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Maetel

Maetel (メーテル)

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Favorites

429

Animeography

Anime
Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie)
Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie)

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Manga
Ginga Tetsudou 999
Ginga Tetsudou 999

Main

About

The enigmatic woman who gives the young boy Tetsurou his ticket on the Galaxy Express 999. As beautiful as she is wise, Maetel provides constant support and guidance for Tetsurou throughout his travels.

Maetel is known for her calm and caring nature while also contrasting her mysterious motives and unhesitating towards anyone who would do her or anyone under her care harm. Maetel admires people of true courage and passion and dislikes the related emotions of bravado, arrogance, and anger seein...

The enigmatic woman who gives the young boy Tetsurou his ticket on the Galaxy Express 999. As beautiful as she is wise, Maetel provides constant support and guidance for Tetsurou throughout his travels.

Maetel is known for her calm and caring nature while also contrasting her mysterious motives and unhesitating towards anyone who would do her or anyone under her care harm. Maetel admires people of true courage and passion and dislikes the related emotions of bravado, arrogance, and anger seeing them as self-destructive means to an end. As such, Maetel is highly against anyone who would do any action merely on the act of self-preservation and implores people who have not fallen such as her escortee Tetsuro Hoshino to look at people's perspective from an insightful point of view.

When she was younger, Maetel still had her view on true strength, rejecting her mother's plan to convert every person on La Metal into androids. Yet she was rather naive and wanted to take any chance to reconnect with her mother in spite of Emeraldas' protests. Her numerous battles and encounters with Emeraldas, Captain Harlock, and Tochiro Oyama leads Maetel to become a hardened yet compassionate person who seeks to find the very best of people who can find an enlightenment beyond what has become established.

In Leiji Matsumoto's own words:

"[Maetel] is the woman who travels with an adolescent boy's dreams. She's traveled with millions, tens of millions of boys, so far. In fact, there are as many Maetels as there are boys. That's also how she can show up in any story. All boys have met Maetel in different forms of encounter. That goes for Antares or Emeraldas or Harlock, as well. They are all crossed over, and they can all be separate stories on their own. So if you change perspectives, you can make as many stories as you like. The characters of Shadow and Emeraldas, who were girls in their adolescence, have met someone called Maetel, in the heart, from their childhood, or during the time when they were full of dreams. It's a train ride through one's mind, or the train that travels along with one. And each person has a different journey...."

(Sources: Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Manga Monthly, First Printing in 1997. Toki No Wa Wiki)

Voice Actors

Yukino, Satsuki

Yukino, Satsuki

Japanese
Lee, Wendee

Lee, Wendee

English
Ortiz, Lisa

Ortiz, Lisa

English
Magnaghi, Debora

Magnaghi, Debora

Italian
Ikeda, Masako

Ikeda, Masako

Japanese
Barr, Kathleen

Barr, Kathleen

English
Lafforgue, Stéphanie

Lafforgue, Stéphanie

French
Baldini, Antonella

Baldini, Antonella

Italian
De Carolis, Cinzia

De Carolis, Cinzia

Italian
Ledieu, Virginie

Ledieu, Virginie

French
Sindberg, Susan

Sindberg, Susan

French
Song, Do Yeong

Song, Do Yeong

Korean
Rendón, Erika

Rendón, Erika

Spanish
Moreau, Adeline

Moreau, Adeline

French
Colizzi, Chiara

Colizzi, Chiara

Italian
Caroli, Daniela

Caroli, Daniela

Italian
Damas, Susana

Damas, Susana

Spanish
Lainé, Francine

Lainé, Francine

French
Chemin, Pascale

Chemin, Pascale

French
Vallée, Dominique

Vallée, Dominique

French
McKay, Fay

McKay, Fay

English
Bronder, Ute

Bronder, Ute

German