Galaxy Express 999 — Season 1, Episode 46: The Song of El Alamein

Episode synopsis

Nanmi, a passenger on the 999 is able to convince the train to head to his planet, El Alamein, when he threatens to kill Tetsuro. Once they arrive Tetsuro and Maetel travel outside with him. The planet is mostly a desert, with many inactive tanks lying around. Sensing their life however, the tanks come back to life and attack.

About Galaxy Express 999

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Ballad of Departure
• E2The Red Winds of Mars
• E3The Resting Warriors on Titan
• E4The Great Bandit Antares
• E5Shadow, of the Planet of Delusion
• E6The Comet Library
• E7The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 1
• E8The Graveyard at the Bottom of Gravity - Part 2
• E9Trader's Junction - Part 1
• E10Trader's Junction - Part 2
• E11Nuruba, the Planet Without Form
• E12The Fossilized Warrior - Part 1