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Format
TV
Episodes
13
Episode Duration
25 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Summer 2004
Aired
2004-08-06 to 2004-10-29
Source
Unknown
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Drama
Sci-Fi
Space
Studios
Azeta Pictures
Producers
Animax
Licensors
Uchuu Koukyoushi Maetel: Ginga Tetsudou 999 Gaiden (宇宙交響詩メーテル ~銀河鉄道999外伝~)
Maetel abandoned her mother and her home planet, the doomed and frozen La Metal, where people must become cyborgs to survive. When she is beckoned to return, her options seem slim: follow her mother's path (and with it a robot mind and the contempt of all humans), or run away and fight with humans against the machines. Yet, she is not without comrades and defenders. If she can accept the friendship of beings of metal who desire peace, and oppose those who think being made of flesh and blood is enough to make one human, she may still have a chance to find her own path. (Source: Anime-Planet)