Underplayed Gems

Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)

Adieu Galaxy Express 999 poster
Original title
さよなら銀河鉄道999 -アンドロメダ終着駅-
Directed by
Rintaro
Genre
anime film, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 10m
Rated
15
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A boy travels on a space train across the galaxy in a future where people can become immortal by transferring their minds into mechanical bodies. The journey takes him to different planets and lets him reflect on what it means to be human.

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What happens

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. The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1978. The anime series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1981. Matsumoto was inspired to create Galaxy Express 999 by the idea of a steam train running through the stars in the novel Night on the Galactic Railroad by Kenji Miyazawa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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