Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki

I've never heard of this series before thanks to The Anime Man who got himself a copy of the artists autograph in a frame and boy it was expensive! Check out his channel bros if you wanna know how much he spent it on lol.

Anyways I wasn't gonna bother with the first one nor it's sequel, why you ask? I clearly don't know myself but I was gonna jump into that pond anyhow.

I really thought this triquel was pretty well set up as a space themed anime, it reminded me a mix of interstella 5555 along with Night on the Galactic Railroad as well as the star wars and star trek movies. Very competitive there but all are good in their own ways even without copying each other so it's all good lol! Maetel and Stella definitely are twins in that respect like they look so alike!

Wonder did Daft Punk manage to ask this series artist to draw out their characters for interstella? Hmmmm

Anyhow this movie is worth your while if you wanna waste time, the English Dub was spot on and you definitely enjoy the beautiful 2-d graphics!

I enjoyed this sequel, however for the most part I feel it was a bit unnecessary as the last movie wrapped up okay. This one only tops the first one in that the ending is a bit more final, in that it feels like there is not going to be anything else afterwords and all the questions have been resolved. In this one the young boy is once again going to board the Galaxy Express for destinations unknown. He is reunited with Matel whom he seems to really like a lot and they are off on another adventure that just is not as memorable as the first film. I have seen them both about the same number of times, but that one I can remember more of while this one the main things I remember is the kind of snotty robot girl who at the end has a change of heart that is kind of sad as know one really is there to acknowledge it and the ending itself where the young boy must face off against a very deadly adversary that has a shared past with the young boy. Captain Harlock is back and plays a bit more of a prominent role in this movie than he did the last and most of the other main players are back as well as one adversary thought disposed off. Like I said, the only thing this movie does is tie everything together at the end while most of the journey to get to the end feels very similar to the first film. In the end it is good, but not the first film.

This Movie not only improves on the Previous Film with addition to working as a Great Sequel - it also stands as my personal favorite movie from Rintaro.

All of the flaws from the Original Movie are gone in the Sequel. Probably one of the best Sequels I've seen other than Godfather Part 2 or Mamoru Oshii's Patlabor 2.

It has the same themes of tackling the idea of the "so-called" transhumanist utopia. The characters are far more engaging then they were in the first film, and that's not because they were bad in the first. Rather, they are developed far more in this movie.

Even the settings and the way that the Plot begins is done with such mastery that pulls you in with great immersion. Maetel's character is far more nuanced in this one. Tetsuro is a lot more older and mature and grasps the concept of living in a way that builds on his character from the previous film. The pacing issues in the first movie are nowhere to be seen here. It's undeniably a great sequel.

Watching both of Rintaro's two "Galaxy Express 999" movies back to back was a treat. Both are definitive classics but this one takes the cake.

9.5/10 (Best Rintaro Movie)