The producers of Evangelion list Ideon as one of their greatest inspirations. Many themes from Ideon will be familiar to fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Themes: aliens, ancient aliens, mecha, military, space battles, super robot, tragedy. He is the pilot of the Ideo-Delta/Sol Conver, and the lead pilot of the Ideon in its combined form. Originally a teenager who lived on Solo with his archaeologist father, Cosmo is thrust into the role of mecha pilot when the Buff Clan attack Solo. Cosmo Yuki is the male lead of Space Runaway Ideon. The Terrans board the starship, taking the Ideon with them, to escape the Buff Clan and begin their lives as space runaways. (Japanese) Genres: drama, science fiction. The following is a list of characters from the Space Runaway Ideon anime. They also discover a starship and a huge humanoid machine called the Ideon. It is far future when human beings begin to emigrate in the universe, Buff Clans, who are aliens, come to the planet, Solo, to look for. While excavating alien ruins on planet Solo, the Terrans are attacked by an alien group calling themselves the Buff Clan. In the distant future, humanity has moved out into the galaxy to colonize new worlds and in so doing, has discovered the remains of several ancient alien civilizations.
#Space runaway ideon series#
Today, Ideon is a favorite of many Japanese people and was listed among the 10 best anime series ever (Animage 2000). A Contact was a compilation of the previous 39 episodes and Be Invoked brought the story to an unexpected finale.
#Space runaway ideon movie#
Over a year later 2 movies came out in Japanese theaters to end the story for a multitude of waiting fans. Space Runaway Ideon () was a series that aired in May 8th, 1980, and created by the reknown Yoshiyuki Tomino.Similar to Neon Genesis Evangelion, there was a movie that provided an alternate ending to the TV Series and a recap movie.There were several homages to Ideon in Evangelion and Hideaki Anno is said to see Ideon as an important influence.
These poor ratings were misleading, though. On the planet Solo in the Andromeda Galaxy. Although 43 episodes were planned, the series wasĬanceled after 39 episodes due to poor ratings. Space Runaway Ideon begins in 2300, far enough in the future that mankind has begun colonizing other planets.
More commonly known as Space Runaway Ideon, this series was produced right after Mobile Suit Gundam and, like MS Gundam, was written by Tomino Yoshiyuki with mechanical designs by Okawara Kunio and Studio Submarine. Densetsu Kyojin Ideon (Legendary Giant-God Ideon) aired in Japan from May, 1980 to January, 1981.