Galaxy Express 999

Season 1, Episode 16

Episode Title: The Street of Fireflies

Air Date: 1978-12-28

Overview:

On their latest planet, Tetsuro meets Freiya, a poor girl who appears beautiful to him but is considered ugly and deformed by the other inhabitants of her planet because she does not glow in the dark with a uniform light. Freiya is an amateur animator who hopes to become a director someday.