Ikeda Masako

In 2028 a great evil is secretly encroaching on the world of humans — a demonic force known as Lucifer Hawk. Standing in its way is a small, secret group of female police officers: Tokyo's Attacked Mystification Police (AMP). Gifted with supernatural abilities, they try to defeat the forces of darkness wherever they appear — this time, in a massive new skyscraper under…

There is only one thing Katsumi Liqueur has on her mind — to leave this dreadful town as soon as possible, this place where she does not know anyone and has no friends. But she soon faces serious obstacles as the Attacked Mystification Police (AMP) insists on recruiting her for their organization. Wandering aimlessly through the streets of Tokyo, she crosses paths with Saiko…

Finding driftwood that has been struck by lightning, toy-maker Gepetto constructs a puppet that comes alive but wants to be a real boy. Source: The Anime Encyclopedia

* Based on the novel En Famille by the French author Hector-Henri Malot, a follow-up to his better known work Sans Famille. In 19th century France, a girl named Perrine travels with her family to search for her grandfather. Perrine has to overcome many hardships, losing her father in Bosnia and then her mother to illness. The girl finally finds her blind and lonely…

In the far far future, technology has advanced enough so that it no longer matters what a spaceship looks like. You can have a space express service with a ship that looks like a 19th century train. Imagine where you can go and what adventures you can have. We follow Tetsuro as he goes on these adventures. Source: AnimeNfo

After the death of his mother at the hands of the evil robot Count Mecha, young Tetsuro has become a delinquent street urchin who dreams only of revenge. Tetsuro lives in a far future world in which humans have the choice to travel to another planet where they can exchange their bodies for immortal, robotic counterparts. His goal is to someday acquire (through theft) enough…

July 22, 2009. Galaxy Express 999 made a brief stop at Kagoshima on the day of total solar eclipse. Tetsuro gives a pass for the 999 to a boy named Kakeru dreaming of becoming an astronaut, saying "It's up to you whether you can use this pass or not". Now it's 2035, another total solar eclipse is expected in Japan, 26 years since the last one. What became of Kakeru...? An…

Recounting the historic meeting of two of series creator Leiji Matsumoto's most striking heroines, Maetel and Emeraldas. Maetel is the black-clad traveling companion of the young hero, Tetsuro, while Emeraldas is a dashing pirate queen more familiar to fans of the "Captain Harlock" series. Here the two are seen in flashback, squaring off for a fencing match, Maetel in her long…

* Based on the story by manga master Matsumoto Leiji. The story picks up one year after the events of Galaxy Express 999 in which a young boy named Tetsuro and his motherly companion Maetel worked to rid the universe on the Mechanized Empire who had taken over Earth. Source: AnimeNfo

This short movie is a remake of the first half of episode 3 of Ginga Tetsudou 999.