![]() Known often as a series where everyone and everything dies (Kill ’em all Tomino!), the true meaning of this series is so much more. The death and sacrifices are all consequences and actions of conflict and hatred. This of course is a product of ignorance and xenophobia to an extreme that once the negativity reaches a certain point, the only option left is total and complete destruction.Įven with all this seriousness one must remember that Space Runaway Ideon is first and foremost a mecha show. And what a giant robot indeed (105 meters/344.5 feet for a height), the Ideon is imposing beyond belief and is one of two mechs that literally scare the $h!& out of me (the other being Giant Robo). This is not so much for the overall size or power, but more so on the presence a mecha exudes. All this from what looks like a mix of a Gundam’s GM and Gun Cannon added together on a heavy dose of steroids. Literally… as this is a robot that can split a planet in half. ![]() This is power beyond power, almost ‘God’ like, hence why I give the Ideon such respect.īeyond the drama and the Ideon robot itself, Space Runaway Ideon like many of the best mecha shows is about the relationships of it’s cast. Our story concerns two factions that make contact on a planet in the Andromeda galaxy.Īnd like many Tomino shows, this cast is large. Earth based humans like us have begun colonization on the planet which they call Solo. Beyond the colonization, many of the scientists and researchers have discovered several artifacts from a past civilization including three huge truck like vehicles and a buried spaceship. The second faction known as the Buff Clan (yes that is their name) are on a mission to locate the legendary power of the Ide. ![]() They come upon this same planet, which they call Logo Dau and eventually both civilizations meet. In response, both sides start a conflict showing the darkest side of human interaction towards someone or something that is unfamiliar, or different. Sadly Space Runaway Ideon would be become a victim of cancelization, most likely due to a lack of ratings not unlike the previous year’s Mobile Suit Gundam. This left several holes in the plot and a rushed ending. Though this doesn't quite match the universally destructive scope of Be Invoked, it's similar to how humans and the Buff Clan were both destroyed and remade in both of that series' endings.All the build up of 38 episodes led to an ackward final 39th. This is all part of the Instrumentality event that sees humanity reduced to nothing part of putting the species into a hive-minded, singular consciousness. The entire human race and the Earth itself are made a part of this. The rest literally implode into a violent miasma of primordial goo when the ending truly comes. In The End of Evangelion, many of the cast members from the show are killed via the violent events of this climax. This controversial and criticized ending for the show resulted in The End of Evangelion movie. It's worth noting that budget cuts resulted in how obtuse the TV ending for Evangelion was, mimicking the ratings and financial failure of Ideon. They also both received movies to better explain and extrapolate upon these events, making the similarities even more uncanny. These endings both result in their protagonists awakening in a new world and relying on comparable ideas of eggs and childbirth surrounding these rebirths. Like Ideon, Evangelion had an abstruse, somewhat out-of-left-field conclusion. The biggest similarity, however, is the esoteric and apocalyptic nature of both show's different endings. For this reason, it wipes out both species but promises to recreate them as superior beings on the far sides of the universe, giving them a second chance to make things right. The TV show ends with the Ideon judging both humanity and the Buff Clan as having failed to capitalize on the chances each had been given. What at first seemed to be a sort of halfway point between Super Robot anime and the more war-oriented Real Robot genre quickly became a much darker, more subversive series by the end. Complicating matters is the presence of a girl named Karala, who may hold the key to victory for either side. This misunderstanding launches an all-out war, with both sides vying for control of the Ideon and the Ide energy that powers it. The group quickly uses this weapon to defend against the alien Buff Clan, who believed that they were being invaded by the humans. In one mysterious world called Solo, humans discover vehicles that can combine into the powerful mystical robot Ideon. Space Runaway Ideon is set in the year 2300, by which time humanity has colonized much of the known galaxy.
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