly the same interior as Galaxy Railways train. complete with exactly the same Leijimeters. You can't miss it.
My speculation... LM (or his apprentices) did involved in Season1 developments when it comes to space train since he made it popular. especially with the introduction of Valdor as a Space Train (which functions very much the same as a ghost train operated by Machine Empire in Sayonara Galaxy Express 999). He probably joined The Movie crew, in Season 2 I don't think that Maetel and Valdor are only his contributions to Shinkalion Z, some other character designs maybe as well.
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 to yall
Matsumoto will always be in my heart 💖
RIP Sensei Leiji Matsumoto! May the Galaxy Railway take you on a journey, a never ending journey… a journey TO THE STARS! 😢
Back in 2011, I watched this show over 5.5 days and marathoned 60 episodes in one sitting. Rest In Power, Leiji Matsumoto. You are one of the all-time greats.
I did the same in 2013
Rest in Peace Leiji Matsumoto...
(January 25, 1938 - February 13, 2023)
Galaxy Express 999 is how I discovered Leiji Matsumoto. I remember watching the anime film when I was around 10-11.
ささきいさおさんがまだこの声量で歌えるのマジで凄いわ。
When I was on crunchyroll a couple years ago I scrolled through their list by popularity and scrolled all the way to the bottom. This anime was on the bottom and I decided to watch it and I have zero regrets. What an AMAZING anime and it deserves hunter x hunter treatment
Yeah, this anime is a childhood favorite of my parents. Glad you liked it
I got excited but it's not on my region..
if you haven't yet you should watch the galaxy railways its a spin off there are two seasons and a 4 part mini sears to tie both seasons together with special guests tetsuro meatel and the 999.
And it also deserve a hornby model
The "Hunter x Hunter treatment" was a gesture of disrespect. Watch 1999 adaptation and tell me I'm wrong.
This hits deep now. A very legendary manga artist is gone. Galaxy Express 999 was one of the first manga series I read thoroughly in the 1990s, when it was printed in Animerica magazine. I also watched the anime when it played on the Sci-Fi Channel. My late grandmother used to make me breakfast and watch anime with me on the Sci-Fi Channel (my house didn’t get it) and we’d talk about what we watched. Some of my best memories of my sometimes very awkward adolescent years were thanks to Leiji Matsumoto.
Thank you, and RIP you absolute legend! o7
About 30 years or so ago, a local Spanish television station (WNJU channel 47) aired Japanese programming every Sunday night... Galaxy Express 999 was part of the lineup. Memories!
Japanese with English subtitles.
They also did it on Saturday nights as well. They showed this as well as Cyborg 009, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Brave Raideen and Ikkyu San. I used to watch these shows before I went out to party!
In my case was public television NJ also Captain Harlock space pirate
I used to watch it longer ago than that. I'd have to jiggle the UHF dial just right to get it tuned in
I've been a fan of this series for long as I can remember.
Rest in peace, Leiji Matsumoto.
RIP Leiji Matsunoto
May the Galaxy Express continue to fly to the stars
I hope that some day this show gets the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 treatment. This anime deserves to be redone with modern graphics.
It is getting one. Gainax recently announced it. 2026 release lol.
Well, time to wait lol
Wait what? Can I have a source on that?
Thanks lad.
@@forexjammer no, the 3 upcomming movies for emeraldas, harlock and maetel are not going to be a remake of the original ge999 series its about the 3 main characters harlock maetel and emeraldas. but yes maetel will be in it
Rest in Peace Leiji Matsumoto.
これだー！この素朴な感じで汽車のこの映像があるのが本当に私の記憶の大事にしていた曲！
喘息で辛かった幼い頃、この曲ばかり歌ってた思い出の曲
Yes, Leiji Matsumuto did the character designs and animation for Daft Punk's videos and later movie, Interstella 555. the Daft Punk guys are very big fans of Leiji Matsumoto's work, so they asked him to do the videos for them.
Criminally underrated show
@asian dude it's masterpiece
@asian dude what the heck is vinland saga
*no u*
*WHERE'S DA UNO REVERSE CARD*
facts, I love this anime
i've read the manga/comic, I love it, but it may be too boring to some......
I had one of the best memories watching Galaxy Express 999 with my brother, and once a year I still return to appreciate this great story. Rest in peace Leiji Matsumoto!
Rest in Peace, Matsumoto-san.
My dad was in high school when this anime came out lol.
I started watching sometime last moth
This serie changed my life, incredible, fantastic, absolutely the top.
Same here!
今思うと、これが数十年前に作られたアニメなことに驚きます！宇宙の知識や頭脳や想像あって作れるものですよね。ヤマト、ガンダム、マクロスなど宇宙や人情みたいなものをテーマにしたアニメや漫画は凄いと思う。最近こんなアニメないね。それなりの知識がないと作れないアニメ。
今思うと私も感じます。
当時は当たり前のように観ていたし、子どもだったのでそこまで考えてはいませんでした。
999は夢がありました✨
そして様々な想像力を膨らませ、いつか999に乗りたいと思っていました🙂
999は昔の作品なので所々突っ込み所も満載ですが未来への希望やロマンがありましたね
現在作品はリアルの人間模様や葛藤を描いてるのが多い感じですね
哀愁をおびた曲調が
物語と合っていていいですね
Had a a casette of this anime in VHS when I was a kid, the opening theme is still very beautiful but at the same time very sad...
Quite so. Also, nostalgic as hell.
But considering the subject, Galaxy Express 999 wasn't ever quite a happy story from begin with.
RIP in the sea of stars Leiji Matsumoto
Rest in peace forever sensei
Rest in peace. Thank you for everything Leiji Matsumoto 💛
I'm crazy, I'm fool for this series I JUST LOVE IT with all my HEART.
RIP A true master....
2023 currently watching at gogoanime, 70s anime are indeed iconics
True
I wasn't too fond of this show as a kid, since it's so damn sad. I think every episode is made in order to try and make you cry.
As I became older I started to love it, though. But it still brings tears to my eyes.
Even as a kid I thought this animation conveys such deep messages and is very philosophical. Now as an adult, I'd like to watch the entire episodes again... must be able to find many other aspects of stories.
RIP Matsumoto Leiji sensei
RIP, Sir
awesome! The melody is in the modern has been lost. Melody of this era is the melody that transience and melancholy drifts.
The creator of this, Leiji Matsumoto recently died. REST IN PIECE!
This will definitely one of the most out there shows I've watched the entirety of, but I don't regret it and I enjoyed every second.
RIP Leiji
Leiji Matsumoto... my favorite Mangaka. There is always a philosophy and many lessons behind his pieces of arts
Came from Honkai Star Rail because it reminded me of this. I remember watching this with my mom as a child
SLや夜汽車は女のロマン。
産まれたかった…こんな時代に。
This-outside of Sailor Moon, Tales of Magic and Gatchaman-was my first exposure to anime during my first trip to Japan (May '96).
松本さんのご冥福をお祈り致します
Lyrics// Letra
Kisha wa yami wo nukete
Hikari no umi e
Yume ga chirabaru mugen no uchuu sa
Hoshi no kakehashi watatte yukou
Hito wa daredemo shiawase sagasu
Tabibito no you na mono
Kibou no hoshi ni meguriau made
Arukitsuzukeru darou
Kitto itsuka wa kimi mo deau sa
Aoi kotori ni
Nice one pal
Rest in piece Leiji Matsumoto
Love this series! I really like how they paid a lot of attention to detail when animating the locomotives. I also like their inclusion of different, famous Japanese locomotives and trains.
Yeah, thank you so much for putting this online. I've spent the last 15 years thinking about this show.
I also used to watch it with my two younger brothers Sunday nights on channel 47 over 30 years ago!! Memories.....
Me too. Channel 47 also showed Space Pirate Captain Harlock...
+MrWitchman1967 mind if i ask where?
+petman515 Jamaica,Queens NY
ah cool
+pachamancaboy1964 I did, too! I used to love watching Ikkyu San, too.
my favourite intro...❤️
999 carries with it a warm nostalgia while telling good stories.
CHOOOOOOO natsukashii! I watched this show after school every week! It was definitely one of my favorites. I never thought I'd ever see this song clip ever again - what a tear jerker! *L*
Rest in Peace.
I was born in Japan so it was very natural that I was brought up to be around manga and anime. I was seeing "GE999" on TV in '80s. I miss those days.
線路の分岐の表現がエモすぎる
GE999 and other works probably wouldn't exist without Tezuka, The man single handedly made what anime would become. his importance can never be overstated
i wanna rewatch every episode again
I feel like crying... those childhood days with Tetsuro
Never saw the movie, but so fascinating, that it's actually about trains! 😃
it's got trains but it's not about trains
I see.
The memory of those tracks forever imprinted in my mind...
男のロマンとは、首まで泥水に浸かっても星空を見合げる事だ、と言った松本零士先生。ズシンと来る金言でした。ありがとうございました
見上げる
Wow! I used to watch this as a kid in the 70's on TV here in the states! Great series! Thanks for putting it up!
Over 500k views for an obscure 1970's animated show that never even aired on american television? Oh fuck yeah.
Actually I think it did air on the east coast lol (like nyc).
Love this series! Hope they have a remake or continuation of the series.
I get chills everytime I hear this song.
I been sad today because Akira Toriyama pass away two days ago and I was saying that what make me sad is that he was yo young already because go nagai of devil man and Mazinger z and leiji Matsumoto still alive making stuff still being way more older than Akira, and I decided to remember this now I'm way more sad because thanks to the comments I descover leiji Matsumoto pass away a year ago, really underrated person in the manga industry legend from the 70s that I always think he deserves more, I'm glad thanks to daft punk he's animation became more international even people still not know who is the guy behind the animation of the music video of one more time
Thanks a lot! This is my childhood.
Same here! Grew up with some of the older dub as a child.
Im just here because the old man inside the villainess sung this
THE BEST ANIME! it'll rest in the story of animation.
@Fatin Ishraq they are loosely connected! it's also highly speculated that queen promethium from galaxy express 999 is a future queen millennia
If you're here after reading "Old Man reincarnates into an Evil Princess" manga, raise your hand
so much love for this show
Descance em paz, Leiji Matsumoto.
I remember watching this with my dad. Long series, but great memories
サビがカッコよすぎて目から鼻水吹きました
remember seeing this for the first time on a public television channel either the late 70's or early 1980's good memories
A show about trains in space, I want to see this.
So much happens in the first episode too. Tetsuro is seriously ready to kill someone.
Joseph Christovich your not alone
It’s on amazon for a good price I think
@@jayesper4390 and he's not even on the Train yet
Damn rest in peace the creator of this anime. 🤧
懐かしい
Today is 09/09/09. In honor of Galaxy Express 999!
Even tho GE999 is over 100chapters i really enjoyed it. It's a fantastic series w lots of emotions along the way. And personally i love the art too.
Just how phenomenon the 999 is. Shinkalion Z marked her returns (and LM's final Animation works) as a member of that team.
Bruh that whistle
Amazing
1978・９・７〜1981・３・26。
フジテレビ系で木曜日19：00で有名。
以前は「グランプリの鷹」でした。
懐かしいですね。
999って言ったらこれなんだよなぁ。丁度幼稚園だったのでテレビに齧り付いて見てました。
Im in love with this opening song in a way that I have no idea how to explain.
I love this show!
Recently saw Ozuma originally written by Leiji Matsumoto...
Highly underrated piece. More people should definitely look into it as it worth it
If you say Ozma animated is 'underrated'... then Shinkalion Z is even 'lost' to me or you. I only known very recently that Shinkalion Z (the season 2) features Maetel (a clone actually, LM and the animation crew wrote backstory that while the two Maetels are looks exactly the same, backstory are different in both settings. in Shinkalion Z she's a human Hokkaidoan who joined Shinkalion Team because she's a railfan who's excited with a new Shinkansen Line is extended to her hometown. the Original Maetel is an extraterrestrial people similiar to Starsha in SBY series (LM created Maetel as main character because he's disappointed with Starsha's roles in SBY when working under Nishizaki. very few appearances and never leaves her world. whle Maetel travels along with the 999 for several centuries (in Maetel Legend it is revealed that she left her homeworld with Emeraldas via the 999 Space Train).
銀鉄(銀河鉄道999)と言えばやはりTV版のオープニングテーマが似合う。
Saturday Night Anime on Sci-Fi... 5th grade... 12am - 2am...
Golden years for me.
I love this show! Thanks for sharing this video :D
I'm here because of a Manga. It's called "A 52 year old civil servant reincarnated as the villainess" XD
galaxy express three nine will take you on a journey a never ending journey! journey to the stars!!!
Not just Captain Harlock, but also the Queen Emeraldas series. In the movie adaptation Emaraldas is actually Maetel's sister! Both of these series (and also Space Battleship Yamato in the manga) are all intertwined in what is known as the "Lejiverse"
Riposa tra le stelle comandate Matsumoto!
I love the opening for greatness view of the train’s start off !
LEIJI MATSUMOTO!! YOU ARE A PURE GENIUS!! I LOVE YOUR ART!!
What a freaking classic!
I remember Daltanias too, back when I was only four.
*Sigh* The nostalgia is overwhelming.
Classic, good classic
I remember this when I was a toddler
Leiji, imaginaste y soñaste, creaste un universo lleno de emociones. Gracias por este regalo a la cultura humana.
tuyêt vơi qua 999🎉😊❤
Nice70s anime!!毎週見てましたよ！
Beautiful
one of the best anime! always watch how in 1-st time!