is a 2004 anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series created by Leiji Matsumoto

Leiji Matsumoto

is a well-known creator of several anime and manga series. His wife is also known as a manga artist.-Space opera:Matsumoto is famous for his space operas such as Space Battleship Yamato...

, and is a side story to the Galaxy Express 999

Galaxy Express 999

is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the...

series and the sequel to Maetel Legend

Maetel Legend

is a 2000 anime OVA based on characters created by Leiji Matsumoto, about how the planet La Maetelle becomes the planet Andromeda, or "Planet Maetel," the mechanized world....

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Plot

Maetel had no choice but to either run away from her home on La Metal or stay and take over her mother's job of ruling over it. After being asked to take over for her mother, Maetel is forced to return to La Metal. On the way there, she meets a young boy named Nasuka who is traveling to La Metal for a different reason; Revenge. On arriving she quickly comes to realize her mother has been forcing all the humans on the planet to gain mechanical bodies as her planet is being over come with another ice age.

The mechanized beings then slowly move to other galaxies, turning others into cyborgs against their will. Then rebels stood up against the beings and a war followed out. Maetel, now thrown into the middle of the battle, is now stuck between what is right and what is duty.

External links

• Space Symphony Maetel at Avex Entertainment