Season 1
(1978)
Cast
as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
as Maetel (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Conductor (voice)
Episodes
Ballad of Departure 0.0
September 14, 1978
Tetsuro's mother is murdered while the two of them travel through the snow by the villainous Count Mecha. Before she di…
The Red Winds of Mars 0.0
September 21, 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 w…
The Resting Warriors on Titan 0.0
September 28, 1978
Tetsuro meets Crystal Claire, a waitress on the 999 that is made entirely of glass. Claire's body was forced upon her b…
The Great Bandit Antares 0.0
October 5, 1978
The bandit Antares sneaks aboard the 999 and starts stealing and killing people aboard. He meets Tetsuro and Maetel and…
Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion 7.0
October 12, 1978
The 999 travels to Pluto, where the frozen human bodies of the machine people have been laid to rest. Tetsuro meets Sha…
The Comet Library 0.0
October 19, 1978
The 999 arrives at the Comet Library, where all the books published are located. There, a pair of men capture Tetsuro a…
The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1 0.0
October 26, 1978
The 999 falls into the Sargasso, where they find the remains of the 333, a missing train. Traveling aboard, Tetsuro, Ma…
The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2 0.0
November 2, 1978
Ryuzu brings Tetsuro to her home. There she demands Tetsuro remain with her, showing him the skeletons of those who ref…
Trader's Junction - Part 1 0.0
November 9, 1978
The 999 made a stop on the planet Trader, a junction for different major rail lines. Tetsuro met a woman in destitute a…
Trader's Junction - Part 2 0.0
November 16, 1978
Hanako brought the still asleep Tetsuro to a neighboring planet aptly called Wildflower. They traveled to her home, and…
Nuruba, the Planet Without Form 0.0
November 23, 1978
The 999 arrived at the formless world Naruba, where humans often traveled to end their lives. Two adolescent shape-shif…
The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1 0.0
November 30, 1978
The 999 arrives on a planet where the entire populace except for one person have been turned to stone by a petrificatio…
The Fossilized Warrior - Part 2 0.0
December 7, 1978
Additional people arrive on the planet who seek to steal the petrified remains of the warrior's lover. Moreover an anot…
Lala of the Dual Planets 0.0
December 14, 1978
The 999 arrives at the Dual Planets, a world full of machine people. When a large group of machine people at a restaura…
Beethoven of the Water Planet 0.0
December 21, 1978
The 999 is pursued by the Black Knight, a caped figure in a dark, fog drenched world. The Black Knight requests Tetsuro…
The Street of Fireflies 0.0
December 28, 1978
On their latest planet, Tetsuro meets Freiya, a poor girl who appears beautiful to him but is considered ugly and defor…
The Armored Planet 0.0
January 4, 1979
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is encased in armor, including a panzer beetle that severely wounds Maetel…
Maetel of Mud 0.0
January 11, 1979
The 999 arrives on a planet containing a large mud pit that Maetel warns Tetsuro to not go near. When he does, Tetsuro …
The Land of Confession 0.0
January 18, 1979
The 999 made a two-week stop to the Planet of Confession, a world supposedly free of all evils. While the conductor dec…
Professional Spirit 0.0
January 25, 1979
The 999 travels to a planet full of professionals, and Maetel warns Tetsuro not to look anyone in the eye. When Tetsuro…
The Tombstone of Dry Leaves 0.0
February 1, 1979
The 999 arrives at a hollow planet with no gravity; as a result everything is a lot fatter looking, and can float throu…
The Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldes 0.0
February 8, 1979
The 999 is attacked by the pirate ship Queen Emeraldes, which forces the train to a pirate planet. There Tetsuro and Ma…
The Queen of the Primitive Planet 0.0
February 15, 1979
The 999 arrives at the Battle Torn Planet, a planet that was split in two due to arguments over whether the planet shou…
The Planet of Dimensional Voyage 0.0
February 22, 1979
The 999 finds its next destination destroyed; it was demolished by a planet that travels through the dimensions, smashi…
The Steel Angel 0.0
March 8, 1979
Tetsuro meets Clowmaria, a freedom fighter on a heavily industrialized world that is trying to get the people of her pl…
The Song of a Skeleton 0.0
March 15, 1979
Tetsuro meets Horohoro, a poor skeleton man who has lost most of his body including his ribs because he is so poor.
The Hariti of Snow City 0.0
March 22, 1979
After the 999 landed on the five-planet system Snow Capital, Tetsuro and Maetel explored the city. He fell through a hi…
The Literary Giant of the Planet Mirage 0.0
March 29, 1979
The 999 arrives on a planet where Tetsuro and Maetel meet an old writer who lives alone and has extremely long hair. Th…
The Continent of Sakezan 0.0
April 5, 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,…
The Phantom World of Filament 0.0
April 12, 1979
The episode opened with the story of the post-modern feudal world of Filament, which was destroyed when its sun went su…
The Planet of Passion 0.0
April 19, 1979
The 999 arrives at a planet where people are passionate and don't hide their emotions. Meanwhile a group of 4 assassins…
The Broken Planet in the Time Ceased Dimension 0.0
April 26, 1979
Tetsuro meets Edmund, a fellow passenger on the 999 who is looking forward to returning to his homeworld on their next …
Ulatores's Mountain of Screws 0.0
May 3, 1979
The 999 arrives on the planet Ulatorus, which contains mountains of screws. When a storm causes one of the mountains to…
The Witch of Plated City - Part 1 0.0
May 18, 1979
The 999 arrives on a planet where everything is plated in gold, the streets, the buildings, even the people. A thief kn…
The Witch of Plated City - Part 2 0.0
May 31, 1979
Hoilock's mother's dying wish is for him to continue in her footsteps in toppling those in charge of making everything …
The Great Chieftain Cyclops 0.0
June 7, 1979
The 999 stops at an abandoned artificial colony world. Tetsuro is pleased with its appearance but Maetel is puzzled tha…
Mīkun's Mansion of Life 0.0
June 14, 1979
The 999 approaches the planet Mīkun's Mansion of Life, and all the passengers appear depressed, closing the blinds as t…
The Empire of the Cowardly Elder 0.0
June 21, 1979
The 999 is heavily damaged and forced to land on a planet under the despotic rule of the Cowardly Elder, President Delm…
Kasumi of Fog City 0.0
July 5, 1979
The 999 arrives on a planet where everyone is very beautiful, but also extremely weak, not even going outside during th…
The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 1 0.0
July 19, 1979
The 999 approaches a large group of spherical homes, which are ruled by a Great Chieftain. Upon entering, Maetel is cap…
The Great Chieftain of The Spherical Housing Complex - Part 2 0.0
July 26, 1979
Tetsuro is captured and brought before the Great Chieftain, who has a computer with all of Maetel's secrets. Tetsuguro …
The Memory of Fimel 0.0
August 2, 1979
The 999 approaches the planet Visage of Memories, where the Conductor many years ago promised his lover, Marvelous, tha…
Kira of Windy Hill 0.0
August 16, 1979
The 999 arrives on the planet Arashigaoka (lit.: Windy Hill) where a sickly father and son, Kira operate a shoe repair …
The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 1 0.0
August 30, 1979
At the 999's latest stop, Deadwood Mountain, Tetsuro and Maetel meet Prider, a poor singer who seeks to board the 999 s…
The Ride of the Valkyries - Part 2 0.0
September 6, 1979
The three Valkyries bring everyone aboard their ship, where our heroes meet their mother, the head Valkyrie. The ship t…
The Song of El Alamein 0.0
September 13, 1979
Nanmi, a passenger on the 999 is able to convince the train to head to his planet, El Alamein, when he threatens to kil…
The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 1 0.0
September 20, 1979
The 999 landed on a planet called "Rifle Grenade", where slaves were brought in to fight a perpetual war between two fa…
The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part 2 0.0
September 27, 1979
At gunpoint (from the previous episode), Tetsuro told Zeda of his struggles back on Earth. Zeda was instead moved and d…
From this Star 0.0
October 18, 1979
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on a planet filled with kind hearted, hard working people. When a storm ends up destroying th…
Ghost Tunnel 0.0
October 25, 1979
The 999 arrives at the ghost tunnel, a giant tunnel in space formed by giant black orbs. An android woman, Eroze appear…
Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 1 0.0
November 1, 1979
As the 999 approaches its next destination, a large number of small blue blobs start passing by the 999, warning it to …
Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part 2 0.0
November 8, 1979
After being brought aboard the 999, Artemis reveals her history, how she departed her mother to acquire a humanoid mach…
Tetsuro, of the Planet of Mirrors 0.0
November 15, 1979
A boy who looks just like Tetsuro, named Manabu, and his brother work hard and are able to purchase a single pass for 9…
The Story of Endless Summer - Part 1 0.0
November 22, 1979
The 999 arrives on the Planet of the Endless Summer, which is populated by humanoid insect like creatures. The queen of…
The Story of Endless Summer - Part 2 0.0
November 29, 1979
The insect babies hatch and when Tetsuro finds himself unable to kill them, they climb aboard the 999 and start eating …
The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 1 0.0
December 6, 1979
The 999 arrives on a primitive planet populated with people who are scared of the passengers taking over the planet. Me…
The Cold Blooded Empire - Part 2 0.0
December 13, 1979
Tiny changes his mind about going on the 999 and decides to stay on his planet with his girlfriend until they can both …
The Footsteps of Footstep Village 0.0
December 20, 1979
Tetsuro and Maetel arrive on the planet Footsteps Village, and are told of evil spirits that possess and kill people. T…
Idle One's Mirror 0.0
December 27, 1979
The 999 stopped on the planet Idle One's Mirror, where everything is automated by machines. Tetsuro disembarked the tra…
The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 1 0.0
January 10, 1980
The next stop for the 999 was the Planet of Tomorrow, a peaceful world whose inhabitants had no knowledge of space flig…
The Planet of the Pint Sized Room - Part 2 0.0
January 17, 1980
While stranded on the planet without train passes, Maetel sought help from Galaxy Railways, but her efforts ended in va…
The City without Night 0.0
January 24, 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 …
The Sisters of the Pitch Dark Planet 0.0
January 31, 1980
The 999 stops at the Pitch Dark Planet, where all light is instantly absorbed. A while after Maetel leaves the train to…
The Holyland of Silence 0.0
February 7, 1980
Maetel and Tetsuro arrived at the Planet of Silence, where raising one's voice (beyond a whispering level) was punishab…
The Symphonic Poem of the Witch's Harp 0.0
February 14, 1980
The 999 arrives at a planet where the people are starving because the Queen of the planet orders all food to be brought…
The Fog of Funeral Planet 0.0
February 21, 1980
As the 999 touched down on the Funeral Planet, its arrival (and whistle) disturbed a funeral procession, who decided to…
The Space Monk Dairuz 0.0
February 28, 1980
Dairuz, a monk with a mechanical body was on board of the 999. His rang his bell throughout, and the sound waves were p…
The Star Named Curiosity 0.0
March 6, 1980
The 999 passes the Curiosity Planet, a planet with a large red dot on it that makes the planet look like an eye. The Co…
The Defiance of C62 0.0
March 13, 1980
The episode opened with an armed robbery that took place on the 555 when it took a stop on the Medical Treatment Astero…
Heart of Flower Village 0.0
March 20, 1980
The 999 stopped at the City of Flowers, which was covered with flowers. When Tetsuro and Maetel went to the Hotel, a fi…
The Children's Limbo Pioneer 0.0
March 27, 1980
Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part One) 0.0
April 24, 1980
Black Valley Cloud of Africa(Part Two) 0.0
May 1, 1980
1,765,000,000 Man Planet 0.0
May 8, 1980
Shine of the Water Country(Part One) 0.0
May 15, 1980
Shine of the Water Country(Part Two) 0.0
May 29, 1980
The Holy Woman(Part One) 0.0
June 12, 1980
The Holy Woman(Part Two) 0.0
June 26, 1980
The Pirate's Time Castle(Part One) 0.0
July 3, 1980
The Pirate's Time Castle(Part Two) 0.0
July 10, 1980
The Pirate's Time Castle(Part Three) 0.0
July 17, 1980
Tale of a Short Life 0.0
July 24, 1980
The Third Life 0.0
July 31, 1980
Planet of the Giant Elephant 0.0
August 14, 1980
Love of the Phantom Planet 0.0
August 21, 1980
Wisdom Tooth Planet UFO 0.0
August 28, 1980
Coming from Elsa Sea 0.0
September 4, 1980
Fate of the Planet Crossroads 0.0
September 11, 1980
Ganman Lament 0.0
September 25, 1980
Fairy of Andromeda(Part One) 0.0
October 9, 1980
Fairy of Andromeda(Part Two) 0.0
October 16, 1980
Last Moment in the City at the Bottom of the Sea 0.0
October 23, 1980
Insect Planet Keiko 0.0
October 30, 1980
Yaryabol's Small World(Part One) 0.0
November 6, 1980
Yaryabol's Small World(Part Two) 0.0
November 13, 1980
Flying Claw(Part One) 0.0
November 20, 1980
Flying Claw(Part Two) 0.0
November 27, 1980
One Book Left in Space 0.0
December 4, 1980
Fourth Dimension Elevator 0.0
December 11, 1980
Loose Zone Spector 0.0
December 18, 1980
Planet of Eternally Pursued Dreams 0.0
December 25, 1980
Planet of the Holy Queen's Revolt 0.0
January 8, 1981
Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part One) 0.0
January 15, 1981
Andromeda Thousand Nights One Night(Part Two) 0.0
January 22, 1981
Legendary Young Soldier 0.0
January 29, 1981
Phantom Station 13 0.0
February 5, 1981
Birdman of Kilimanjaro 0.0
February 12, 1981
Decay of Macaroni Au Gratin 0.0
February 19, 1981
Maetel's Trip(Part One) 0.0
February 26, 1981
Maetel's Trip(Part Two) 0.0
March 5, 1981
Planet Komori 0.0
March 12, 1981
Illusion of Youth(Part One) 0.0
March 19, 1981
Illusion of Youth(Part Two) 0.0
March 26, 1981