Action/TV/1979 Titles

In a distant future, a human boy named Tetsuro wants to have his body replaced with a robotic one. But this is only possible on the robotic Immortal Planet which can only be reached on the intergalactic railway. While on board the Galaxy Express 999, he meets Maetel, a beatiful and mysterious blond haired girl, who stays with him on the long travel through space. Every episode starts with the two heroes arriving in a new planet space station destination.

It is the Universal Century 0079, the Earth Federation is fighting a rebel space colony force who call themselves Zeons. Earth is losing horriblely due to the Zeon's mobile suit technology(Zaku). The Earth Federation constucts an array of top secret ships and mobile suits(Gundam). Gundam is housed in "White Base" a new Federation battleship. The White Base and Gundam are attacked when they are packing up to head to earth. The ship's crew is killed and it is taken over by refugees and unexperienced soliders. They face great difficulty with the Zeon forces and within their own ranks.