09/14/1978 - 03/26/1981 Finished

Galaxy Express 999 (Ginga Tetsudou 999)

Also known as: 銀河鉄道９９９

Wealthy immortality demands mechanical bodies most cannot afford, but the Galaxy Express 999 promises one free to those who reach its final stop. Tetsurou Hoshino, a poor boy robbed of his mother by the cyborg Count Mecha, accepts passage from the enigmatic Maetel,a striking blonde stranger bearing his mother's face. Together they traverse distant planets and perilous frontiers, chasing the one dream that might restore what Tetsurou lost.

113

Total episodes

Canon episodes

Filler episodes

70.8%

% Filler

Canon episodes · 33 Filler episodes · 80

Related works

Related works and sequels

Open a related work to see its own episode count, release dates, and description. The list does not combine separate series into a season count for this title.

Original

Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock

Sequel

Uchuu Koukyoushi Maetel: Ginga Tetsudou 999 Gaiden

Sequel

Ginga Tetsudou 999

Sequel

Shin Taketori Monogatari: 1000-nen Joou

What to watch, what to skip

Watch order: filler vs canon

Ginga Tetsudou 999 has 80 filler episodes out of 113 (70.8%), grouped into 13 runs. These are the ranges you can skip without missing anything from the main plot.

70.8% 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

Episode by episode

Complete guide by season

113 Episodes

List of Ginga Tetsudou 999 episodes with number, title, air date and whether they are canon or filler.
#	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 is season 3 of 4 in the franchise: Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock, Uchuu Koukyoushi Maetel: Ginga Tetsudou 999 Gaiden, Ginga Tetsudou 999, and Shin Taketori Monogatari: 1000-nen Joou. All of them have finished airing.

How many episodes does Ginga Tetsudou 999 have?

This page covers 113 episodes. Adding up every season, the franchise has 210 episodes in total.

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.

Where can I watch Ginga Tetsudou 999 online?

Ginga Tetsudou 999 is available on various legal streaming platforms. Check the platforms section at the top of this page to see where it's currently available. Options may vary depending on your geographic region.

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 70.8% 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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