Original
09/14/1978 - 03/26/1981 Finished
Ginga Tetsudou 999 (銀河鉄道９９９)
Also known as: Galaxy Express 999
In the distant future, humanity has found a way to live forever by purchasing mechanical bodies, but this way to immortality is extraordinarily expensive. An impoverished boy, Tetsurou Hoshino, desires to purchase a pass on the Galaxy Express 999—a train that travels throughout the universe—because it is said that at the end of the line, those aboard can obtain a mechanical body for free. When Tetsurou's mother is gunned down by the villainous machine-man hybrid Count Mecha, however, all seems lost. Tetsurou is then saved from certain death by the mysterious Maetel, a tall woman with blonde hair and a striking resemblance to his mother. She gives him a pass to the Galaxy Express under one condition: that they travel together. Thus, Tetsurou begins his journey across the universe to many unique planets and thrilling adventures, in hopes of being able to attain that which he most desires.
113
Total episodes
33
Canon episodes
80
Filler episodes
70.8%
% Filler
Canon episodes · 33 Filler episodes · 80
Every season
Seasons and sequels
You may wonder, how many seasons does Ginga Tetsudou 999 have? Well, currently Ginga Tetsudou 999 has a total of 4 official seasons. Below is a complete list of the anime's seasons, arranged chronologically, including prequels, sequels, and canonical spin-offs.
Discover all seasons and episodes of this anime in broadcast order. Each season develops a key part of the story, introducing new characters, story arcs, and important events. Select any season to view detailed information such as the number of episodes, release dates, and a complete plot description.
Original
Secuela
Secuela
SecuelaWhat to watch, what to skip
Watch order: filler vs canon
Ginga Tetsudou 999 has 80 filler episodes out of 113 (70.80%), grouped into 13 runs. These are the ranges you can skip without missing anything from the main plot.
70.80% Filler
Episodes you can skip
6
1 episodes
14–15
2 episodes
17–20
4 episodes
23–30
8 episodes
32
1 episodes
36–38
3 episodes
40–41
2 episodes
43–50
8 episodes
53–62
10 episodes
65
1 episodes
67–78
12 episodes
82–97
16 episodes
99–110
12 episodes
The longest canon run goes from episode 7 to 13: 7 episodes in a row with no filler.
Episode by episode
Complete guide by season
113 Episodes
| # | Episodes | Aired | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Departure Ballad09/14/1978 | 09/14/1978 | Canon |
| 2 | The Red Winds of Mars09/21/1978 | 09/21/1978 | Canon |
| 3 | Titan's Sleeping Warrior09/28/1978 | 09/28/1978 | Canon |
| 4 | The Great Bandit Antares10/05/1978 | 10/05/1978 | Canon |
| 5 | Shadow of the Planet of Indecision10/12/1978 | 10/12/1978 | Canon |
| 6 | The Comet Library10/19/1978 | 10/19/1978 | Filler |
| 7 | The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity: Part One10/26/1978 | 10/26/1978 | Canon |
| 8 | The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity: Part Two11/02/1978 | 11/02/1978 | Canon |
| 9 | Trader Junction: Part One11/09/1978 | 11/09/1978 | Canon |
| 10 | Trader Junction: Part Two11/16/1978 | 11/16/1978 | Canon |
| 11 | Formless Planet Nuruba11/23/1978 | 11/23/1978 | Canon |
| 12 | The Fossilized Warrior: Part One11/30/1978 | 11/30/1978 | Canon |
| 13 | The Fossilized Warrior: Part Two12/07/1978 | 12/07/1978 | Canon |
| 14 | Laala from the Double Planet12/14/1978 | 12/14/1978 | Filler |
| 15 | Water Kingdom: Beethoven12/21/1978 | 12/21/1978 | Filler |
| 16 | The Town of Fireflies12/28/1978 | 12/28/1978 | Canon |
| 17 | The Armored Planet01/04/1979 | 01/04/1979 | Filler |
| 18 | Maetel of Mud01/11/1979 | 01/11/1979 | Filler |
| 19 | The Kingdom of Atonement01/18/1979 | 01/18/1979 | Filler |
| 20 | The Souls of Professionals01/25/1979 | 01/25/1979 | Filler |
| 21 | The Tombstone of Dead Leave02/01/1979 | 02/01/1979 | Canon |
| 22 | Pirate Ship Queen Emeraldas02/08/1979 | 02/08/1979 | Canon |
| 23 | Queen of the Primitive Planet02/15/1979 | 02/15/1979 | Filler |
| 24 | The Planet of Dimensional Voyage02/22/1979 | 02/22/1979 | Filler |
| 25 | A Steel Angel03/08/1979 | 03/08/1979 | Filler |
| 26 | The Skeleton's Song03/15/1979 | 03/15/1979 | Filler |
| 27 | The Goddess of Children and Easy Birth in the Snow Capital03/22/1979 | 03/22/1979 | Filler |
| 28 | The Great Writer of the Mirage Planet03/29/1979 | 03/29/1979 | Filler |
| 29 | The Sakezan Continent04/05/1979 | 04/05/1979 | Filler |
| 30 | The Ghost World Filament04/12/1979 | 04/12/1979 | Filler |
| 31 | Fury Planet04/19/1979 | 04/19/1979 | Canon |
| 32 | Bitten Planet of Stopped Space-time04/26/1979 | 04/26/1979 | Filler |
| 33 | Ulatres's Screw Mountain05/03/1979 | 05/03/1979 | Canon |
| 34 | The Witch of Plated City - Part One05/18/1979 | 05/18/1979 | Canon |
| 35 | The Witch of Plated City - Part Two05/25/1979 | 05/25/1979 | Canon |
| 36 | The Great Chief Cicropros06/07/1979 | 06/07/1979 | Filler |
| 37 | Mii-kun's Mansion of Life06/14/1979 | 06/14/1979 | Filler |
| 38 | The Empire of the Cowardly Elder06/21/1979 | 06/21/1979 | Filler |
| 39 | Kasumi of the Mist Capitol07/05/1979 | 07/05/1979 | Canon |
| 40 | The Chief of the Spherical Housing Complex - Part One07/19/1979 | 07/19/1979 | Filler |
| 41 | The Chief of the Spherical Housing Complex - Part Two07/26/1979 | 07/26/1979 | Filler |
| 42 | Female's Memories08/02/1979 | 08/02/1979 | Canon |
| 43 | Kira of Storm Hill, Arashigaoka08/16/1979 | 08/16/1979 | Filler |
| 44 | Space Ride of the Valkyries - Part One08/30/1979 | 08/30/1979 | Filler |
| 45 | Space Ride of the Valkyries - Part Two09/06/1979 | 09/06/1979 | Filler |
| 46 | El Alamein's Singing Voice09/13/1979 | 09/13/1979 | Filler |
| 47 | The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part One09/20/1979 | 09/20/1979 | Filler |
| 48 | The Laboratory of Eternal War - Part Two09/27/1979 | 09/27/1979 | Filler |
| 49 | The Future Planet10/18/1979 | 10/18/1979 | Filler |
| 50 | Ghost Tunnel10/25/1979 | 10/25/1979 | Filler |
| 51 | Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part One11/01/1979 | 11/01/1979 | Canon |
| 52 | Artemis of the Transparent Sea - Part Two11/08/1979 | 11/08/1979 | Canon |
| 53 | Tetsuro on the Planet of Mirrors11/15/1979 | 11/15/1979 | Filler |
| 54 | The Tale of the Endless Summer - Part One11/22/1979 | 11/22/1979 | Filler |
| 55 | The Tale of the Endless Summer - Part Two11/29/1979 | 11/29/1979 | Filler |
| 56 | The Cold Blooded Empire - Part One12/06/1979 | 12/06/1979 | Filler |
| 57 | The Cold Blooded Empire - Part Two12/13/1979 | 12/13/1979 | Filler |
| 58 | The Footsteps of Footstep Village12/20/1979 | 12/20/1979 | Filler |
| 59 | The Idle One's Mirror12/27/1979 | 12/27/1979 | Filler |
| 60 | Planet of a Pint Size Room - Part One01/10/1980 | 01/10/1980 | Filler |
| 61 | Planet of a Pint Size Room - Part Two01/17/1980 | 01/17/1980 | Filler |
| 62 | City Without Night01/24/1980 | 01/24/1980 | Filler |
| 63 | The Pitch Dark Sisters01/31/1980 | 01/31/1980 | Canon |
| 64 | The Sacred Planet of Silence02/07/1980 | 02/07/1980 | Canon |
| 65 | Symphonic Poem and the Witch's Harp02/14/1980 | 02/14/1980 | Filler |
| 66 | The Planet of Funeral in the Mist02/21/1980 | 02/21/1980 | Canon |
| 67 | Dyruz the Space Monk02/28/1980 | 02/28/1980 | Filler |
| 68 | The Planet Named Curiosity03/06/1980 | 03/06/1980 | Filler |
| 69 | The Rebellion of C6203/13/1980 | 03/13/1980 | Filler |
| 70 | The Capital of Kind Flowers03/20/1980 | 03/20/1980 | Filler |
| 71 | The Pioneer from the River of Purgatory03/27/1980 | 03/27/1980 | Filler |
| 72 | Africa the Great Dark Nebula - Part One04/24/1980 | 04/24/1980 | Filler |
| 73 | Africa the Great Dark Nebula - Part Two05/01/1980 | 05/01/1980 | Filler |
| 74 | The Gimme Planet of 1,765,000,000 People05/08/1980 | 05/08/1980 | Filler |
| 75 | Cheyenne the Nation of Water - Part One05/15/1980 | 05/15/1980 | Filler |
| 76 | Cheyenne the Nation of Water - Part Two05/29/1980 | 05/29/1980 | Filler |
| 77 | The Saintly Woman Who Devours Souls - Part One06/12/1980 | 06/12/1980 | Filler |
| 78 | The Saintly Woman Who Devours Souls - Part Two06/26/1980 | 06/26/1980 | Filler |
| 79 | The Pirate of Time Castle - Part One07/03/1980 | 07/03/1980 | Canon |
| 80 | The Pirate of Time Castle - Part Two07/10/1980 | 07/10/1980 | Canon |
| 81 | The Pirate of Time Castle - Part Three07/17/1980 | 07/17/1980 | Canon |
| 82 | A Tale of a Short Life07/24/1980 | 07/24/1980 | Filler |
| 83 | Life-form Number Three07/31/1980 | 07/31/1980 | Filler |
| 84 | The Planet of the Giant Elephant08/14/1980 | 08/14/1980 | Filler |
| 85 | The Planet of Illusive Love08/21/1980 | 08/21/1980 | Filler |
| 86 | The UFO of the Planet of Forgetten Parents08/28/1980 | 08/28/1980 | Filler |
| 87 | Elza from the Sea09/04/1980 | 09/04/1980 | Filler |
| 88 | Planet, Crossroads of Destiny09/11/1980 | 09/11/1980 | Filler |
| 89 | The Gunman's Elegy09/25/1980 | 09/25/1980 | Filler |
| 90 | The Snow Woman of Andromeda - Part One10/09/1980 | 10/09/1980 | Filler |
| 91 | The Snow Woman of Andromeda - Part Two10/16/1980 | 10/16/1980 | Filler |
| 92 | The Final Days of the Underwater City10/23/1980 | 10/23/1980 | Filler |
| 93 | Keiko of the Insect Planet10/30/1980 | 10/30/1980 | Filler |
| 94 | Yayaball's Tiny World - Part One11/06/1980 | 11/06/1980 | Filler |
| 95 | Yayaball's Tiny World - Part Two11/13/1980 | 11/13/1980 | Filler |
| 96 | The Flying Kuros - Part One11/20/1980 | 11/20/1980 | Filler |
| 97 | The Flying Kuros - Part Two11/27/1980 | 11/27/1980 | Filler |
| 98 | The One Book Left in the Universe12/04/1980 | 12/04/1980 | Canon |
| 99 | Four-Dimensional Elevator12/11/1980 | 12/11/1980 | Filler |
| 100 | The Monster of Loose Zone12/18/1980 | 12/18/1980 | Filler |
| 101 | The Planet of Eternal Dream Pursuit12/25/1980 | 12/25/1980 | Filler |
| 102 | The Planet of the Queen's Rebellion01/08/1981 | 01/08/1981 | Filler |
| 103 | 1001 Nights in Andromeda - Part One01/15/1981 | 01/15/1981 | Filler |
| 104 | 1001 Nights in Andromeda - Part Two01/22/1981 | 01/22/1981 | Filler |
| 105 | The Legend of the Young Warriors01/29/1981 | 01/29/1981 | Filler |
| 106 | Ghost Station No. 1302/05/1981 | 02/05/1981 | Filler |
| 107 | The Bird-Man of Kilimanjaro02/12/1981 | 02/12/1981 | Filler |
| 108 | The Destruction of Macaroni au Gratin02/19/1981 | 02/19/1981 | Filler |
| 109 | Maetel's Journey - Part One02/26/1981 | 02/26/1981 | Filler |
| 110 | Maetel's Journey - Part Two03/05/1981 | 03/05/1981 | Filler |
| 111 | The Bat Planet03/12/1981 | 03/12/1981 | Canon |
| 112 | The Vision of Youth, Farewell, 999 - Part One03/19/1981 | 03/19/1981 | Canon |
| 113 | The Vision of Youth, Farewell, 999 - Part Two03/26/1981 | 03/26/1981 | Canon |
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does Ginga Tetsudou 999 have?
Ginga Tetsudou 999 has a total of 4 seasons. The series is completed. Each season is divided into multiple episodes with stories that advance the main plot of the anime.
How many episodes does Ginga Tetsudou 999 have?
In total, Ginga Tetsudou 999 has 113 episodes distributed across its 4 seasons. You can consult the complete episodes table to see the breakdown by season.
What is the best order to watch Ginga Tetsudou 999?
It is recommended to watch Ginga Tetsudou 999 in chronological broadcast order. This means starting from season 1 and continuing sequentially to the last season. Check our watch order guide which includes information about filler vs canon episodes for an optimal experience.
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Is Ginga Tetsudou 999 a complete anime?
Yes, Ginga Tetsudou 999 is a completed anime. All seasons have already aired and you can enjoy the series in its entirety without waiting for new episodes.
How much filler does Ginga Tetsudou 999 have?
Yes, Ginga Tetsudou 999 has 80 filler episodes, which represents 70.80% of its 113 episodes. We have created a complete guide that indicates which episodes are canon (original from the manga) and which are filler. Check our "Watch Order" section for more details.
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