Cinema Concert – Galaxy Express 999 – Special Memorial Performance

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION

[AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION FROM JAPANESE]

The “Galaxy Express 999 Cinema Concert” premiered in Tokyo and Osaka in February 2021, followed by a second performance in June, two theater versions in November, and a second performance in Osaka in January 2010, and has been well received by many people who love Leiji Matsumoto’s works. As a company rooted in the community, J:COM Shonan Kanagawa Co., Ltd. will sponsor a memorial performance at the Yokohama Performing Arts Center.

 

A cinema concert is an entertainment in which a full orchestra performs the music part of the movie live in time with the screening of the entire movie, leaving the dialogue and sound effects of the movie untouched, so that the audience can enjoy the movie as if it were a live performance. The music for “The Galaxy Express 999” was composed by Nozomu Aoki, and the lyrical violin melody requested by Leiji Matsumoto, who has loved classical music since his childhood, will leave a deep impression. The theme song is “THE GALAXY EXPRESS 999,” a familiar tune from TV and commercials.

 

The cinema concert is a moving experience that only a cinema concert can provide, with the magnificent space fantasy on the big screen and the live orchestra, the world depicted by world-renowned manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, “in contact with the Wheel of Time. Please come and experience the world depicted by the world-famous cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto at the Cinema Concert.

(*This is the same performance as the “Special Memorial Performance” held in Kitakyushu on Saturday, August 26, 2023 and in Tokyo on Thursday, August 31, 2023.)

 

Films to be screened

The Galaxy Express 999 the Movie” (1979)

• Author: Leiji Matsumoto
• Production: Toei Animation
• Distributor: Toei
• Planning/Original Story/Composition: Leiji Matsumoto
• Executive Producer: Tomonori Imada
• Planning: Ken Aruga, Yoshio Takami
• Script: Shiro Ishimori
• Supervisor: Kon Ichikawa
• Director: Rintaro
• Animation Director：Kazuo Komatsubara
• Art Director：Mukuo Takamura, Tadao Kubota
• Music: Nozomu Aoki

 

Voice Cast

• Tetsuro Hoshino: Masako Nozawa
• Mater: Masako Ikeda
• Claire: Yoko Asagami
• Conductor: Kimotsuki Kenta
• Captain Harlock: Makio Inoue
• Queen Emeraldus: Reiko Tajima
• Oyama Tochiro: Kei Tomiyama
• Promesium: Yoshiko Kurumiya
• Narrator: Tatsuya Shiro

 

The first theatrical feature film of “Galaxy Express 999,” a gem in the history of Japanese animation that sparked the science fiction animation boom. In the future, humans have gained eternal life by converting their bodies into machines. Unable to buy a machine body, Tetsuro longs to take the 999 Galactic Express to a planet where he can get a machine body for free. When his mother is eventually stolen by the machine count, Tetsuro receives a pass for the 999 from a mysterious beauty, Mater, and together they travel to Earth. During his journey, Tetsuro grows up strong through his encounters with Antares, the female pirate Emeraldus, Captain Harlock, and his best friend Oyama Tochiro. However, at the last station of the 999…

 

Theme song: “The Galaxy Express 999 / THE GALAXY EXPRESS 999

Insert Song: “Taking Off! / TAKING OFF!” / Godaigo

Running time 2 hours 40 minutes (with 20 minutes intermission)