List of Galaxy Express 999 episodes
Episode list

List of Galaxy Express 999 episodes

Section Title: Episode list
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EP#	Title	Original Airdate

1	"Departure Ballad" Transcription: "Tabidachi no Ballad" (Japanese: 出発のバラード)	14 September 1978

Tetsuro's mother is murdered while the two of them travel through the snow by the villainous Count Mecha. Before she dies, Tetsuro's mother tells him to go to the planet Andromeda where he can get a machine body and not die like she did.

2	"The Red Winds of Mars" Transcription: "Kasei no Akai Kaze" (Japanese: 火星の赤い風)	21 September 1978

The 999's first stop is the planet Mars, a desolate planet where few live. When Tetsuro is provided a tour by a young woman, Freme, her boyfriend Geronimo shoots Tetsuro and steals his 999 pass.

3	"The Resting Warriors on Titan" Transcription: "Titan no Nemureru Senshi" (Japanese: タイタンの眠れる戦士)	28 September 1978

Tetsuro meets Crystal Claire, a waitress on the 999 that is made entirely of glass. Claire's body was forced upon her by her mother and she is seeking to buy back her original body.

4	"The Great Bandit Antares" Transcription: "Dai Touzoku Antaresu" (Japanese: 大盗賊アンタレス)	5 October 1978

The bandit Antares sneaks aboard the 999 and starts stealing and killing people aboard. He meets Tetsuro and Maetel and forces the 999 to travel to his home by holding Tetsuro at gunpoint.

5	"Shadow, of the Planet of Indecision" Transcription: "Mayoi no Hoshi no Shadow" (Japanese: 迷いの星の影)	12 October 1978

The 999 travels to Pluto, also said to be "The Faltering Planet", where the frozen human bodies of the machine people have been laid to rest.

6	"The Comet Library" Transcription: "Suisei Toshokan" (Japanese: 彗星図書館)	19 October 1978

The 999 arrives at the Comet Library, where all the books published are located. There, a pair of men capture Tetsuro and try to force him into having a machine body, which he'll need to become a servant to repay.

7	"The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1" Transcription: "Juuryoku no Soko no Hakaba - Part 1" (Japanese: 重力の底の墓場前編)	26 October 1978

The 999 falls into the Sargasso, where they find the remains of the 333, a missing train. Traveling aboard, Tetsuro, Maetel and the Conductor find only skeletons.

8	"The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2" Transcription: "Juuryoku no Soko no Hakaba - Part 2" (Japanese: 重力の底の墓場後編)	2 November 1978

Ryuzu brings Tetsuro to her home. There she demands Tetsuro remain with her, showing him the skeletons of those who refused her.

9	"Trader's Junction - Part 1" Transcription: "Trader Bunkiten - Part 1" (Japanese: トレーダー分岐点前編)	9 November 1978

The 999 made a stop on the planet Trader, a junction for different major rail lines. Tetsuro met a woman in destitute (whose name was revealed to be Hanako in Part 2) and decided to treat her for a meal.

10	"Trader's Junction - Part 2" Transcription: "Trader Bunkiten - Part 2" (Japanese: トレーダー分岐点後編)	16 November 1978

Hanako brought the still asleep Tetsuro to a neighboring planet aptly called Wildflower. They traveled to her home, and were greeted by her aging mother and ailing father.

11	"Nuruba, the Planet Without Form" Transcription: "Futeikei Wakusei Nuruba" (Japanese: 不定形惑星ヌルーバ)	23 November 1978

The 999 arrived at the formless world Naruba, where humans often traveled to end their lives. Two adolescent shape-shifting blobs kidnapped Tetsuro and Maetel and impersonated them for a chance to leave the planet.

12	"The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1" Transcription: "Kaseki no Senshi - Part 1" (Japanese: 化石の戦士前編)	30 November 1978

The 999 arrives on a planet where the entire populace except for one person have been turned to stone by a petrification cloud.

13	"The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2" Transcription: "Kaseki no Senshi - Part 2" (Japanese: 化石の戦士後編)	7 December 1978

Additional people arrive on the planet who seek to steal the petrified remains of the warrior's lover. With Tetsuro and Maetel's help, he fights them off and Tetsuro gets his pass back.

14	"Lala of the Dual Planets" Transcription: "Nijuu Wakusei Lara" (Japanese: 二重惑星のラーラ)	14 December 1978

The 999 arrives at the Dual Planets, a world full of machine people. When a large group of machine people at a restaurant treat Tetsuro and Maetel rudely, Tetsuro goes on a rampage and kills them all.

15	"Beethoven of the Water Planet" Transcription: "Mizu no Kuni no Beethoven" (Japanese: 水の国のベートーベン)	21 December 1978

The 999 is pursued by the Black Knight, a caped figure in a dark, fog drenched world. The Black Knight requests Tetsuro stay on the planet and be his friend, but when Tetsuro refuses, he attacks, and Maetel takes the blow, seemingly dying.

16	"The Streets of Fireflies" Transcription: "Hotaru no Machi" (Japanese: 螢の街)	28 December 1978

On their latest planet, Tetsuro meets Freiya, a poor girl who appears beautiful to him but is considered ugly and deformed by the other inhabitants of her planet because she does not glow in the dark with a uniform light.

17	"The Armored Planet" Transcription: "Soukou Wakusei" (Japanese: 装甲惑星)	4 January 1979

The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is encased in armor, including a panzer beetle that severely wounds Maetel. Tetsuro travels the planet, searching for a doctor who can help her.

18	"Maetel of Mud" Transcription: "Doro no Meitel" (Japanese: 泥のメーテル)	11 January 1979

The 999 arrives on a planet containing a large mud pit that Maetel warns Tetsuro to not go near. When he does, Tetsuro is dragged into the pit and forced to live in a bubble with a woman who also calls herself Maetel.

19	"The Land of Confession" Transcription: "Zange no Kuni" (Japanese: ざんげの国)	18 January 1979

The 999 made a two-week stop to the Planet of Confession, a world supposedly free of all evils. While the Conductor decided to take his holidays on the planet, a robber appeared and took all of his money.

20	"Professional Spirit" Transcription: "Professional Tamashii" (Japanese: プロフェッショナル魂)	25 January 1979

The 999 travels to a planet full of professionals, and Maetel warns Tetsuro not to look anyone in the eye. When Tetsuro does so, he is captured by a professional hangman who tries to hang Tetsuro.

21	"The Tombstone of Dry Leaves" Transcription: "Kareha no Bohyou" (Japanese: 枯葉の墓標)	1 February 1979

The 999 arrives at a hollow planet with no gravity; as a result everything is a lot fatter looking, and can float through the air.

22	"The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes" Transcription: "Kaizokusen Queen Emeraldas" (Japanese: 海賊船クイーン·エメラルダス)	8 February 1979

The 999 is attacked by the pirate ship Queen Emeraldes, which forces the train to a pirate planet. There Tetsuro and Maetel are captured by the pirate Emeraldes, a caped woman who desires Maetel's body.

23	"The Queen of the Primitive Planet" Transcription: "Genshi Wakusei Joou" (Japanese: 原始惑星の女王)	15 February 1979

The 999 arrives at the Battle Torn Planet, a planet that was split in two due to arguments over whether the planet should be scientifically advanced or primitive.

24	"The Planet of Dimensional Voyage" Transcription: "Jigen Koukai Wakusei" (Japanese: 次元航海惑星)	22 February 1979

The 999 finds its next destination destroyed; it was demolished by a planet that travels through the dimensions, smashing other planets.

25	"The Steel Angel" Transcription: "Koutetsu Tenshi" (Japanese: 鋼鉄天使)	8 March 1979

Tetsuro meets Clowmaria, a freedom fighter on a heavily industrialized world that is trying to get the people of her planet to change her ways.

26	"The Song of a Skeleton" Transcription: "Hakkotsu no Uta" (Japanese: 白骨の歌)	15 March 1979

Tetsuro meets Horohoro, a poor skeleton man who has lost most of his body including his ribs because he is so poor.

27	"The Hariti of Snow Metropolis" Transcription: "Yuki no Miyako no Kishibojin" (Japanese: 雪の都の鬼子母神)	22 March 1979

After the 999 landed on the five-planet system Snow Capital, Tetsuro and Maetel explored the city. He fell through a hidden hole which led him to the slump part of the city, and was promptly mugged by a group of local residents.

28	"The Literary Grand Master of the Planet Mirage" Transcription: "Kageroboshi no Bungou" (Japanese: かげろう星の文豪)	29 March 1979

The 999 arrives on a planet where Tetsuro and Maetel meet an old writer who lives alone and has extremely long hair.

29	"The Continent of Sakezan" Transcription: "Sakezan Tairiku" (Japanese: サケザン大陸)	5 April 1979

Sakezan is the only human living in a jungle world named after him. He is a parody of Tarzan and, as his name suggests, is very fond of saké.

30	"The Phantom World of Filament" Transcription: "Yuurei Sekai no Filamento" (Japanese: 幽霊世界のフィラメント)	12 April 1979

The episode opened with the story of the post-modern feudal world of Filament, which was destroyed when its sun went supernova.

31	"The Planet of Passion" Transcription: "Dohassei" (Japanese: 怒髪星)	19 April 1979

The 999 arrives at a planet where people are passionate and don't hide their emotions. Meanwhile a group of 4 assassins are hired by a friend of Count Mecha's to kill Tetsuro.

32	"The Bitten Planet in Suspended Space" Transcription: "Teijikuukan no Kajirareboshi" (Japanese: 停時空間のかじられ星)	26 April 1979

Tetsuro meets Edmund, a fellow passenger on the 999 who is looking forward to returning to his homeworld on their next stop.

33	"Ulatores's Mountain of Screws" Transcription: "Ulatores no Neji no Yama" (Japanese: ウラトレスのネジの山)	3 May 1979

The 999 arrives on the planet Ulatorus, which contains mountains of screws. When a storm causes one of the mountains to collapse, Tetsuro loses his pass and meets a machine woman who kidnaps him, seeking to keep him in her home permanently.

34	"The Witch of Plated City - Part 1" Transcription: "Plated City no Majo - Part 1" (Japanese: プレーテッド·シティの魔女前編)	18 May 1979

The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is plated in gold, the streets, the buildings, even the people. A thief knocks Tetsuro out and steals Maetel's luggage.

35	"The Witch of Plated City - Part 2" Transcription: "Plated City no Majo - Part 2" (Japanese: プレーテッド·シティの魔女後編)	25 May 1979

Hoilock's mother's dying wish is for him to continue in her footsteps in toppling those in charge of making everything gold.

36	"The Great Chieftain Cyclops" Transcription: "Daishuuchou Saikuropusu" (Japanese: 大酋長サイクロプス)	7 June 1979

The 999 stops at an abandoned artificial colony world. Tetsuro is pleased with its appearance but Maetel is puzzled that the colony looks quite different from her last visit.

37	"Mīkun's Mansion of Life" Transcription: "Mīkun no Inochi no Yakata" (Japanese: ミーくんの命の館)	14 June 1979

The 999 approaches the planet Mīkun's Mansion of Life, and all the passengers appear depressed, closing the blinds as they approach it.

38	"The Empire of the Cowardly Elder" Transcription: "Hikyoumono no Chourou Teikoku" (Japanese: 卑怯者の長老帝国)	21 June 1979

The 999 is heavily damaged and forced to land on a planet under the despotic rule of the Cowardly Elder, President Delmukade.

39	"Kasumi of Fog City" Transcription: "Kiri no Miyako no Kasumi" (Japanese: 霧の都のカスミ)	5 July 1979

The 999 arrives on a planet where everyone is very beautiful, but also extremely weak, not even going outside during the day due to the sun.

40	"The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 1" Transcription: "Kyuujou Juutakudan no Dai Shuuchou - Part 1" (Japanese: 球状住宅団の大酋長前編)	19 July 1979

The 999 approaches a large group of spherical homes, which are ruled by a Great Chieftain. Upon entering, Maetel is captured by the Chieftain's minions.

41	"The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 2" Transcription: "Kyuujou Juutakudan no Dai Shuuchou - Part 2" (Japanese: 球状住宅団の大酋長後編)	26 July 1979

Tetsuro is captured and brought before the Great Chieftain, who has a computer with all of Maetel's secrets. Tetsuguro manages to rescue Tetsuro, and discovers that his girlfriend has been killed by the Chieftain.

42	"The Memory of Fimēl" Transcription: "Fimēl no Omoide" (Japanese: フィメールの思い出)	2 August 1979

The 999 approaches the planet Visage of Memories, where the Conductor many years ago promised his lover, Marvelous, that he would make money on the 999 and return.

43	"Kira of Windy Hill" Transcription: "Arashigaoka no Kira" (Japanese: 嵐が丘のキラ)	16 August 1979

The 999 arrives on the planet Arashigaoka (lit.: Windy Hill) where a sickly father and son, Kira operate a shoe repair store.

44	"The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1" Transcription: "Valkyrie no Kuukan Kikou - Part 1" (Japanese: ワルキューレの空間騎行前編)	30 August 1979

At the 999's latest stop, Deadwood Mountain, Tetsuro and Maetel meet Prider, a poor singer who seeks to board the 999 so he can become a famous singer.

45	"The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 2" Transcription: "Warukyuri no Kuukan Kikou - Part 2" (Japanese: ワルキューレの空間騎行後編)	6 September 1979

The three Valkyries bring everyone aboard their ship, where our heroes meet their mother, the head Valkyrie. The ship travels to the edge of the universe where the Valkyries show our heroes the bones of all the humans they have killed.

46	"The Song of El Alamein" Transcription: "Eru Aramein no Utagoe" (Japanese: エル アラメインの歌声)	13 September 1979

Nanmi, a passenger on the 999 is able to convince the train to head to his planet, El Alamein, when he threatens to kill Tetsuro.

47	"The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1" Transcription: "Eikyuu Sento Jikkenshitsu - Part 1" (Japanese: 永久戦斗実験室前編)	20 September 1979

The 999 landed on a planet called Rifle Grenade, where slaves were brought in to fight a perpetual war between two factions as spectator sport.

48	"The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2" Transcription: "Eikyuu Sento Jikkenshitsu - Part 2" (Japanese: 永久戦斗実験室後編)	27 September 1979

At gunpoint (from the previous episode), Tetsuro told Zeda of his struggles back on Earth. Zeda was instead moved and decided to join the rebels.

49	"From this Star" Transcription: "Korekara no Hoshi" (Japanese: これからの星)	18 October 1979

Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on a planet filled with kind hearted, hard working people. When a storm ends up destroying the hotel that they are staying in, their luggage, including their passes are lost.

50	"Ghost Tunnel" Transcription: "Bourei no Tonneru" (Japanese: 亡霊トンネル)	25 October 1979

The 999 arrives at the ghost tunnel, a giant tunnel in space formed by giant black orbs. An android woman, Eroze appears and asks Tetsuro to come off the train.

51	"Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 1" Transcription: "Tomeikai no Artemis - Part 1" (Japanese: 透明海のアルテミス前編)	1 November 1979

As the 999 approaches its next destination, a large number of small blue blobs start passing by the 999, warning it to not go any further.

52	"Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 2" Transcription: "Tomekai no Artemis - Part 2" (Japanese: 透明海のアルテミス後編)	8 November 1979

After being brought aboard the 999, Artemis reveals her history, how she departed her mother to acquire a humanoid machine body.

53	"Tetsuro, of the Planet of Mirrors" Transcription: "Kagami no Hoshi no Tetsuro" (Japanese: 鏡の国の鉄郎)	15 November 1979

A boy who looks just like Tetsuro, named Manabu, and his brother work hard and are able to purchase a single pass for 999.

54	"The Story of Endless Summer - Part 1" Transcription: "Owarinaki Natsu no Monogatari - Part 1" (Japanese: 終わりなき夏の物語前編)	22 November 1979

The 999 arrives on the Planet of the Endless Summer, which is populated by humanoid insect like creatures. The queen of the creatures captures Tetsuro and Maetel, planning to boil them to make them food for her children, but it doesn't work.

55	"The Story of Endless Summer - Part 2" Transcription: "Owarinaki Natsu no Monogatari - Part 2" (Japanese: 終わりなき夏の物語後編)	29 November 1979

The insect babies hatch and when Tetsuro finds himself unable to kill them, they climb aboard the 999 and start eating it.

56	"The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 1" Transcription: "Reiketsu Teikoku - Part 1" (Japanese: 冷血帝国前編)	6 December 1979

The 999 arrives on a primitive planet populated with intelligent dinosaurs and cave people who are scared of the passengers taking over the planet.

57	"The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 2" Transcription: "Reiketsu Teikoku - Part 2" (Japanese: 冷血帝国後編)	13 December 1979

Tiny changes his mind about going on the 999 and decides to stay on his planet with his girlfriend until they can both get tickets.

58	"The Footsteps of Footstep Village" Transcription: "Ashioto Mura no Ashioto" (Japanese: 足音村の足音)	20 December 1979

Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on the planet Footsteps Village, and are told of evil spirits that possess and kill people. Tetsuro is warned to not go out at night, but when he meets a spirit that takes the form of water, he does so and finds a comic strip buried in the ground.

59	"Idle One's Mirror" Transcription: "Namakemono no Kagami" (Japanese: なまけものの鏡)	27 December 1979

The 999 stopped on the planet Idle One's Mirror, where everything is automated by machines. Tetsuro disembarked the train alone, and was taken by an automated taxi around the city.

60	"The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 1" Transcription: "Daishijouhan Wakusei no Gensou - Part 1" (Japanese: 大四畳半惑星の幻想前編)	10 January 1980

The next stop for the 999 was the Planet of Tomorrow, a peaceful world that was very much like Earth during the late 1970s-early 1980s whose inhabitants had no knowledge of space flight.

61	"The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 2" Transcription: "Daishijouhan Wakusei no Gensou - Part 2" (Japanese: 大四畳半惑星の幻想後編)	17 January 1980

While stranded on the planet without train passes, Maetel sought help from Galaxy Railways, but her efforts ended in vain. Meanwhile, with Adachi's help, Tetsuro found a job at a noodle shop to support himself and Maetel.

62	"The City without Night" Transcription: "Yoru no nai Machi" (Japanese: 夜のない街)	24 January 1980

As the 999 approaches the City Without Night, Maetel tells Tetsuro of a lake there, but tells him not to go out to see it.

63	"The Sisters of the Pitch Dark Planet" Transcription: "Yami Yami no Shimai" (Japanese: ヤミヤミの姉妹)	31 January 1980

The 999 stops at the Pitch Dark Planet, where all light is instantly absorbed. A while after Maetel leaves the train to "attend to private business", Tetsuro is beckoned outside by a figure at his window, who proves to be Miru, a daughter of the planet's ruler.

64	"The Holyland of Silence" Transcription: "Chinmoku no Seichi" (Japanese: 沈黙の聖地)	7 February 1980

Maetel and Tetsuro arrived at the Planet of Silence, where raising one's voice (beyond a whispering level) was punishable by death.

65	"The Symphonic Poem of the Witch's Harp" Transcription: "Kokyoshi Majo no Tategoto" (Japanese: 交響詩魔女の竪琴)	14 February 1980

The 999 arrives at a planet where the people are starving because the Queen of the planet orders all food to be brought to her.

66	"The Fog of Funeral Planet" Transcription: "Kiri no Soso Wakusei" (Japanese: 霧の葬送惑星)	21 February 1980

As the 999 touched down on the Funeral Planet, its arrival (and whistle) disturbed a funeral procession, who decided to bury Maetel and Tetsuro alive as punishment, with the proper pomp and circumstance.

67	"The Space Monk Dairuz" Transcription: "Uchu Sou Dairuz" (Japanese: 宇宙僧ダイルーズ)	28 February 1980

Dairuz, a monk with a mechanical body was on board of the 999. His rang his bell throughout, and the sound waves were powerful enough to damage the train and all of Tetsuro's teeth.

68	"The Star Named Curiosity" Transcription: "Kokishin to Iu Na no Hoshi" (Japanese: 好奇心という名の星)	6 March 1980

The 999 passes the Curiosity Planet, a planet with a large red dot on it that makes the planet look like an eye.

69	"The Defiance of C62" Transcription: "C62 no Hanran" (Japanese: C62の反乱)	13 March 1980

The episode opened with an armed robbery that took place on the 555 when it took a stop on the Medical Treatment Asteroid (in Episode 67).

70	"The City of Gentle Flowers" Transcription: "Kokoro Yasashiki Hana no Miyako" (Japanese: 心やさしき花の都)	20 March 1980

The 999 stopped at the City of Flowers, which was covered with flowers. When Tetsuro and Maetel went to the hotel, a fire broke out that ravaged the planet (and the flowers).

71	"The Pioneers from the River of Purgatory" Transcription: "Sai no Kawara no Kaikakusha" (Japanese: 賽の河原の開拓者)	27 March 1980

The River of Purgatory was a barren planet, and crops often grew with great difficulty. Almost all of the pioneers sent to the planet either died or left.

72	"Africa the Great Dark Nebula - Part 1" Transcription: "Daiankoku Seiun Afurika - Part 1" (Japanese: 大暗黒星雲アフリカ前編)	24 April 1980

While traveling Great Dark Nebula, the Conductor was taken away by a two-dimensional people called the Ghost Hoppers. Meanwhile, Tetsuro was temporary blinded by the triple Sun in the system.

73	"Africa the Great Dark Nebula - Part 2" Transcription: "Daiankoku Seiun Afurika - Part 2" (Japanese: 大暗黒星雲アフリカ後編)	1 May 1980

While experimenting on the 999, the Ghost Hoppers put the three to a nearby jail. One of the Ghost Hoppers explained that they colonized Kilimanjaro two years ago, and eradicated the local aboriginal population.

74	"The Gimme Planet of 1,765,000,000 People" Transcription: "Jushichioku Rokusen Gohyakumannin no Kurekure" (Japanese: 17億6千5百万人のくれくれ星)	8 May 1980

The Gimme Planet was the next stop of the 999. It is a planet where begging was the only way of life.

75	"Shrine of the Land of Water - Part 1" Transcription: "Mizu no Kuni no Shaian - Part 1" (Japanese: 水の国のシャイアン 前編)	15 May 1980

The 999 was forced to land with water-borne inhabitants. Maetel and Tetsuro were escorted to meet with Waterpress, the ruler of the City.

76	"Shrine of the Land of Water - Part 2" Transcription: "Mizu no Kuni no Shaian - Part 2" (Japanese: 水の国のシャイアン 後編)	29 May 1980

The Galaxy Railways were notified of the hijacking, and dispathed the SDF to neutralize Waterpress. Meanwhile, Navarro, Suzie and a few Cheyenne warriors began their pursuit of the 999 with one of Waterpress's prototype spaceships.

77	"The Holy Woman Who Devours Life - Part 1" Transcription: "Shokumei Seijo - Part 1" (Japanese: 喰命聖女 前編)	12 June 1980

The Rainy Pond was the next stop for the 999. A pilgrim warned the passengers of a witch who devoured life, and wanted the Conductor to leave the planet earlier.

78	"The Holy Woman Who Devours Life - Part 2" Transcription: "Shokumei Seijo - Part 2" (Japanese: 喰命聖女 後編)	26 June 1980

Cueflame began extracting life flame from Maetel, but Tetsuro took the flame before she could consume it. In a confrontation Tetsuro discovered that Arc was a cyborg who was working for Cueflame to reclaim her human body.

79	"The Pirate of Time Castle - Part 1" Transcription: "Jikanjo no Kaizoku - Part 1" (Japanese: 時間城の海賊 前編)	3 July 1980

A mysterious caped man appears on the 999, who stops a fight between two men and later rescues Tetsuro from another man.

80	"The Pirate of Time Castle - Part 2" Transcription: "Jikanjo no Kaizoku - Part 2" (Japanese: 時間城の海賊 中編)	10 July 1980

Tetsuro returns to the bar to find the location of the Time Castle and once again is rescued by the caped stranger.

81	"The Pirate of Time Castle - Part 3" Transcription: "Jikanjo no Kaizoku - Part 3" (Japanese: 時間城の海賊 後編)	17 July 1980

Leryuzu returns Tetsuro to the present and ties up him and Maetel. Maetel reveals that the Harlock ruling the castle is not the real Harlock, putting some doubt in Leryuzu's mind.

82	"Tale of a Short Life" Transcription: "Mijika na Seimei no Monogatari" (Japanese: 短かな生命の物語)	24 July 1980

The next station for the 999 was called Butterfly's Dream. The inhabitants had wings (like butterflies) but they also have a very short lifespan (also like butterflies).

83	"The Third Life" Transcription: "Daisan Seimeitai" (Japanese: 第3生命帯)	31 July 1980

The 999 reached a system when a battle took place between two planets, Maya and Zaba. Meanwhile one of the planets in the system was about to explode and destroyed the two worlds.

84	"Planet of the Giant Elephant" Transcription: "Kyozo no Hoshi" (Japanese: 巨象の星)	14 August 1980

Tetsuro intercepted a message in a bottle on the train. It was sent by explorer J.F.

85	"The Planet of Phantom Love" Transcription: "Ai no Genei Wakusei" (Japanese: 愛の幻影惑星)	21 August 1980

As the 999 approached the Planet of Illusive Love, and everyone started to show yearnings for unrequited love. Tetsuro lost sight of Maetel but instead met Naya, a street poet who was obsessed Lestel, an artist who instead loved her model, Pheras, who was in love Bina).

86	"UFO from the Planet of Forgotten Parents" Transcription: "Oyashirazu no UFO" (Japanese: 親知らず星のUFO)	28 August 1980

The 999 was interrupted by an UFO near the Planet of Forgotten Parents. The rustic planet got its name when the youth left their parents behind to find new lives.

87	"Elsa from the Sea" Transcription: "Umi kara kita Elsa" (Japanese: 海からきたエルザ)	4 September 1980

The 999 was searched by Brittenian soldiers when it landed on the God Given planet. Maetel and Tetsuro met Nasuka, one of the soldiers who was sleeping on the job.

88	"Planet of Crossroads of Destiny" Transcription: "Unmei no Wakarie Hoshi" (Japanese: 運命の分かれ星)	11 September 1980

The 999 approached the Planet called Crossroads of Destiny, where its blue satellite planet was about to become extinct. The planet was inhabited by a people who returned to a survivalist society when it ran out of natural resources.

89	"Gunman's Elegy" Transcription: "Ganman aika" (Japanese: ガンマン哀歌)	25 September 1980

The 999 arrived at the Hangman's Planet, where all the outlaws in Andromeda gather. Tetsuro met Mimoza, who wanted to help her father build a music hall.

90	"Yuki-onna of Andromeda - Part 1" Transcription: "Andromeda no Yukionna - Part 1" (Japanese: アンドロメダの雪女 前編)	9 October 1980

Maetel and Tetsuro arrived at Snowica, and Tetsuro was warned of the Snow Woman, who had the power to kill when the victim made eye contact.

91	"Yuki-onna of Andromeda - Part 2" Transcription: "Andromeda no Yukionna - Part 2" (Japanese: アンドロメダの雪女 後編)	16 October 1980

Maetel ran into Snowlock, a broker for mechanical bodies who was collaborating with the Snow Woman. Snowlock brought her to his workshop, but Maetel managed to destroy it.

92	"The End of the Undersea City" Transcription: "Kaitei Toshi no Saigo" (Japanese: 海底都市の最後)	23 October 1980

The 999 reached the planet of Rainbow Sash. All that remained was a single underwater city resulting from a nuclear war.

93	"Keiko of the Insect Planet" Transcription: "Konchu Wakusei no Keiko" (Japanese: 昆虫惑星の螢子)	30 October 1980

The next stop of the 999 was the Insect Planet. It used to be paradise for insects before the humans colonization, and the Conductor warned Tetsuro and Maetel of the recent murders that have been taking place.

94	"Yaryabol's Miniature World - Part 1" Transcription: "Yaryabol no Chiisa na Sekai - Part 1" (Japanese: ヤーヤボールの小さな世界 前編)	6 November 1980

Yaryabol, instructed by his mother, altered the course of the 999 to his home world, where everything was of miniature proportions.

95	"Yaryabol's Miniature World - Part 2" Transcription: "Yaryabol no Chiisa na Sekai - Part 2" (Japanese: ヤーヤボールの小さな世界 後編)	13 November 1980

Maetel and Tetsuro remained in Yaryabol's mansion to find out what actually happened to his mother. But instead Tetsuro was lured to a trap designed to kill him but managed to (barely) escape.

96	"Flying Kuro - Part 1" Transcription: "Flying Kuro - Part 1" (Japanese: フライング·クロ 前編)	20 November 1980

Tetsuro and Maetel travel to a planet where a robot cat fights against the government oppressors. they are arrested when they are believed to have a connection to the robot cat.

97	"Flying Kuro - Part 2" Transcription: "Flying Kuro - Part 2" (Japanese: フライング·クロ 後編)	27 November 1980

Tetsuro meets the robot owner of the robot cat, Neko. Meanwhile all the robot cats on the planet stage a rebellion.

98	"The One Book Left in Space" Transcription: "Uchu ni Nokotta Issatsu no Hon" (Japanese: 宇宙に残った一冊の本)	4 December 1980

Tetsuro meets a couple who spend their final days writing a book about their planet blowing up. Then it does, but they finish the book and launch it into space, while they burn to death inside a tree house.

99	"Fourth Dimension Elevator" Transcription: "Yojigen no Elevator" (Japanese: 四次元エレベーター)	11 December 1980

Tetsuro gets lost taking an elevator that takes him to the fourth dimension. Maetel rescues him and he shoots a flashy dude who turned out to be a cyborg, then they get out and happily continue on.

100	"The Monster of Loose Zone" Transcription: "Loose Zone no Yokai" (Japanese: ルーズゾーンの妖怪)	18 December 1980

The train passes through a loose zone where everyone becomes loose and lazy and otherwise irresponsible. Tetsuro gets thrown out of the train somehow and the Conductor and the train are too lazy to look for him.

101	"Planet of Eternally Pursued Dreams" Transcription: "Eien no Yume Oi Hoshi" (Japanese: 永遠の夢追い星)	25 December 1980

Tetsuro meets a man who would like to be a manga artist but can't do so because the planet has a caste system.

102	"Planet of the Holy Queen's Revolt" Transcription: "Seijoo no Hanran Hoshi" (Japanese: 聖女王の反乱星)	8 January 1981

Tetsuro travels to a planet where humans evolved from bees and hornets, and the two of them are poised to have a war.

103	"A Thousand and One Nights in Andromeda - Part 1" Transcription: "Andromeda Senya Ichiya - Part 1" (Japanese: アンドロメダ千夜一夜 前編)	15 January 1981

the 999 crash lands on planet Ali-baba run by a woman named Ali Baba. Tetsuro and Maetel are stripped and taken hostage by her.

104	"A Thousand and One Nights in Andromeda - Part 2" Transcription: "Andromeda Senya Ichiya - Part 2" (Japanese: アンドロメダ千夜一夜 後編)	22 January 1981

Tetsuro defeats the giant roc and meets up with the Conductor. Maetel is shot in the face by some chick, and Ali Baba's goons fail to capture her, they have a big chase scene involving camels and the goons knock the chick out and take Maetel.

105	"Legendary Young Soldier" Transcription: "Wakaki Senshi no Densetsu" (Japanese: 若き戦士の伝説)	29 January 1981

The 999 goes to some weird planet full of demotivated cyborgs and Tetsuro and Maetel are taken hostage by a bunch of kids.

106	"Ghost Station 13" Transcription: "Gōsuto Sutehshon 13-go" (Japanese: 幽霊駅13号)	5 February 1981

Aron and Crosalis were lonely space drifters, transparent and without physical form. Aron turned himself into a train station (Ghost Station 13), so that he could have galaxy train passengers to land and play with his sister Crosalis.

107	"The Birdmen of Kilimanjaro" Transcription: "Kilimanjaro no Choujin" (Japanese: キリマンジャロの鳥人)	12 February 1981

Kilimanjaro (a different planet than in Eps. 71 and 72) was a world where chivalry still existed among soldiers.

108	"The Collapse of Macaroni au Gratin" Transcription: "Macaroni Gratin no Hokai" (Japanese: マカロニグラタンの崩壊)	19 February 1981

The Planet of Macaroni au Gratin, so called after its shape, was the next destination of the 999. Mane and Sab, the mechanical Dendorium brothers, who were bored with playing war games at the expense of the planet, captured (and shrunk) Maetel and Tetsuro so that they could escape the planet with the 999.

109	"Maetel's Trip - Part 1" Transcription: "Maetel no Tabi - Part 1" (Japanese: メーテルの旅 前編)	26 February 1981

To make up for the delay in the previous episode, the 999 enters Warp Space. Unexpectedly, a duplicate 999 materializes alongside them and the two trains collide and become entangled.

110	"Maetel's Trip - Part 2" Transcription: "Maetel no Tabi - Part 2" (Japanese: メーテルの旅 後編)	5 March 1981

The trains having landed on the Wandering Planet's surface to rescue the two Maetels, Redril and Testuro confront two extremely alien-looking creatures who refer to themselves as "humans".

111	"The Bat Planet" Transcription: "Wakusei Komori" (Japanese: 惑星こうもり)	12 March 1981

On the Bat planet, the 999's last stop before the final destination, Tetsuro met a sickly young man, who wanted a mechanical body so that he could have the endurance to become a great animator.

112	"Illusion of Youth: Farewell 999 - Part 1" Transcription: "Seishun no Genei Saraba 999 - Part 1" (Japanese: 青春の幻影 さらば999 前編)	19 March 1981

The 999 reached its final destination, the planet Promethium. Once on the surface, Tetsuro and Maetel were escorted by Mirai, who brought them to the sanitarium where Tetsuro had up to 24 hours to contemplate his decision on adopting a mechanical body.

113	"Illusion of Youth: Farewell 999 - Part 2" Transcription: "Seishun no Genei Saraba 999 - Part 2" (Japanese: 青春の幻影 さらば999 後編)	26 March 1981

The Conductor and Tetsuro attempted to steer the 999 away from the black hole, but was immobilized by tractor beams from Promethium.

Sentence(s)

The Galaxy Express 999 aired 113 episodes from 14 September 1978 to 26 March 1981.

final_sentence: The Galaxy Express 999 aired 113 episodes from 14 September 1978 to 26 March 1981.