Galaxy Express 999 Episode 012

## **The Fossilized Warrior - Part One**

**The Fossilized Warrior - Part One** (*Kaseki no Senshi - Zen-hen*) is the twelfth episode of the animated series *Galaxy Express 999.* It premiered on **30 November 1978** on Fuji TV.

Scenes from this and the following episode were used to create the first *TV special*.

## Summary

The *999* arrives on a planet where the entire population except for one person have been turned to stone. The one person still alive, a warrior, attacks Tetsuro and steals his pass, hoping to use it to escape and find a cure for his lover, who was turned to stone.

> "*There are many strange and unbelievable things in space. And one of them is about to attack Tetsuro and Maetel. This is the Fossilized Planet. A planet where a warrior has protected a girl's fossil. To be continued...*"
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## Credits

**By type**

Cast

* **Masako Ikeda** as **Maetel**
* **Kaneta Kimotsuki** as **Conductor**
* **Hitoshi Takagi** as **Narrator**
* **Osamu Ichikawa** as **Fossil Warrior**
* **Osamu Katō** as **Bandit Boss**
* **Masaharu Sato** as **Bandit Guard**
* **Kōji Totani** as **Worker**

Staff

* **Leiji Matsumoto** - Original Story
* **Weekly Shōnen King** - Serialization
* **Nozomi Aoki** - Music
* **Katsuaki Nakatani** - Conducting
* **Columbia Symphonic Orchestra** - Performance
* **Jun Hashimoto** - Theme Song Lyrics
* **Masaaki Hirao** - Theme Song Composition
* **Nozomi Aoki** - Theme Song Arrangement
* **Isao Sazaki** & **Suginami Junior Chorus** - Theme Song Performance
* **Nobutaka Nishizawa** - Chief Director
* **Fuji TV**, **Toei** - Production

## Stop

Fossil Planet

Stop Time: Temporary stop

A once-thriving planet, a gas cloud came and turned all inhabitants into fossils. The 999 lands here by accident. Thought to be empty, one warrior still remains here! A warrior who returned to the planet after the gas cloud accident, coming back to find all whom he loved are now gone.

## Characters

Julius

***Voiced by: Osamu Ichikawa***

A resident of the Fossil Planet, Julius (unnamed in the manga and TV series) keeps a fossil of his late girlfriend. When he finds Tetsuro near it, he assumes he's stealing it and attacks him. He steals Tetsuro's pass and returns to his ship. He tells his story of how he returned to this planet after time away and being horrified to return after a gas cloud came and learning that his friends, including his lover Lydia, were all turned into fossils. Tetsuro fatally shoots the warrior after tracking him down, leaving his body next to the fossil of his lover.

Lydia

***Voiced by: Miyuki Ueda***

The deceased lover of Julius. They plan to go on a honeymoon on the Galaxy Express 999, but a gas cloud approaches their planet, and Julius must leave. The gas cloud affects the planet, turning Lydia and the other natives into fossils before he could return. Lydia is *exclusive to the anime*.

## Avaliablity

* Galaxy Express 999 LD-BOX 1 "Megalopolis BOX" (21 July 1995)
* Galaxy Express 999 COMPLETE DVD-BOX "Eternal Departure" (19 September 2002)
* DeAGOSTINI DVD Volume 05 (8 May 2012)
* Avex Blu-ray Box 01 (5 March 2014)
* Discotek Blu-ray Box "Departure" (24 December 2019)

## Changes

* This story features many changes to the anime adaptation. The manga does not feature the bandits, and the story ends after Tetsuro and Maetel enter the fossil warrior's ship and Tetsuro fatally shoots him.
* In the anime, Maetel battles the fossil warrior after he attacks Tetsuro. In the manga, they don't encounter each other until they go onto his ship.

## Gallery

Title cardProduciton art for JuliusProduction art for Lydia