Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition

A runaway teen and a ghost-mom doppelgänger ride a bullet-shaped rail through the galaxy. After his planet is strip-mined for parts, Tetsuro boards the Galaxy Express 999 to trade his flesh for a weapon. Maetel tags along, looking exactly like the woman he lost. The train’s next stop: immortality.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/galaxy-express-999-the-movie-1979/.

Rintaro directed Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition in 1979. See Rintaro's full filmography, where to start with Rintaro, or where to go after you've seen everything by Rintaro.

Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition was released in 1979 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 128 minutes.