A train crashes inside a giant space blob and mommy issues get cosmic.
A remake of episodes 51-52 of the TV series, the 999 crashes in a large sentient blob along with another ship. The crew tries to save the ship's pilot, a blue haired woman named Artemis, before the Galaxy Railways headquarters gets ready to blow up the blob.
Direction
Osamu Kasai wrings maximum pathos from limited TV-budget animation.
Writing
Leiji Matsumoto's trademark maternal archetypes hit different in blob form.
Score
1979 TV series music repurposed with devastating emotional precision.
Director
Osamu Kasai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1980 compilation film was released alongside 'Adieu Galaxy Express 999' as a double feature, making it one of the most emotionally devastating anime theatrical experiences ever programmed.
Artemis continues Leiji Matsumoto's obsessive maternal archetype—his own mother survived WWII bombing raids while pregnant with him, fueling his career-long fixation on sacrificing mothers in space.
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