Galaxy Express 999 (Anime)

Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999 Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain) is a TV series based on it a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds (but not their emotions) into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.

The anime series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1981.

The number, "999", in the title is pronounced "Three-Nine", as opposed to "Nine-Nine-Nine", "Nine Ninety Nine or "Nine Hundred Ninety Nine".

English versions
Recently, a subtitled version has been released on IGN's Direct2Drive service. Currently, all 113 episodes are available. The streaming website Crunchyroll began streaming a subtitled version on January 9, 2009.