Maetel Legend

Maetel Legend
DVD cover of the Maetel Legend OVA
メーテルレジェンド
(Mēteru Rejendo)
GenreScience fiction
Created byLeiji Matsumoto
Original video animation
Directed byYōsuke Kuroda
Produced by
  • Tomoyuki Imai
  • Takaji Matsudo
  • Yuri Nunokawa
  • Hitoshi Yagi
Written byLeiji Matsumoto
Music byMasamichi Amano
StudioVega Entertainment
Licensed byU.S. Manga Corps (USA)
Released November 19, 2000 March 25, 2001
Runtime48-56 minutes
Episodes3
Anime television series
Space Symphony Maetel
Directed byOsamu Kasai
Produced by
  • Ryōsuke Takahashi
  • Kenji Shimizu
  • Yoshitake Suzuki
Written byMugi Kamio
Music byIchiro Nitta
StudioAzeta Pictures
Original networkAnimax (PPV Premier)
Original run August 5, 2004 June 20, 2005
Episodes13

Maetel Legend (メーテルレジェンド, Mēteru Rejendo) is a 2000 anime OVA based on characters created by Leiji Matsumoto about how the planet La Maetelle becomes the planet Andromeda, also known as Planet Maetel ("the mechanized world"). It serves a link between Matsumoto's previous series Queen Millennia and Galaxy Express 999. The OVA and series are supposed to follow Queen Millennia chronologically, and are prequels to Galaxy Express 999.