Galaxy Express 999 (English Subtitled)

The woman says she is the most beautiful woman in the universe and she drinks people's flames of life in order to maintain that beauty eternally. Her name is Cueflame and she is after Maetel's flame of life. Working underneath her is the old lady from the hotel and a young woman named Arc. Following Cueflame's orders, the two of them go to remove Maetel's flame of life. If she drinks the flame of life from Maetel, she will die. So then, Tetsuro goes to recapture it...

Planet Heavy Meldar. Once they pass through here, they will leave the Earth Administration's jurisdiction and enter Andromedan jurisdiction. Right before arrival, they encounter a man wearing a cloak. They didn't get a good look at his face but he's carrying a space soldier's Cosmo Gun of which only four exist in the universe. Upon arrival, Maetel says she has to take care of some business and leaves. Feeling that was odd, Tetsuro goes to look for her and enters a drinking establishment...

Leryuz lets Tetsuro know that Maetel went to the Castle of Time to battle with the pirate there. Tetsuro asks the people in the bar where the Castle of Time is, but everyone is fearful of Captain Harlock, who rules the Castle of Time, and refuses to help Tetsuro. But, the man in the cloak from the train saves Tetsuro from their violence. Encouraged by the words of the hooded man, one man lets Tetsuro borrow his auto-bike to go to the Castle of Time. He leaves all alone to go rescue Maetel from the duel with Harlock!

Tetsuro is sent into the past. There, against all of Tetsuro's efforts, his mother his killed just as before. Tetsuro realizes that he cannot alter the past. But then through Leryuz's ability to manipulate time, he is brought back to the present. While this is going on, we find out what kind of a horrible man the fake Harlock is in his duel with Maetel. He used to fight to restore peace to the galaxy, just like Maetel. But, he betrayed his people, including Maetel, and disrupted their attempt at a revolution.

The next station is a plant called "The Butterfly's Dream." There coexists graceful people with butterfly wings and a discriminated lower class without them. The people with wings live short lives that run out when the season of the cold winds comes. Because of this, they try to live their days having as much fun as possible. But, one girl, Kureha, wants to see more of the world during her short life, so she goes into the forbidden woods. There she meets a poor, wingless boy named Leaf.

Planet number one, Zaba, and plane number four, Maya, are engaged in a war to the death. Though they knew nearby planet number five was about to blow up, the 999 had to make a critical stop on planet number three. Upon exiting the train, Maetel and Tetsuro are attacked by a mysterious ape-man and their passes are stolen. While researching the planet, they meet a boy from planet number one, Seth. He came with his girlfriend from Zaba, which was on the verge of destruction. They plan to stop the mysterious degeneration on planet number three to create a new Zaba.

Tetsuro spots a message in a bottle from the 999's window. In it is a letter written by the adventurer Stanley, who is exploring the planet Arcadia. From the looks of the letter, Stanley and his crew are in grave danger in their search for the giant elephant, Flame. Tetsuro persuades the 999 to go the planet. Quickly following the clues, they come across Stanley, his wife Merusa, and their assistant, Narl. Though Merusa and Narl are happy to be rescued, Stanley stubbornly wishes to continue his exploration.

They stop for thirty-eight hours and fourteen minutes on the Planet of Illusive Love. There, Tetsuro loses sight of Maetel and encounters a girl selling her poems, Naya. Naya is curious about the aspiring artist who lives in a room that she goes to visit, Lestel. Lestel, though, is in love with a women who poses as his model, Feras. But, Feras appears to be in love with a rich young man from the cafe she works at, Bina.

The 999 arrives at the Planet of Forgotten Parents, where Tetsuro is mistaken for an innkeeper's son. Then the real son, a fugitive slave, appears.

On the planet built by God, people are constantly performing military drills. They are also very military in nature and perform their security checks very seriously. The Suraroids, who escaped the construction of the underwater city, are in a fierce fight with the Brittenians. The Brittenian Nazuka was looking forward to the return of his lover, the Suraroidan queen, Elza, but...

On the Planet where Fate Divides, there are refugees from a planet which was about to be destroyed, are living a very primitive lifestyle. They hunt animals by hand and wear pelts. It's just like the Stone Age. One of these "people of the future" is a young man named Yaku who is skilled at creating tools. Because he is not physically gifted, Yaku goes to hunt game with a bow and arrow. Tetsuro sees him and he declares that, more so than his planet being destroyed, he has to focus on how he'll live from here on out. Then he makes a big change in the way he hunts...

The Hangman's Planet. On this desolate planet that looks like something straight out of a western, Tetsuro quickly gets himself into trouble. Two gangs, the Blacks and Whites, are in a bitter dispute over the gold being mined here. In order not to raise suspicions as to who is guilty, the White gang conscripts a lone gunman named Wester and the Black gang conscripts Tetsuro. This quickly escalates into a draw between the two, and they haven't even realized it's a plot by the Sheriff and Mayor yet...

The gateway planet to Andromeda, Snowinca. Maetel tells Tetsuro a legend from this planet where if you so much as glance at the Snow Woman she will kill you. Maetel takes Tetsuro to the universe's best ramen shop, after arriving on the planet. At night, Tetsuro goes back to the ramen shop alone. While chatting with the owner, the fabled Snow Woman enters the shop!

While searching for Tetsuro, Maetel encounters a mechanical body salesman named Snowlock. At the same time, we learn that the "Death upon glancing" rumor was made up by the aforementioned salesman. It was to keep the Snow Woman from giving away free mechanical bodies. However, she plans to turn Tetsuro into a cyborg, then take his body to go eat hot ramen. Then Tetsuro decides he'll agree to make ramen that even she can eat that will warm her all the way to her heart.

Here, on the Planet of the Rainbow Sash, the paranoid governor has forced the people to live in an underwater city due to a nuclear war he started. But, that city is about to be destroyed, too! After a chance meeting in a hotel run by an arrogant manager with a young employee, Tetsuro is allowed to stay in his apartment. He also receives a pass for the emigration capsule. He goes to escape with his coworker, Kumiko, but he is double-crossed...

The 999 arrives on the Insect Planet, inhabited by insectoid people and human colonies. Recently, there has been a spate of human murders...

The Locomotive detects something abnormal. It appears that someone or something is blocking the space rails. Upon realizing that this is sabotage, the Locomotive informs the Conductor that this is the notorious "Yayaball's Tiny World". This is a miniature Earth that has been entirely shaped to fit the whims of its creator, Yayaball. After checking in at the hotel with Maetel, Tetsuro is invited out to dinner by Yayaball.

After hearing Tetsuro's reasons for his journey, Yayaball feels that Tetsuro may indeed be strong. He is also plotting to kill those superior to him. Maetel assumes his mother is alive and didn't die in the accident years ago so she asks Tetsuro to search the mansion. It seems the one pulling Yayaball's strings from the shadows harbors a secret...

Quima is a place where everything is forced to become mechanized. The Conductor tells Maetel and Tetsuro to only eat at the Galaxy Railways' sanctioned establishment. They then proceed to check into the hotel. On this planet, mechanized cats named Catroids and a group of flying cats named the Flying Kuros are aggravating the police. Caught in the mix, Tetsuro and Maetel are arrested as traitors while trying to pursue the cats.

Tetsuro and Maetel met a girl named Neko while chasing Catroids. She is hiding Meow, the leader of the Catroids, from the police. She then tells Tetsuro, in tears, about the atrocities being committed by the police on the planet. The police wanted to force everyone to become cyborgs. They set up a trap in a sushi restaurant, captured people there, and converted each one to having a mechanical body. Both Neko and Meow fell victim to this plot so they are using the skills of the Flying Kuros to sniff out humans.

The next stop is the Planet of the Forgotten Ones. This is a planet that was destined for destruction. There is a planet left that has been worn down by the relentlessly burning sun. The people here have to submit an application to a government official to see if they qualify to escape the planet. But, one author, Mori, decides to stay behind and finish writing the history of the planet. Tetsuro meets with him and tries fervently to convince him to escape, but...

In the Bottomless City, buildings rise as high and go down as deep as is humanly possible. Tetsuro and Maetel check into their hotel there. But, it seems it to be best to not use the elevator. But, Tetsuro becomes worried when someone named Kezaluna calls out to Maetel, so he uses the elevator to search for her. But, it turns out to be a four-dimensional elevator that transports him into different dimensions. In there, of all things, Tetsuro sees Maetel and Kezaluna's wedding ceremony!