Original subtitles

kisha wa yami o nukete hikari no umi e

As a train moves out from the darkness into a sea of light...

Translated by Tofusensei

Planning

Kenji Yokoyama

Youichi Kominato

yume ga chirabaru mugen no uchuu sa

Dreams scatter over infinite space.

Original Work

Leiji Matsumoto

Serialized in Weekly Shounen King

TV Magazine

Fun Kindergarten

Friend World

hoshi no kakehashi watatte yukou

Let's cross the bridge of stars!

Music

Nozomi Aoki

Conductor

Katsuaki Nakatani

Performed by

Columbia Symphonic Orchestra

Edited by

Timed by

Mamo-chan

Mamo-chan redone by fong

Main Theme

Sung by

Lyrics

Composition

Arrangement

Isao Sasaki

Atsushi Hashimoto

Masaaki Hirao

Nozomi Aoki

hito wa dare demo shiawase sagasu tabihito no you na mono

Where everyone and anyone is traveling, searching for happiness.

kibou no hoshi ni meguriau made arukitsuzukeru darou

Let's continue on walking until we come across the star that holds our wish!

kitto itsuka wa kimi mo deau sa aoi kotori ni

And I'm sure that you too will cross paths with this small blue bird one day.

Special Thanks to

L-E QC Team

Chief Director

Nobutaka Nishizawa

Produced by Toei

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Glass Claire

May I have your attention, please.

In a few minutes we will be entering an asteroid belt tunnel.

If you are planning on eating, please do so shortly.

Just to be safe.

A tunnel?

There's a tunnel out here in space?

Yes, there is.

Let's eat before we enter it.

What do you want to eat, Tetsuro?

Baked potatoes.

On second thought... You can order for me, Maetel.

Yeah?

I will be your server.

Have you decided on your order yet?

Yes. Two steaks please, cooked medium.

And some corn soup, as well.

I'll have bread on the side.

Tetsuro, you prefer rice, correct?

Tetsuro?

Uh, yeah.

All right. Coming right up.

Enjoy your meal.

Tetsuro.

Shall we eat?

Chow time!

Maetel, that woman...

Eh?

Yes, she's beautiful, isn't she?

Right? I've never seen someone that pretty.

Enjoy.

Say, how long have you been working here?

I joined at the last station.

Is that so? What's your name?

Claire.

I'm Tetsuro Hoshino!

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Is your body made of glass?

Or is it plastic?

I know, rare tektite?

I'm made of crystal.

So you have a machine body, huh?

My vain mother forced this glass body on me.

I want nothing more than to go back to my old body of flesh and blood.

Why are you unhappy with your body, though?

It's beautiful.

Shadow and light both pass right through me.

That makes me feel so lonely.

Huh?

Man, I can't tell where anything is.

It can't be helped.

Cosmic rays are warped inside of the tunnel.

That causes the train's lighting system to shut down.

But still...

Eating in the dark is difficult, right?

I will increase the vibration of my internal energy and act as a lamp for you.

My body warms up a bit when I do this.

Let's eat then, Tetsuro.

Yeah.

Look, another shooting star!

What?

What are you smiling at?

It's nothing. Thanks for dinner.

It was delicious.

Thank you.

Tetsuro, I have to speak to the Conductor about something.

Please go back without me.

OK.

I will lead you to your seat.

Come with me.

You weren't kidding! Your hand is a little warmer than before.

This is the first time I've felt a real human flesh-and-blood hand before.

Tetsuro, how long will you be riding this train?

Until I get to the planet where I can get a machine body for free.

A machine body?

I promised my mom I'd get one.

Is that so?

Claire, you seem to regret having a glass body, huh?

I've got something I must do once I get my machine body.

Something you must do?

There are many people suffering on Earth.

I want to save them and help them gain eternal life!

I think it's beautiful that you have a dream.

Why don't you have a dream too, Claire?

It's too late for me.

I get it! You plan to stay here and work on the 999, right?

Yes.

Then let's be friends!

Friends?

You'd be my friend?

You betcha.

Thank you.

Claire!

Why'd she run off?

Huh?

Tetsuro!

M-Mom?

Mom!

I've missed you, Tetsuro.

Mom...

I'm so relieved to see that you're healthy and traveling.

Because I promised you I'd get a machine body, Mom!

That makes me so happy, Tetsuro.

Mom, that hurts!

I've come to take your body...

And your soul...

And your life!

Damn it! Let go of me!

Let's go outside.

It's too stuffy inside this train.

Let go!

Let go of me!

What're you gonna do with that useless thing?

Now, come with me!

Maetel!

Claire!

Tetsuro...

C-Claire?

I'm so glad I met you, Tetsuro.

Make your dream come true... Do it for me.

Claire!

Find happiness, Tetsuro. My dear friend...

Claire!

Claire!!

Claire!!!

You're awake.

Maetel...

What happened to me?

You had a hallucination.

Hallucination?

When we go through the asteroid belt tunnel,

the train passes through a strange, other dimension.

All sorts of strange things occur in there.

It's like your soul leaves your body and enters the tunnel.

It's just a quick dream.

A dream?

What about Claire, then?

She fought the hallucination to protect you while your soul was in the tunnel,

and shattered into those pieces.

What?!

Stop! Don't throw Claire away!

Tetsuro?

Claire got shattered trying to protect me!

You can't throw her body away!

But, this is a rule I must follow.

Besides, this is just broken glass.

No!

Those are Claire's feelings and memories.

Please don't throw them away!

B-But...

I'm begging you!

Tetsuro.

Let the Conductor do his job. Let's go.

But...

Come now.

Claire will become a bunch of stars and drift into space.

Let's go, Tetsuro.

We're almost at the next planet.

This piece of Claire is shaped like a teardrop.

I've never seen such a sad-looking teardrop.

I agree. Perhaps that piece contains Claire's soul.

Claire's soul... All she wanted was to have a flesh-and-blood body again.

I'm so happy I met you, Tetsuro.

Please find happiness.

Tetsuro had never seen such a sad-looking teardrop before.

He believes it to be the soul of Claire: a woman who tried to have her old body back.

Tetsuro vowed to forever protect that glass teardrop.

The End

me o tojite omoidasu

目を閉じて思い出す

I open my eyes, and remember...

kaasan no omokage

かあさんの面影

...my mother's vestige.

tooku hanareta aoi chikyuu yo

遠く離れた青い地球よ

Far away from the blue Earth,

yasuraka ni nemure

安らかに眠れ

rest in peace.

meeteru mata hitotsu hoshi ga kieru yo

メーテルまた一つ星が消えるよ

Maetel, another star is burning out.

akaku akaku moete

赤く赤く燃えて

It burns red, red.

ginga o nagareru you ni

銀河を流れるように

As it flows into space.

ginga o nagareru you ni

銀河を流れるように

As it flows into space.