Galaxy Express 999: Andromeda (New Edition) 1 (Fukkoku Meisaku Manga Series)

[Machine Translation] In this year that marks the 70th anniversary of the debut of Leiji Matsumoto, a master manga artist who has led the Japanese manga world for many years, "Galaxy Express 999," his masterpiece and a milestone in science fiction manga, will be published in 10 volumes in a new edition that includes color pages from the magazine serialization. In the year 2221 A.D., planets in the galaxy were connected by a space train called the "Galactic Railroad. However, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, and the wealthy have acquired mechanical bodies and are enjoying eternal life. The poor, on the other hand, are persecuted and targeted by the mechanized people who hunt humans and live in hiding. The people have only one wish: to go to a planet somewhere in the universe where they can get a mechanical body for free and live forever. 16 episodes from Volume 1: "The Departure Ballad," "The Red Wind of Mars," "The Invisible Woman, Claire of Glass," "The Sleeping Warrior of Titan," "Antares the Great Thief," "The Shadow of the Lost Star," "The Comet Library," "The Black Knight of the Dark Star Mephisto," "Beethoven of Water," "Illusion of the Great Quarter Planet," "The Song of El Alamein," and "The Lonely Planet. 1,765 Million Lumpen Planet, Big Cow in the Sky Pasture, Grave Marker of Dead Leaves, Master Writer of Kagero Planet, Nurova, Indeterminate Planet

デビュー70周年、傑作SF漫画の新装版日本漫画界を長年にわたって牽引した巨匠・松本零士のデビュー70周年にあたる今年、代表作にして、SF漫画の金字塔『銀河鉄道999』を雑誌連載時のカラーページを収録した新装版全10巻で刊行する。西暦2221年、銀河系の各惑星は「銀河鉄道」と呼ばれる宇宙空間列車によって結ばれるようになっていた。しかし、貧富の差が広がり、裕福な人々は機械の体を手に入れ、永遠の命を謳歌している。一方で、貧しい人びとは迫害され、機械化人による人間狩りの標的にされ、隠れるように暮らすのだった。人々が願うのはただひとつ、宇宙のどこかにある機械の体をただでくれる星へ行き、そこで永遠の命を手に入れることなのだ。第1巻収録16エピソード「出発のバラード」「火星の赤い風」「透明の女 ガラスのクレア」「タイタンの眠れる戦士」「大盗賊アンタレス」「迷いの星の影」「彗星図書館」「暗黒星メフィストの黒騎士」「水の国のベートーベン」「大四畳半惑星の幻想」「エルアラメインの歌声」「17億6500万人のルンペン星」「空中牧場の大きな牛」「枯葉の墓標」「かげろう星の文豪」「不定形惑星ヌルーバ」