Count Mecha

"I kill a lot of mothers, let me guess, you want vengeance, blah blah blah."

- Count Mecha to Tetsuro Hoshino, and most famous quote.

Count Mecha is a major antagonist in Galaxy Express 999. He was a wealthy Machine-Man that hunted humans for sport, lived in a free reign and also responsible for killing Tetsuro Hoshino's mother and seeks vengeance against him. In the film version, he is an ranking member of the Machine Empire. He is a minor antagonist in the manga, television series and the secondary antagonist in the 1979 film.

He was voiced by Hidekatsu Shibata in the television and film versions Paul Dobson in the film and Toshiyuki Someya in the live-action film.

Appearance
Mecha has a Machine-Man body that gave him a humanoid frame having an old model radio like for a face, including a speaker area and radar lens for a face. He also had blonde hair covering his head and usually seen wearing European styled high-class clothes.

Personality
Mecha was an egomaniac, cruel, cold-hearted, unfeeling, arrogant, murderous, ruthless, sadistic Machine-Man with a stereotypical wealthy noble. Being born into power and wealth and possessing an immortal body, Mecha believes himself to be invincible and untouchable. He spreads most of his time hunting down and killing homeless humans in his domains, even turning his victims into trophies. However, when he is being threatened, he is shown to be a coward, begging for his life while facing the sign of death.

Confronted and Demise
Count Mecha along with other robotic companions hunted and shoots a woman in the snow. Mecha sees the woman as a remarkable beauty and decides to take her and convert her into a trophy. Back at his manor, celebrating his successful hunt with his companions, suddenly they are attacked by Tetsuro, the son of the deceased woman, wielding the Cosmo Dragoon and gunning down the hunters. Tetsuro points his gun to Mecha's head, who starts begging for his life and brain to be spread so he could live. The young boy ignores the robot hunter, shooting his head and killing him in the process. With the hunters dead, Tetsuro burns down the mansion to the ground.