1 Season
113 Episode
Galaxy Express 999 - Season 1 Episode 38 The Empire of the Cowardly Elder
The 999 is heavily damaged and forced to land on a planet under the despotic rule of the Cowardly Elder, President Delmukade. Tetsuro, Maetal and the Conductor are forced to travel underground where they meet Delmukade, who demands that Tetsuro sell him his young body. Delmukade's son Paschal arrives, and reveals that Delmukade is the only person living on this planet; suspecting rebellion everywhere, he had killed everyone else including Paschal's mother.
- Year: 1981
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: Fuji TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai TV, Fuji News Network, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Sendai Television, SAGA TV, Ishikawa TV, TNC, Television Shin Hiroshima System, TV Shizuoka, NBS, TSK, NIB, AKT, Toyama Television, Okinawa Television Broadcasting
- Keyword: based on manga, space opera, anime
- Director:
- Cast: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Hitoshi Takagi, Kaneta Kimotsuki