Mangas

In the future, mankind has been able to create machine bodies so they can be able to live for thousands of years. Humans are now second class citizens and if they do not acquire an mechanical body, they are either hunted or forced to live a life of poverty. Tetsuro Hoshino is a young boy who mother is killed by the machine men for a hunting trophy. Outraged, Tetsuro seeks out revenge and vows to keep his word to his mother to get a machine body. He soon meets a woman named Maetel who gives him a free ticket on the space train Galaxy Express, which if he rides, he will be able to receive a free mechanical body. But nothing is as it seems as rumors rise that all who board the train never return. This is a story of how one boy learns about the world and his quest for a new body.

"There are men who, on coming to places that women find unlivable, are all the more determined to find there a reason for living. These men epitomize grandeur."

Story about a rounin named Ooyama, living in a small apartment, trying to survive. This series made Matsumoto famous.

Note: A one-shot prototype titled Emeraldas was published in 1975 in Akita Shoten's Monthly Princess.

In the future, humanity has slowed down to the point that everyone has become so content with their lives, that they no longer bother to dream. In this time, those with dreams took to the sky to explore the sea above. It's the year 2977. After a strange black sphere crashes on Earth, Tadashi Daiba's father is killed when he tries to discover what the mysterious object is. Tadashi is asked to help defeat these new foes by an outlaw, the simple space pirate Harlock. And together Captain Harlock promises to protect Earth, the place that turned its back on him, against these new enemies.