Excellent if expensive news for Galaxy Express 999 fans as the entire 117 episode series is being released across 2014 as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Leiji Matsumoto’s career. The show is getting a seven box set release starting in March and finishing in December where prices are set at 29,400yen each. The sets are designed with remastered video that’s been done to remove the noise and enhance the colors and the audio has been completely remastered as well. Each set comes in a new gatefold designed box with a 48 page booklet about that chunk of episodes.
- BD-Box 1 (eps 01 – 16): March 5, 2014
- BD-Box 2 (eps 17 – 33): March 5, 2014
- BD-Box 3 (eps 34 – 50): July 25, 2014
- BD-Box 4 (eps 51 – 67): July 25, 2014
- BD-Box 5 (eps 68 – 82): August 22, 2014
- BD-Box 6 (eps 83 – 99): December 19, 2014
- BD-Box 7 (eps 100 – 113): December 19, 2014
Plot concept: In a distant future, Tetsuro is a human boy who wants his body replaced with a robotic one. This is possible, but to do so he has to reach the Immortal Planet onboard the space train Galaxy Express 999. Maetel, a beautiful and mysterious blonde woman dressed in Russian style, joins him in the long journey through space. Every episode sees our heroes arriving in a new planet’s space train station.
[Source: Galaxy Express 999 BD-Boxes]
