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Galaxy Express 999
By Helen McCarthy. Rintaro’s 1979 film Galaxy Express 999 travels a very considerable distance, goes faster than you might expect, but skips a number of stations. And the…
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Galaxy Express 999 – Episode 2
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am beyond excited to be embarking on the Galaxy Express, and once more exploring the sights of…
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PODCAST: Galaxy Express 999 The Movie
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | RSS All aboard, anime fans! Join us as we punch our ticket to space adventure, science fantasy, and beautiful…
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All aboard the Galaxy Express 999
I have a strange love for Leiji Matsumoto. What makes this strange is I’m not from the right generation to have watched Star Blazers as a teenager. Sure.…
OtakuGeneration (Show #417) Galaxy Express 999
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Bleach, Galaxy Express 999, Gurren Lagann, Kill Me Baby, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
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Galaxy Express 999 Episode 5: Melancholy on Pluto
As Tetsuro and Maetal continue their journey, they reach the final destination of their home solar system, the frigid dwarf planet Pluto; Maetal provides some key information by…
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Odds and Ends of Galaxy Express 999 (Part 1)
Normally, I do these odds and ends posts right before I do my wrap-up post for the series, but Galaxy Express 999 is different. This show is long.…
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Science the destroyer in Galaxy Express 999
When I watch anime, I watch it from a Western viewpoint, or to be more accurate, a very American viewpoint. In a lot of ways, this is not…
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Dark Africa, colonizers and Galaxy Express 999
Back when I was a freshman in high school, we had what I expect is a right of passage for any high school student — the state history…
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The Mysterious Maetel in Galaxy Express 999
I’m going to get meta here for a second. As I’ve been writing about Galaxy Express 999, I’ve noticed lately that I tend to focus on a particular…
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The Angriest Planet in Galaxy Express 999
I’ve been thinking a lot about subtlety and nuance lately. Yes, I know that isn’t the most exciting topic, but this is my blog, and I like to…
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Skeletons, murder and tragedy? More Galaxy Express 999
Sometimes a show hits me with a conundrum that I don’t have an answer to. Typically, this comes when I’m hit with a concept or an execution that…
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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie – Some Things Never Change
It’s Leijiverse Time Leiji Matsumoto was one of the most prominent and influential people in the anime industry. I say it was because Leiji Matsumoto died at the…
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Puritans, capitalism and hard work in Galaxy Express 999
(Note: I’m going to use U.S. and America interchangeably. I just want to say that I realize this is horribly unfair to our neighbors to the north and…
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The Evil that Live After in Galaxy Express 999
So, it’s always felt that the Friends, Roman, Countrymen speech gets an unfair shake in popular culture. It’s never gets treated with the same gravity as the To…
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Food zombies and wildflowers: Galaxy Express 999 and poverty
Growing up Leiji Matsumoto had an up-close relationship with poverty. His father was a former Japanese aviator who gave up piloting after the end of World War II.…
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Getting rich on ecological disaster in Galaxy Express 999
(Note: I apologize ahead of time for any gross oversimplifications of history that are contained in this blog post.) When I was growing up, I remember seeing news…
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Adieu Galaxy Express 999 – It’s Not Over Until It’s Over
The End of Galaxy Express 999: The Movie To discuss this film, I do need to actually reveal the ending of the first movie. So, if you haven’t…
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To push the rock or not in Galaxy Express 999
Sometimes it’s best to start at the beginning with one of these posts. I don’t really have a clever anecdote or a personal revelation to start this with.…
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Dying free or living a slave in Galaxy Express 999
Though it’s only half a month away, the media’s goneAn entertaining scandal broke today, but I can’t move onI’m haunted by a story and I do my best…
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Love in the time of existentialism in Galaxy Express 999
No one really gets to live happily ever after in Galaxy Express 999. OK. That might not be entirely true. There are a handful of stories about people…
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The Odds and Ends of Galaxy Express 999 (part 2)
I’ve almost made it halfway to the Andromeda Galaxy with Maetel and Tetsuro, which means I’m just about ready for another odds and ends post. I did one…
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The space train of Winesburg: Galaxy Express 999 and grotesques
“Anderson evokes a depressed landscape in which lost souls wander about; they make their flitting appearances mostly in the darkness of night, these stumps and shades of humanity.”Irving…
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Ghost people don’t get free will in Galaxy Express 999
Galaxy Express 999 has a strange relationship with self-determination. I took a week off of writing about Galaxy Express 999, and I’ve hit a pocket of exciting episodes…
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Is it better to kill the babies in Galaxy Express 999?
I’m fascinated by the number of plants, animals, and even microbes that have traveled with people as they’ve moved from place to place. Once I listened to a…
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Galaxy Express 999: Going off the Rails on a Mediocre Train
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here and for any of those who remember the ASDF videos where that one kid says, “I like trains,”…
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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie 4K Remaster Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
Galaxy Express 999 would have been 10-year-old me’s absolute favourite movie ever, if I’d had the chance as a kid to see it. As a UK-based…
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Galaxy Express 999 – final episode (Betamax rip with subtitled commercials) [Be Forever, Leiji Matsumoto!]
Here’s a release in honor of the late, great Leiji Matsumoto (January 25, 1938-February 13, 2023). Thanks to Dougo13 for providing the rare old recording from his collection.…
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Mama Is a 5th Grader???: Galaxy Express 999’s Maetel in Shinkalion Z
I don’t necessarily feel obligated to write about every crossover character in the Shinkalion franchise, but when she’s a rendition of one of my favorite heroines from one…
Galaxy Express 999, Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion, Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z
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The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero, Galaxy Express 999, Popran, The World for the Two of Us, Japanese Film Trailers
The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero, Galaxy Express 999, Popran, The World for the Two of Us Japanese Film Trailers
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A Galaxy Next Door – Episode 1
On paper, A Galaxy Next Door sounds like a cliché rom-com where a magic wife fixes a sad boy's problems. And it very well could turn into that,…
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Lotus Eaters and Steam Trains: The Myth of the Galaxy Express
Author’s note: I wrote this after watching the first 10 episodes of the show. If there is anything further on that contradicts this, I apologize. Galaxy Express 999…
Roger Corman's Galaxy Express: "Captain Harlock"? All I Know is Captain Warlock, Parnder!
Born on April 5, 1926, Roger Corman would start his career in film working at 20th Century Fox as a simple mail room messenger, before being...
Drill Express
General Information Unit type: support vehicleWeight: 82.4 metric tons (without Kaiser Carrier)Length: 52.8 metersMaximum speed: 1.207.5 km/hOriginal mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara Lineart N/A
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Tokyo Express
Seichō Matsumoto’s Tokyo Express is a slim mystery novel from 1958 whose crime is largely dependent on train schedules. Although two apparent victims of suicide appear to have…
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A Galaxy Next Door Vol 1 Review
A Galaxy Next Door is a cute new romance manga from Gido Amagakure, the creator of Sweetness and Lightening. This love story between an artist and his assistant…
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A Galaxy Next Door Volume 1 Review
A Galaxy Next Door is the kind of story that's not only meant to be more metaphorical but also literal thanks to one particular character.
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A Galaxy Next Door Vol 1 Review
A Galaxy Next Door is a cute new romance manga from Gido Amagakure, the creator of Sweetness and Lightening. This love story between an artist and his assistant…
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The Tatami Galaxy – Episode 3
Returning to The Tatami Galaxy feels a bit like returning home. It was a show I initially watched early on in my post-college return to anime, and even…
Episode 469, "The Manga Recap Express"
All aboard! On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast Steve and Alex return to the show to host while Zach and Ed are away. We discuss…
Episode 469, "The Manga Recap Express"
All aboard! On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast Steve and Alex return to the show to host while Zach and Ed are away. We discuss…
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Take a Ride on the Galaxy Express, And Learn a Thing Or Two About The Working Class
Simply put, Galaxy Express 999 avoids the most common pitfall of socially conscious science fiction by not trying to disguise the point it is trying to make in…
The Tatami Galaxy
By Tomihiko Morimi and Yusuke Nakamura. Released in Japan as “Yojōhan Shinwa Taikei” by Ohta Shuppan. Released in North America by HarperVia. Translated by Emily Balistrieri. I was…
Books: Tatami Galaxy
By Tom Wilmot. Any mention of The Tatami Galaxy usually brings to mind Masaaki Yuasa’s much-loved 2010 anime. The charming series has become something of a modern classic,…
Review: GALAXY ANGEL
It's once again time for Old-School Manga Month! Although some of you might object to the inclusion of today's title as "old-school" as so...
Di Gi Charat, Galaxy Angel, Martian Successor Nadesico, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Review: GALAXY ANGEL
It's once again time for Old-School Manga Month! Although some of you might object to the inclusion of today's title as "old-school" as so...
Di Gi Charat, Galaxy Angel, Martian Successor Nadesico, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Brave Express Might Gaine
Brave Express Might Gaine is the fourth Brave series and aired exclusively in Japan from 1993-1994. Directed by Shinji Takamatsu, its other creative staff includes writer Takao Koyama,…
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OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #999) Seasonal Reviews
Shownotes :: (show 999) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Seasonal Reviews, recorded live July 29th, 2024. This week we're still doing the seasonal…
Episode 16, "I Can't Express It In Words"
On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we’re joined by Steve (Dragon Warrior), Doctor from the SSAA Podcast, Funkatron, and a bit from Firecrouch. We talk a…
Episode 16, "I Can't Express It In Words"
On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we’re joined by Steve (Dragon Warrior), Doctor from the SSAA Podcast, Funkatron, and a bit from Firecrouch. We talk a…